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

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

Normally we write about The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel, we post an interesting interview or write about things that happen in Vienna or in Austria, this time we want to share the upcoming “World Bodypainting Festival” which takes place in Pörtschach at Lake Wörthersee from June 27th – July 3rd, 2011. Why you may ask yourself? Well, easy to answer, Lake´s – my lake hotel & spa is official partner hotel of this event. The World Bodypainting Festival, this

We already wrote about the upcoming fashion event at Lake´s – my lake hotel & spa called ‘Lake´s Fashion Days’ a few weeks ago on our blog, now it’s time to present to you the final program including the various side events. We have been able to get more than 40 designers from Austria, Slovenia, Germany & Italy for this event, which means that we will have close to 40 shows. Special shows are the shows by ‘Tiberius’ and ‘ep_anoui’

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

From May 11th until May 15th 2011 the Lake´s Fashion Days will take place in Pörtschach, Carinthia, Austria. Lake´s – my lake hotel & spa, opened in 2010, will organize a unique fashion show at the breathtaking lake Wörthersee. 4 DAYS PACKED WITH FASHION FROM AUSTRIA, GERMANY, ITALY AND SLOVENIA More than 30 designers from the area around the Alps and the Danube – Austria, Germany, Italy and Slovenia – will present their fashion during 4 days. The collections shown

Large events in key hub cities around the globe and in holiday destinations have already become a ‘must’ for the international gay & lesbian community, take the ‘Pride Festivals’ in cities like Amsterdam, Stockholm, Bangkok, Moscow, Madrid, the Christopher Street Day in Hamburg, Wigstock in NYC, the well known ‘Smashing Valentine’ a tennis tournament for the scene held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the multi-cultural, gay-friendly, beach-lined Sitges Carnival Festival in Spain, the Rainbow Honolulu Film Festival or the International Gay and

1. Who are you? My name is Manuel Lechner, I was born 1972 in Dachau near Munich, I am married and have 2 kids. I love the hospitality industry although I am more a food & beverage guy than a hotelier. But I bet this will change pretty soon with the new hotel. 2. What do you like about what you do? To host and provide the best service, that is my profession. 3. What don’t you like about what