After 2 successful ‘Fashion Blog Lunches’ with 2 great designers (September 2010 and January 2011) Maria Ratzinger of Stylekingdom and Viktoria Egger of Modeltalk confronted us with a great designer: Eva Poleschinski with her label ep_anoui for April 2011. The ‘Fashion Blog Lunch’ took place on April 9th@The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel and again was a great success! After the lunch at the restaurant at eight all participants ‘disappeared’ into the ‘Ring Suite’ and Eva Poleschinski had the chance
November 24th, 2010, 15:00 CET, the lobby of Vienna’s most casual and fashionable luxury hotel, seeing a stylish car driving into the lobby of the hotel, 17:00, seeing 5 lovely models entering the hotel and moving quickly to their ‘change room’, 18:00, hectic in the lobby and in the bar, people are decorating, discussing the final details … 19:00 … the first guests enter the hotel, the guest list is ready and names are signed-off, 20:00 the official start of
It is time to take your old ‘sneakers’ out of your wardrobe. Sneakerness is in Vienna, the world largest sneaker ‘bazaar’. On October 9th, 2010 at the Palais Schönborn in Vienna sneaker freaks and casual shoe fanatics can exchange or sell their sneakers, buy new ones at the booths of Wood Wood, Paar, 6th Floor, Zapateria, Phönix and Grand. Sneakerness is an idea that was born in Switzerland and which took place 5 times already, 2008 in Bern, 2009 in
Berlin, Prague, Vienna, München and back to Amsterdam Mr. Paul van der Linden, chief editor of the magazine “Stars & Luxury” decided to test the new Lexus RX 450 Hybrid and instead of driving through The Netherlands, he picked the “good old roadtrip” and drove from Berlin to Prague, then to Vienna, further on to Munich and back to Amsterdam. Whilst docking-up in Vienna, he stayed at the Grand Hotel Wien and also at The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel,
1. Who are you? I’m a passionate traveler and I LOVE what I do. I began my career spearheading sales and marketing efforts for Ritz-Carlton and Montana’s Triple Creek Ranch. In 2002, I founded JG Black Book of Travel (www.blackbook.travel) to give a voice to those boutique experiences that make travelers feel intimately connected to a place. Today the firm provides expert marketing, promotion and sales services to the world’s finest travel providers. 2. What do you like about what
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
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
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,
Vienna, a “sizzling” city worth a visit all year round … especially in summer, when open air concerts and festivals abound. All genres of music, dance and arts are on offer making Vienna a truly ‘Cool Capital’ for summer breaks and holidays. The electro party ambiance of “Donauinselfest“, June 26 -28, attracts hip music to Vienna’s foremost open air venue. The week long “Jazz Fest Wien” kicks off June 29 featuring a world class line up in a variety of
A Finnish Hospitality Management graduate group from Turku University of Applied Sciences got a once in a lifetime experience to enjoy casual luxury in The Ring Hotel in March 15th as a part of our strategic management studies. The study trip included visiting exciting hotels and meeting interesting tourism persons, including Assistant General Manager of The Ring and Grand Hotel Wien, Mr. Carl-Peter Echtermeijer. He kindly welcomed us for a tour in Grand Hotel Wien to show some of the
