Vienna

The Hilton group has just passed the milestone of 100 hotels in Turkey, both in operation and planned. This comes more than 65 years after the opening of its first hotel outside the United States, the Istanbul Hilton, now renamed the Istanbul Bosphorus. The American group already has 25 hotels in Turkey's main metropolis...

A year as troubled as 2021 could only result in a shake-up of the ICCA rankings. The International Congress and Convention Association has just published its benchmark rankings, showing profound changes among the major MICE destinations. The top three no longer include Paris, which has held one or other of the top two positions since...

Soon to celebrate its fifth anniversary, Jo&Joe has announced that it is expanding its offering. From four establishments opened at the end of last year, Accor's youthful lifestyle brand is set to quickly surpass 1,000 establishments. And that's in China alone, thanks to the signing of a master franchise agreement between the Ennismore joint venture, which is intended to...

After Sao Paulo at the beginning of the year, luxury hotelier Rosewood is continuing its conquest of the world's major cities, with an opening announced for Vienna in July. To make its debut in the Austrian capital, the group, which also owns the Crillon, has found a prime location on one of the city's most famous squares...

Already represented in Vienna with two Radisson Blu hotels and a member of its Radisson Individuals collection, the Hotel Rathauspark, the eponymous group is opening a fourth establishment in the Austrian capital. For the occasion, its lifestyle brand Radisson RED has set up shop close to the city centre and a stone's throw from the Schottenring underground station....

The Ascott group has just opened its first Citadines in Vienna. This opening illustrates a strategy that is now focused on franchising, since this residence is owned by c-view, a management company specialising in hotel real estate. "Ascott's development in Austria with a franchise partner is an important step in the expansion of our European network...

Luxury, tropical vegetation galore, art and design, exclusive event spaces: Rosewood, owner of the Crillon in Paris, is marking its arrival in São Paulo in style. The luxury brand has set up shop in the heart of Brazil's main business metropolis, close to Avenida Paulista. And yet...

Unveiled at the end of last summer by the IHG group, the Vignette Collection is beginning to take shape with the arrival of its first property, the Hotel X Brisbane Fortitude Valley, setting the tone for this new luxury brand. Intended to attract hotels with a unique character into the IHG fold, the Vignette Collection has been integrated into IHG's...

"Everyone said that the night train would never set off again and that it wouldn't be full. It is full, with low fares and a huge popular success. I think this marks the start of a period of success for these safe, affordable trains, which allow people to travel differently, saving a night for...

Business travellers with a youthful spirit will find a new base in Vienna with the new Jo&Joe. Accor has just deployed the fourth establishment of its brand, which revisits youth hostels as "open houses". In other words, a contemporary place to live, with dormitories, of course, but...

In the collective imagination, music in Vienna means waltzes, the blue-tinted Danube and the legends of past centuries, from Mozart to Strauss. However, the Austrian capital, very much of its time, does not stop at these majestic artists. And the Deutsche Hospitality group intends to demonstrate this with its new...

A partner of the Accor group in a joint venture whose ambition is to become the world's leading player in lifestyle hotels, is developing its flagship brand The Hoxton with several openings announced in Europe over the next two years. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="64451"] Following the brand's recent arrival in Rome, several new...

Austria dreams of reviving its tradition of welcoming visitors from all over the world. It seems that this dream is now a matter of weeks, if not days. In 2019, the benchmark for a 'normal' tourist year, the tourism and travel sector contributed 11.8 % to Austrian GDP and accounted for 12.5 % of employment....

Until the pandemic, Vienna was one of Europe's most important cities for the congress and conference industry. In fact, the Austrian capital has played this role for 200 years. The MICE industry remains one of the driving forces behind Vienna's economic activity. In fact, it has been incorporated into the...

The Citadines aparthotel brand will be making its debut in Austria by 2022, with its first property in Vienna. Expected to open at the end of the year, the 223-unit Citadines Danube City Vienna will be part of a 15,000 m2 urban development project, Vienna TwentyTwo, located in the capital's 22nd district...

The lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels is continuing to expand, with two new hotels expected by 2023. Already boasting eight hotels based on the "lean luxury" concept of relaxed, affordable luxury, the German group intends to unveil seventeen new properties in Europe by this date. While the German group founded by Michael Struck already has a presence...

We will have to wait until the end of 2023 to see Mandarin Oriental make its debut in Austria, one of Europe's leading business destinations, particularly for conferences. Regularly listed in the top 3 of the ICCA rankings, Vienna will then play host to the top-of-the-range hotel group, which plans to set up a hotel in the...

13,254 meetings of rotating associations worldwide last year. This record figure recorded by the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) is not about to be equalled, at least not in 2020. With a further 317 events recorded in 2019, the number has never been so high, following a particularly prolific 2018....

All passengers arriving in Austria must present a health certificate showing a negative result to the Covid 19 test (no more than 4 days old). Since Monday 4 May, passengers who so wish have been able to undergo a so-called "PCR" test directly at Vienna International Airport - quick and simple, and the result is...

Austrian Airlines will temporarily suspend its scheduled flights from Thursday 19 March 2020. The Austrian national airline is reacting to the entry restrictions imposed by many countries in response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Europe. The last flight is due to land in Vienna from Chicago on 19 March at 8.20am. Initially,...