IRE snatches Austrian hotels

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Leading hotel chain NH Hotels has sold two resorts in Austria in a bid to reduce its debts.Spanish media report today (Fri) that the Madrid-based company sold its hotel in Salzburg and at Vienna International Airport (VIA) to German firm Invesco Real Estate (IRE). The company, which has its headquarters in Munich, also acquired three […]

Foreign tourists rescue hotels’ overnight stays result

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More holidaymakers from abroad helped Austrian hotels to a slight increase of overnight stays so far this winter, new figures show.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Weds) that the number of overnight stays edged up by 0.8 per cent to 27.81 million between November and January compared to the same period of the previous winter […]

Linz hotels charge the most

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Hotels in Linz were identified as the most expensive among Austria’s five largest cities.Hotel price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) found today (Mon) that a standard double room in the Upper Austrian capital currently costs an average 138 Euros – significantly more than what hotels in Innsbruck (116 Euros) and Graz (101 Euros) are charging.Hotels in […]

Salzburg’s 2010 overnight stay figures resemble Mozart Year level

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Salzburg recorded more overnight stays in 2010 than in the previous three years, but the hotels’ occupancy rate is still low.People’s Party (ÖVP) Vice Mayor Harald Preuner said today (Tues) that hotels and guesthouses in the city registered 2.2 million overnight stays between January and December 2010. He pointed out this was the best annual […]

Overnight stays up with a little help from Vienna

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A strong year on year surge of overnight stays in Vienna rescued the 2010 performance of the Austrian tourism industry.Figures presented by state agency Statistik Austria yesterday (Weds) show that hotels in the federal capital registered 10.86 million overnight stays last year, 10.3 per cent more than in 2009. The city’s tourism businesses also did […]