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.

Social business is not new. It is an existing business model that does not strive to maximize profits but rather to serve humanity’s most pressing needs. Thus, the first motive of social business is not profit, and it does not pay its investors dividends. Instead, it aims at solving social problems with products and services at affordable prices, or giving the poor and marginalized people ownership in a business and allow them to share in its profits. A social business

As usual, like we do nothing else … we came across the website www.stadtkinder.com. This site seemed to be new (it is, it was launched early 2011), we looked at it, found it very interesting and useful, especially for people planning to visit Vienna or those who want to stay updated on highlights, events, parties etcetera. So we met Michael Kamleitner of ‘Stadtkinder’, talked about what we could do together and decided to promote him and the site on our

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

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,