On Monday, March 15th, 2010 the event ‘Vienna Awards for Fashion & Lifestyle’ will take place at Hall E of the Museums Quartier in Vienna. This year prominent persons and outstanding achievements in 12 different categories within the fashion and lifestyle industry will be awarded.
International glamour will be given to the event due to the performance of Kiera Sunshine Chaplin. Topmodel from Ireland, grandchild of Charly Chaplin and great-grandchild of Eugene O’Neill, Nobel prize laureate in literature, will fly directly
1. Who are you?
This sounds like it should be an easy enough question to answer, but it is actually very difficult. If you Google me you’ll find more anwers.
I would say that I am a cosmopolitan citizen who wants to make a positive impact in the world. Events in my life encouraged me to be extremely creative and to think for myself. I am originally Slovak and grew up in the old Austro-Hungarian empire, moving to Vienna many years
1. Who are you?
My name is Petra von Kazinyan, and I was born on March 2nd, 1976 in Gelnhausen, Germany. After finishing my studies at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt/M., I moved to Vienna where I’ve been living and working since then.
In the recent past, I participated in various exhibitions in Austria and abroad; in 2009, I was nominated for the “item-art prize for painting” in Ulm, Germany, I took part in group exhibitions in Frankfurt/M. and St. Christoph, Austria, and
Several terms for intimate, unusual luxurious hotel environments where guests experience a more personal ‘looking-after’ feeling and a more private and dedicated level of service. Boutique hotels are unique properties that are mostly operated by individuals or companies that operate a small hotel collection.
A few examples: Stein Group, Geisel Privathotels in Germany, Schössle Hotel Group and Bulgari Collection. Mostly all boutique hotels are furnished in a themed, aspirational or stylish way, boost between 30 and 80 guest rooms and suites
On August 12th I attended the introduction of the US-based company Anon Optics at project space at the Wiener Kunsthalle. It was a nice party, actually a combination of party, pop-up exhibition and fashion event, really ‘funky’. Every guest got the opportunity to try the new sunglasses of Anon Optics and wear these throughout the evening. Also pictures were made and these were put on a large wall. Apparently the sunglasses of Anon Optics and very well known in the
1. Who are you?
Florian Weitzer – I am 35 years old and I´m managing 3 hotels in Graz:
lifestyle design hotel daniel, Hotel “Das Weitzer” and “Grand Hotel Wiesler”
2. What do you like about what you do?
I like to have the wide range of challenges instead of being focused on routine job.
3. What don’t you like about what you do?
To deal with the sort of people who are not open minded, accounting and authorities.
4. Please tell us about your hotel and
“Top locations and top reputations in combination with a love of Vienna is the secret of four of Vienna’s luxury hotel managers:
Jan Hendrik van Dillen – Palais Coburg
Oscar del Campo, Imperial & Bristol
Carl-Peter Echtermeijer, Grand Hotel Wien & The Ring Hotel
Johann Mikats, Ambassador.
In May 2008 van Dillen, del Campo, Echtermeijer and Mikats met with Vienna Deluxe to determine which factors their luxury hotels have in common. At the traditional Café Griensteidl, it was remarkable to note what a magnet Vienna
