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YOUR NUMBER 1 IN TRAVEL Imprint Owned, edited and published by: Österreichisches Verkehrsbüro Aktiengesellschaft Company register: FN: 74.803 f, Commercial Register Court: Vienna, VAT ID: ATU 15454103, Data Processing Register: 0000248 Photos: Austria Trend Hotels, Café Central Wien, Fotolia, Getty Images, iStock, Shutterstock Conception and graphic design: gantnerundenzi Printed: January 2018 www.verkehrsbuero.com ESTABLISHED 1917 1917 Österreichisches Verkehrsbureau starts to sell tickets for the state railways 1922 Sale of the first airline tickets, organisation of group travel 1988 Takeover of Austropa Hotels International GmbH 1997 Founding of the Austria Trend Hotels & Resorts hotel group 1998 Incoming agency Eurotours GmbH joins the group 2004 Acquisition of Ruefa Reisen, travel agencies and tour operator 2010 Relaunch of all travel agencies under the Ruefa brand 2011 New subsidiaries: AX Travel Management, Jumbo Touristik and Palais Events with Café Cetral First Motel One in Austria in a joint venture with the German hotel group of the same name 2013 Repositioning of Austria Trend Hotels 2017 The Verkehrsbüro Group celebrates its 100th anniversary and prepares itself for travel in the future 2 3 ONE GROUP, THREE STRONG SECTORS The Verkehrsbüro Group is not only Austria’s most exciting and versatile concern in tourism, LEISURE TOURISM BUSINESS TOURISM HOSPITALITY SECTOR but also market leader in three areas: Professional travel agent Stress-free business travel Modern city hotels the hospitality sector, leisure tourism and High-quality tour operator Creative business meetings Magnificent event locations business tourism. Leading incoming agency Incentive tours & events Easy booking online Congresses With a total of 3,000 employees, the company No matter whether you need a holiday or a business trip - stands for decades of experience and one With Ruefa, Eurotours and Jumbo, the Verkehrsbüro Verkehrsbüro Business Travel and AX Travel Group unites three strong travel brands under a single our excellent hotels offering first-class service are among supreme ambition: You can always count on us! Management stand for professional business travel the most preferred addresses in Austria. 28 Austria roof. More than 100 Ruefa travel agencies provide a and MICE service. BEasy, the online solution for personal and competent service. Jumbo Touristik is a Trend Hotels offer hospitality combined with Austrian SMEs, means that business travel can be booked charm. Six Motel One hotels and an exclusive suite in tour operator offering high-quality cruises, study trips extremely easily and at a competitive price. Austropa and long-haul holidays in over 190 different countries. Schönbrunn Palace offer great design at reasonable pri- Interconvention, part of the MICE services, are our ces. Furthermore, three Viennese palaces provide unique Eurotours not only acts as a successful tour operator for congress specialists and, with their Green Meetings, the retail industry but, as an incoming agency, provides locations for unforgettable happenings ranging from a pioneer in sustainability. Incentive tours and meetings large-scale events to family celebrations. more than 1200 tourism companies with attractive and events complete the offer. In addition we are packages in Austria and the neighbouring countries. represented in more than 120 countries through our partner, American Express Global Business Travel. 4 5 Start the day with a smile FEEL GREAT with Austria Trend Every day gets off to a perfect start when you stay with us! As an Austrian hotel group, we attach particular importance RIGHT FROM to local produce - from freshly baked rolls to fruit juices and organic yoghurt. Our teas, coffee and muesli are all produced by Sonnentor, an Austrian pioneer in organic food. DAY ONE Two million satisfied guests stay at our Austria Trend Hotels every year. Our exclusive Schönbrunn Palace Grand Suite invariably appears in the list of exceptional accommodation (www.thesuite.at). Three categories of hotels provide a quick overview of our services: from overnight accommodation and breakfast in our Smart hotels to Comfort hotels with a wide range of cuisine and seminar facilities, through to our exclusive Premium category. You can book your favourite room directly at www.austria-trend.at. As professional event organisers we offer free WLAN and optimally equipped event space for more than 10,000 guests. Big on design, small on price: Motel One Anyone checking into a Motel One in Vienna or Salzburg, can look forward to heaps of design at very reasonable prices. Our budget design hotels are operated under a joint venture with the German hotel group of the same name. Bookings can be made at www.motel-one.com. 6 7 Hotel Savoyen Hotel Savoyen NUMBER 1 IN AUSTRIA Hotel Schloss Lebenberg Alpine Resort Fieberbrunn Cities in the Austrian provinces Resort hotels CEE cities ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Salzburg Mitte + Smart Motel One