Vodka, the dominant spirit of Eastern Europe, is becoming more and more popular among bars and its guests around the globe. One does experience a clear ‘hype’ regarding this spirit, which encouraged us to explain the spirit, providing our readers with some interesting sites and also promoting the over 40 vodka brands at our bar ‘Drings’ at ‘The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel’. Vodka is made by fermenting and then distilling the sugars from a mash of pale grain or

1. Who are you? Alexandre SCARVELIS, Manager of Hotel BALZAC in Paris, on the Champs Elysées. Beautiful 5-star luxury boutique hotel of 70 rooms, opened in July 2007 after 2 years of renovation. 2. What do you like about what you do? Meeting new customers and providers everyday is the most thrilling part of my job. Enjoying people from all over the world, with different culture, personal history and occupations. It is really enriching as you have to greet them

“The recently opened Ring Hotel takes pride of place on austria´s most extravagant Boulevard, the Ringstrasse, Vienna. Jennie Musgrove paid a visit to indulge in the five star hotel´s contemporary style and luxury facilities.” The Concept For Living magazine features The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel

The Women’s World Awards 2009, held at the Stadthalle in Vienna did bring an array of international stars onto the red carpet and into 2 luxury hotels. Cinema legend Claudia Cardinale, Italian film diva Monica Belluci, Pop Music Icon Marianne Faithfull, supermodel Elle McPherson, fashion trendsetter Angela Missoni and the famous popstars Anastacia and Kelly Clarkson from the US were ‘caught’ by the over 400 journalists and 31 camera teams from around the globe. The award’s gala was hosted by

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1. Tell us about yourself? I am Jordi Maestro, General Manager of Hotel Omm. 2. Tell us about your daily life at work and what you like about it? I enjoy dealing with customers, meeting people from all over the world, creating sells, marketing strategies and evaluate the results, organising quality and training programs for the staff. 3. Tell us about your daily life at work and what you don’t like about it? Dealing with complaints… It´s the best source

For the 5th time, the General Managers Council (GMC) of Vienna organised the Young Hotelier Award 2009. This contest was launched in 2004 by this Council of general managers of the 4- and 5-star hotels in Vienna, to train and develop young talents within the hospitality industry. The requirements for the young hoteliers attending this event, are, that they don’t work within a management position and that they are younger than 25. This year’s event counted 14 motivated ‘young hoteliers’