Boutique and design hotels are still a hot trend in hospitality. Guests do search constantly for that unique hotel, either by design or by size, either as it is run by Bulgari, Missoni or Armani, either by the number of good reviews, either by the fact that these hotels offer facilities, services and special events that larger chain hotels do not offer. From 2 stars to 5 stars, these boutique or design hotels provide their guests with the ultimate experience.

Temperatures go up, what do you do? Turn on the air conditioning in your car, your room or at home? Find a place in the shade? Why not buy yourself a hand-held fan? Originally fans (flat and folding fans) arrived from East Asia to Europe in the 17th century. You can see them displayed in portraits of royalties and high-society women. A fan is used to create an air flow for the purpose of cooling or refreshing oneself. They seem

The quality of life generally is very high in Vienna. With a strong economy, a stable political system, the city of Vienna as well as the beautiful country sides, it’s cultural diversity, all contribute to a high-quality lifestyle for locals, tourists and business guests. There are many reasons why Vienna fares so well in such objective and subjective evaluations. Therefore, the following list is not exhaustive. Vienna – city of culture numerous activities in the area of theatre, music, art

Most of the luxury hotels around the globe do offer a car rental or limousine rental, varying from the well known brands Mercedes and BMW to luxury car brands like Bentley, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Porsche or Maybach.Trying to make a stay of a guest more comfortable starts with nowadays ‘normal’ features like a flat screen TV, iPod docking station, a coffee making machine like the ones from Nespresso and Illy or features like rooftop pools, art-designed suites. This makes absolute

Ever tried to cook with essential oils? Ever visited a restaurant where the head chef practices ‘aroma cuisine’ and cooks with essential oils and fresh herbs? No? Then you should definitely read this article … What is an essential oil? It sounds complicated but if you read the various definitions it is not … an essential oil is a concentrated liquid containing aroma elements from plants, they are also known as ethereal oils or ‘the oil of the plant from

For many of us Christmas is like a race … to see which gives out first, your money or your feet. If you believe it or not, Christmas is also one of the most busy periods in the year, people need to spend money, need to visit family, relatives and friends, people need to party, eat & drink, people need to give and receive presents and so one. We should ask ourselves, was the idea that Santa Claus had correct

Many hotels do produce their own cake or put their logo on their pastries. The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel decided to go a different way by offering their guests a Ring Doughnut. Presented in a very stylish box, this torus-shaped ring doughnut is topped with sugar … which color … of course the refreshing pistachio. Come, see, taste and enjoy our new Ring Doughnut!

STYLES.enterprises does produce exclusive magazines and printing products in Vienna since 8 years, besides that they organize high-level society events. The main focus of STYLES.enterprises is the professional connection between the Austrian hospitality industry (top hotels) and the fashion scene in Austria. That is why most of their photo shootings are organised in 5-star luxury hotels, now the second time@The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel. Participating designers were Thang de Hoo, La Hong, Bipone, Georgiev, Callisti, Edith Agay, the “Innung

By M. Childs The other day I was leafing through a magazine at the dentist’s office – a place I dread – and along side an article about Heidi Klum, glowing and composed as always, was an ad for a weekend in Bad Ischl, the legendary Spa town of the Habsburgs. It promised to provide “relaxation fit for an emperor.” I sighed, dreaming of those simpler times when “taking the cure” fit into anyone’s calendar. My name was called: I

Chris Zwierzynski, from Tripbase.com shares some expert advice on unconventional packing. There was a time when we were more concerned with the experience of travel and just coming up with decent vacation ideas than we were with what we learned and brought back from it. We rejoiced in the sheer simplistic pleasure of going somewhere new, meeting new people and doing new things. The advent of modern-day technology has ultimately detracted from this enjoyment somewhat. A few years ago, when