Maria Leifer is from St. Wolfgang in Austria. After finishing school, she fulfilled her dream to move to Vienna. She studied International Development at the University of Vienna.

She has plans to run the family hotel at Lake Wolfgang but first wanted to obtain more experience and thus started at the Boutiquehotel Stadthalle. Maria started working at Boutiquehotel Stadthalle in 2013 where she heads sales and marketing.

Maria is panel expert of the Sustainability in Hospitality panel.