1. Who are you? My name is Suzanne Urpecz. I’m the creator of The Hungarian Girl which is a dedicated blog/website about Central & Eastern European food and culture. I’m currently studying Culinary Arts at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. I’m preparing to open my own authentic Hungarian restaurant in the near future. As well, I operate a specialty cake business that offers the very best in Central and Eastern European desserts. In addition, I have a background in

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

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

Mapplr.com, a blog about Boutique hotels and cool restaurants around the world run by Esmé Vos, recommends The Ring , Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel, for a trip to Vienna

“If ‘location, location, location’ are every hotel´s key points then the new Ring Hotel has all three. First, barely 100 yards one way, is the impressive, Neo-Renaissance Opera House. Second, cross over the road outside, the Kärntner Ring, and walk straight through to the centre of Old Vienna. Enjoy the  bright, coloured roof tiles of Stephansdom, the cathedral, whose remnants of the original 13th century church are the Giants´ Doorway and the Heathen Towers. Third, stay on this ‘Ring’ road

“At eight” restaurant recently celebrated its first birthday as the hotel was opened on November 6th, 2008. It was perfect timing that in the same week the new “Gault Millau”, Austria´s most important and really famous gourmet guide, was presented. Of course, there was hope that “at eight” restaurant would get an award, but still it felt like a surprise when the message came in that at eight was awarded with one toque. The happiness of the whole restaurant team

The japanese issue of the Austrian Airlines Magazine reports about At Eight Restaurant

The japanese issue of the Austrian Airlines Magazine reports about The Ring Hotel, At Eight Restaurant and the Drings Bar

Concept For Living, the home and garden magazine for the north, features The Ring Hotel

The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel is launched 4 new websites to help their customers find information and make reservations queries easily. Recognizing that customers vary in language, search terms and information needs, The network of sites is linked directly from the highly visible main site www.theringhotel.com . Each site focuses on a specific customer group. – At Eight Restaurant is served by website www.ateight-restaurant.com for local and international visitors to Vienna seeking the unique culinary experience that is ‘aroma