Salzburg-Mirabell Hotel Schloss Lebenberg Hotel Ljubljana + Premium ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kitzbühel Premium ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Europa Salzburg Comfort Motel One Salzburg-Süd Hotel Bratislava Premium Alpine Resort ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Salzburg West Comfort Fieberbrunn Premium ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Europa Graz Comfort Sporthotel Fontana Fieberbrunn Comfort ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Congress Innsbruck Comfort ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Schillerpark Linz Premium Radisson Blu Hotel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Altstadt Salzburg Premium Detailed information about our Smart, Comfort and Premium hotels can be found at www.austria-trend.at. 8 Hotel Europa Salzburg 9 Schönbrunn Palace Grand Suite NUMBER 1 IN VIENNA Vienna & surroundings ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Doppio Smart Hotel Astoria Comfort Hotel Savoyen S Premium Motel One Wien-Westbahnhof ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Ananas Smart Hotel Europa Wien Comfort Parkhotel Schönbrunn Premium Motel One Wien-Prater ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Beim Theresianum Smart Hotel Rathauspark Comfort Schloß Schönbrunn Motel One Wien-Staatsoper Grand Suite Premium ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Lassalle Smart Eventhotel Pyramide Comfort Motel One Wien-Hauptbahnhof Courtyard by Marriott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Anatol Smart Hotel Bosei Comfort Wien Schönbrunn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hotel Messe Prater Wien Smart Schloss Wilhelminenberg Comfort Radisson Blu Park ★ ★ ★ ★ Royal Palace Hotel, Vienna Premium Detailed information about our Smart, Comfort and Premium hotels can be found at www.austria-trend.at. 10 11 THE NUMBER ONE ADDRESS FOR EVENTS Palais Events Your guests will remember a perfectly staged event for a long time to come. From planning and organization to implementation, Palais Events are the smartest way to celebrate your big day. And as top caterers, we also conjure up culinary delights for you and your guests. The exclusive Ferstel and Daun-Kinsky town palaces and the former rooms of the Stock Exchange at the heart of Vienna are all impressive venues for your event. You can choose between twelve rooms for several hundred guests. All rooms have been faithfully restored and equipped with state-of-the-art technology. There are good reasons why around 100,000 guests a year choose us to organize their conventions and celebrations. Café Central Leading personalities from the world of art, politics and science have been meeting at the famous Café Central ever since 1876. And even today, the café’s cuisine and patisserie are enduringly popular with guests from all over the world – and with the Viennese themselves. The coffeehouse stands for the Viennese lifestyle and joie de vivre like no other institution. 12 13 YOUR FIRST Your dream holiday begins with Ruefa You can depend on the security offered by Austria’s largest travel agent, and simply look forward to the sun, the beach - CHOICE FOR and a hotel that will always fit the bill. Ruefa stands for a new generation of travel agencies. Their certified travel agents are there to offer support, HOLIDAYS either by phone, online or at more than 100 locations. You can also easily book our wide range of holiday packages on www.ruefa.at. Unlike other online providers, we also offer a callback service. Our call centre agents provide expert information outside of travel agency opening hours under 0810/200 400. From Africa to Central Asia Our tour operator Jumbo Touristik offers a wide range of high-quality long-haul holidays. Whether it’s Africa, Asia, South America, the Indian Ocean, cruises or global study trips you want, you can always rely on the experience and expertise of the market leader. 14 15 © WILDMAN - FOTOLIA.COM THE WORLD AT FIRST-HAND Austria and the whole world Eurotours, headquartered in Kitzbühel, markets holidays in Austria, as well as travel to all parts of the world. For more than 35 years, this one-stop-shop has been specialized in putting together individual services to create attractive packages which are then sold through its distribution partners. Eurotours has built up a very successful partnership with Hofer Reisen. The company also has a similar cooperation with Tchibo and Aldi in Switzerland and Germany. A total of 1.3 million customers per year place their trust in the expertise of Eurotours, the leading incoming agency and one of Central Europe‘s largest direct tour operators. Innovative concepts Eurotours offers spontaneous holiday experiences at top prices on www.justaway.com. The Deutsche Post has also been a partner for many years. In keeping with the motto ”Germany goes on holiday“, attractive travel packages at competitive rates can be found under www.post-reisen.de. 16 17 FIRST CLASS SERVICE Business Travel