Hotel MOTTO, a boutique art and design hotel located in the heart of Vienna in its creative 6th district, has unveiled eight individually designed ART DELUXE Rooms, transforming the traditional hotel stay into an immersive artistic experience.
1912 Hotels will review positioning and potential repositioning of the 78-room property located opposite Vienna's Raimund Theater.
PKF hospitality group announces the release of the 2025 edition of its “Hospitality Salary Compass 2025”, an annual benchmarking survey for the Viennese hotel market, now available to participating hotels. The survey provides the most up-to-date benchmarks for salary ranges across the upscale and luxury segments of Vienna’s hotel industry, offering operators, owners, and stakeholders critical insights into the city’s evolving hospitality market.
UN Tourism has welcomed Vienna as the newest member of the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO). With this, Vienna becomes part of a global alliance of 46 destinations dedicated to monitoring tourism’s economic, environmental and social impact at the destination level.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has today announced the signing of two hotels under Hilton’s new premium economy conversion brand, Spark by Hilton, as part of a wider agreement with Verkehrsbuero Hospitality. Spark by Hilton Vienna Donaustadt and Spark by Hilton Vienna Messe Prater will both open later this year.
The PKF hospitality group has now published the "Salary Compass"* for the Viennese hotel market. The survey is once again instrumental in providing benchmarks for salary ranges within the upscale and luxury segments of Vienna’s hotel sector.
Rosewood Vienna is delighted to share the appointment of Olga Schuster as the Cluster Director of Sales & Marketing of the ultra-luxury hotel located in the heart of Austria's capital. Olga will also lend strategic support and assistance to the team at Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, opening in 2024. Rosewood Vienna opened in August 2022, making it the fifth European property in the Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® portfolio and the brand's first in the German-speaking market. Under Olga's leadership, the property aims to further convey Rosewood Vienna's signature senses of place to prospective guests and showcase Austria's one-of-a-kind culture through guest facing programming and amenities.
Rosewood Vienna is pleased to announce the appointment of Roland Hamberger as the new Managing Director of the ultra-luxury hotel located in the heart of Austria's capital. Rosewood Vienna opened in August 2022, making it the fifth European property in theRosewood Hotels & Resorts® portfolio and the brand's first in the German-speaking market. Under Roland's leadership, the property aims to immerse guests in Austrian culture by providing exceptional experiences, services, and amenities, while simultaneously reinforcing Rosewood Vienna's signature sense of place.
Today’s up-and-coming hoteliers are entering a very different industry from that of ten years ago… or even three years ago. In the midst of massive industry change, training the next generation of hoteliers will require next-generation teaching techniques.
Tourist demand in Vienna experienced a significant recovery. While international travel restrictions still had a diminishing effect on tourist demand in the Vienna hotel market in the first half of 2022, there were clear signs of improvement in the second half of the year. A market report by hotel specialist Christie & Co provides insights into supply and demand, and shows which hotel categories have come through the crisis best.
After climbing the carrier ladder within the hotel landscape in Vienna working for Azimut Hotels, NH Hotels and Sofitel, Oliver Schoppmann will take the position as General Manager at IntercityHotel Vienna as of May 1st. A well-deserved step and success story after already holding the position as Deputy Director within the hotel over the last one and a half years.
Since 1 October 2022, Jaz in the City Vienna has a new bandleader: Michael Dorfer is taking over at the helm as General Manager. He succeeds Michael Fritz, who is leaving the company on his own volition. For Michael Dorfer, the position as General Manager at Jaz in the City Vienna is a sort of homecoming at Deutsche Hospitality: From 2010 to 2016, he had previously worked as Front Office Manager and Executive Assistant Manager at Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof Vienna.
The hotel operating company Primestar Group is growing internationally and will open its first hotel in Austria with the Hampton by Hilton Vienna City West in 2024. By signing the franchise agreement between Primestar Hospitality GmbH and Hilton, the successful cooperation between the companies is continued. Primestar Group already operates 5 Hampton by Hilton hotels in Germany.
Dutch-born Danny Vorwerk has been appointed as the new General Manager of the MAXX by Steigenberger Vienna. He is leaving his current role as General Manager at the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin to succeed Martin Schrödl, who is departing the company at his own request.
From November 27 to 29, a joint event of PKF hospitality group with Vienna Tourist Board and Museum Booster will take place in Vienna for the first time, positioning it as the leading European conference for hospitality, tourism and culture.
Set i n an enviable location on the edge of Vienna's famous Leopoldstadt district Radisson RED Vienna is a new-build, design-focused hotel and home to Istros, a unique rooftop bar overlooking the city and the Danube Canal. Radisson RED Vienna is the first Radisson RED hotel in Aust ria as Radisson Hotel Group introduces the city to this upscale, art and design-focused brand .
PCMA announced Convening EMEA is back by popular demand and will be held in one of the world’s leading meeting destinations, Vienna, Austria from 28 through to 30 September 2022. Convening EMEA 2022 is an omnichannel event for EMEA business event leaders and creatives.
Vedad joins the Rosewood Vienna team with 14 years of experience in sales and marketing, including seven dedicated to luxury and lifestyle hospitality brands. As director of sales and marketing, Vedad is responsible for developing and executing innovative sales and marketing strategies for all aspects of the new hotel, tapping into his deep understanding of the local market cultivated through his experience working at several of Vienna's top properties. Most recently he served as director of sales for Hotel Imperial, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna where he oversaw sales strategy and marketing content creation. Prior to this role he served as an account director focused on entertainment sales at Starwood Hotels & Resorts' global sales office in London, driving touring, film project and corporate entertainment business to Starwood across 11 of the company's brands worldwide. He began his career in the hotel industry at Le Méridien Vienna while the property was under the Starwood Hotels & Resorts brand umbrella, first assuming a front of house role and moving up throughout his nine-year tenure to serve as assistant director of sales for Starwood's three Vienna properties including Hotel Imperial Vienna, Hotel Bristol Vienna and Le Méridien Vienna. Vedad holds a Master of Business Administration in Management & Communications degree from FHWien University of Applied Sciences located in Vienna, Austria.
As managing director, Alexander is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the new hotel in preparation for and through its upcoming launch, including its new restaurants and bars, variety of meeting spaces, and Sense®, A Rosewood Spa. Alexander has 20 years of experience working with hotels in operational and pre-opening roles across the globe, having first joined the Rosewood family in 2013 as the hotel manager for Rosewood Beijing. Most recently, he held the hotel manager position at Rosewood Hong Kong, where he was responsible for the property's pre-opening development and ongoing operations as related to all guest facing areas including food and beverage outposts, rooms, residences, and the property's wellness concept, Asaya. Prior to working with the Rosewood brand, Alexander served as director of food and beverage at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beijing where he managed the property's five restaurant and bars and banquet spaces and oversaw a team of 320 associates. His career has also included prestigious positions at properties throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe, such as director of food and beverage at Ciragan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul and executive assistant manager of food and beverage at The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi.
MOTTO Group, a Vienna-based lifestyle hospitality brand, has announced the opening of Hotel MOTTO in the heart of Vienna. Hotel MOTTO is a stylised study in Renaissance and Baroque architecture with the interiors rendered in Art Deco geometric lines and accented with industrial grit.