Hotel project at the high-altitude health resort of Semmering: Florian Weitzer, a hotelier from Graz, turns the Kurhaus Semmering, at the time one of the most renowned hotels in the region, into the Grand Semmering.
In the middle of Lower Austria lies a municipality that for years has been known to the Austrians and especially the Viennese as a Spa is popular: The Semmering. There you will find the traditional Kurhaus Semmeringwhich found its way into the hands of hotelier Florian Weitzer in 2019, who now wants to carefully revitalize the listed building and make it accessible to guests again as a hotel. The Kurhaus Semmering will thus become the Grand Semmering.
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When the Hotelier Florian Weitzer project, you can expect that the end result will be an object that can be compared with modern design and character equally convinced. This was already shown by the Hotel Daniel Viennawhich today with its Sailboat on the roof is considered one of the best design hotels in the city and was built in a listed former office building of a Swiss pharmaceutical company. With the Grand Semmering the sixth hotel of Weitzer Welt Hotels & Restaurants in addition to the two Viennese hotels, the Hotel Daniel and the Grand Ferdinand, as well as the three hotels in Graz: the Weitzer, the Grand Hotel Wiesler and the Hotel Daniel Graz.
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"The Kurhaus has long touched me with its charm. It inspires me how in earlier times the townspeople spent their summer holidays here with their artists. Fascinated by this history, I want to be a director in this house and inspire people to dream. My goal for the coming years is to breathe new life into the Kurhaus and thus also into the town of Semmering with a great deal of empathy. The place needs to regain the pride and dignity it had in its heyday,"says Florian Weitzer about his latest project.
Sheltered from the wind on the south-eastern slope of the Wolfsbergkogels and with the most hours of sunshine in the historic mountain health resort, the Kurhaus is predestined to offer relaxation to guests from all over the world. The building houses both the luxurious dining room as well as the Former breakfast room and the historic staircase preserved true to the original and are just waiting to be played with. The interior, which splendid Art Nouveau elements is equipped, guests will be able to "Luxury" for the soul offer. It will be interesting to see how Florian Weitzer will incorporate these elements into the concept and what features he will use to sweeten his guests' time.
The Kurhaus, a luxurious Art Nouveau building that Opened as a hotel in 1909 was one of the most stylish hotels of its time and, together with the Südbahnhotel and the Panhaus, was regarded as the one of the three top hotels in Semmering. During the First and Second World Wars, it served as a convalescent home and military hospital, then as quarters for the Soviet occupying forces. Since the 2000s, it has been used as a Venue for numerous cultural events used until Florian Weitzer bought it in November 2019.
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It was not for nothing that the Semmering was once a Stronghold of Central European tourism and, with its villas and grand hotels, was also affectionately known as the "Balcony of Vienna" the municipality awaits its visitors with numerous hiking trails, breathtaking panoramas and extensive forests as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Sitethe Semmeringbahn. While guests mainly come for cross-country skiing and downhill skiing in winter, in spring, summer and fall there are countless hiking opportunities as well as a forest ropes course, a bike park, tennis courts and golf courses.
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