Vienna has a lot to offer. That is why there is no lack of good images … how great Vienna is can now be seen at the new website www.imaginevienna.at. This new initiative has been brought to life by the editorial department of www.wien.at, this also counts for the image community. On this new platform “WienerInnen” and “Wiener” do show how they see, explore and experience e.g. observe their city. Their images should show the quality of life in Vienna,

Searching through the web we came across www.yelp.at and discovered that 2 of our hotels were already listed here. Hence we searched further and  … got in touch with Andreas Rainer, Community & Marketing Manager of Yelp in Vienna. We invited him for lunch and talked a bit about what Yelp is all about and what cross-marketing opportunities there are for hotels in general via Yelp. It was so interesting that we decided to ask him for an interview on our

Like every year in September the Austrian capital strikes a pose as fashion designers, buyers and fashionistas rush to the Museums Quartier for the MQ Vienna Fashion Week, presented by Vöslauer. Fashion shows, exhibitions and parties provide a chance for national and international designers to show their latest creations and mingle with Vienna’s beautiful people. This year the MQ Vienna Fashion Week takes place from September 14th-18th for the third time and shows a large variety of designers from Austria

As we always do write about interesting and upcoming fashion & music events which take place in Vienna or near Vienna, we thought writing about the current RUN VIE – Festival for Urban Art & Music is a real must. This music event took place for the first time in October 2009 and has developed itself within the festival industry in the past 2 years. The overall goal of this festival is to bring innovative artists and musicians to Vienna

Last week we met with Hardy Egger, CEO & owner of Lifestyle Hotels, a hotel platform based in Graz, Austria featuring more than 118 stylish hotels in over 88 hot spots throughout the globe. As we joined Lifestyle Hotels with The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel and Lake´s – my lake hotel & spa we thought it would be a good idea to interview him, as his platform is not just a hotel booking platform like the ones we know

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

This week we dedicate our part ‘Interview’ to the founders of NELOU. Why? Because we like the idea of creating a ‘fashion village’ and because they focus on Austrian designers, giving them the opportunity to position themselves and their products via the platform www.nelou.com. How did we get in touch with them? They were one of our partners at the Lake’s Fashion Days this year and did bring us some great designers. As they are very creative which you will

“Upside down you turn me” is the title of an unusual photo shooting session which was currently held for the local magazine Name It for their August/September issue. Producer Susanne Gosch picked The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel as main location next to Morisson Club and Szene Wien, photographer Julia Spicker and the entire styling team was more than happy … we as well as we did receive some great photos and again also showed that The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel

After having started with our new initiative “Interviews” on our blog in February 2009, today we counted the number of interview postings on our blog … 56 in total, a lot if you ask us. As of today we decided to re-think this initiative and introduce the person we interview a bit more in detail. This week we gave Robert Kropf of the blogazine www.insiderei.com the opportunity to introduce himself as well as his “blogazine” on our blog. How did

What’s in a name? We have been told that BBQ is ‘in’ in Austria, hence we have decided to dedicate a posting to this term, trying to explain what it in general implies, what types of cooking techniques there are and what kind of events are being held in Austria to further ‘hype’ this type of cooking. Barbacoa Traditional barbacoa involves digging a hole in the ground and placing some meat with a pot underneath it, so that the juices