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  Lake´s opens in Pörtschach am Wörthersee07 July 2010

  In July 2010, JJW Hotels & Resorts opens Lake´s – my lake hotel in the lovely 'Pörtschach am Wörthersee' offering a one-of-a-kind lakeside holiday experience: 70 studios and suites and 2 Penthouses present their guests casual luxury and an elegant and private ambience in the best 'Sommerfrische' tradition.

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  140 Years of the Grand Hotel Wien23 June 2010

  In 2010, a legendary Viennese luxury hotel is celebrating its 140th anniversary. The Grand Hotel Wien looks back at a remarkable history with glamorous and turbulent times, with crowned heads and dramatic affairs, with culinary and musical highlights – but above all, with hundreds of thousands of guests who filled the venerable edifice with life.

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  The hotel ‘gardens’ have opened01 April 2010

  From March until October the so-called ‘Schanigarten-tradition' plays an essential role in everyday life in Vienna. Tables are set up on the sidewalks and people rejoice in sitting in these ‘gardens' in front of the cafés and coffeehouses and enjoy small snacks and drinks.

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  K Hotels International presented29 March 2010

  Starting in 2010, a new, seminal cooperation will enrich the hotel market: The Austrian subsidiary of JJW Hotels & Resorts, owner and operator of Grand Hotel Wien and Hotel The Ring, and the American hotel representation company K Hotels are kicking off the strong partnership "K Hotels International".

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  Guglhupf designed by Gustav Klimt19 January 2010

  A work of art inside and outside: the Grand Hotel Wien in cooperation with the Austrian Gallery Belvedere now offers a special "Guglhupf-Box" edition. For a short period of time, Klimt’s painting "The Kiss" is decorating the box of the delicious Grand Hotel Wien Guglhupf.

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  World Travel Awards 200919 November 2009

  The Grand Hotel Wien has been awarded the "travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars" (© Wall Street Journal), the World Travel Award 2009, as Austria’s Leading Hotel.

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  Gault Millau 2010 places the restaurants of the Grand Hotel Wien among the best ones in Austria05 November 2009

  The restaurants of the Grand Hotel Wien, Le Ciel and Unkai, excelled in the annual rating of the most important Austrian gourmet guide, the Gault Millau. The restaurants, both of them situated on the 7th floor of the Grand Hotel Wien, were awarded two toques each in the 2010 ranking.

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  Fundraising Dinner at the Belvedere28 September 2009

  On September 11th, more than 500 guests gathered at the Belvedere for a spectacular evening in the splendor of the twenties and for the benefit of the "20er Haus". The "Grand Catering" was in charge of the fulminate catering.

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  Catering contract with FK Austria Wien17 August 2009

  The football club FK Austria Wien has appointed the catering department of the Grand Hotel Wien, "Grand Catering" with the catering of all home matches at the Horr Stadium for the next three years.

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  New Director of Sales & Marketing09 July 2009

  Since July 1st, 2009 Roland Hamberger (31) is in charge for both hotels of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, the Grand Hotel Wien and "The Ring" hotel, as Director of Sales & Marketing.

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  Emballissimo Award12 May 2009

  At this year´s “Emballissimo” award, the award ceremony of the Austrian paper industry, the Sushi Take Away Box of “Unkai Sushi” restaurant was awarded in the category “folded items”.

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  Sushi Cooking Courses with Head Chef Hiroshi Sakai11 February 2009

  In 2009 the popular sushi cooking courses at "Unkai" restaurant at the Grand Hotel Wien will be continued. These hands-on courses are meant for those people, who want to learn how to make sushi, maki and other Japanese dishes themselves.

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  Grand Hotel Wien goes Art Catering11 February 2009

  With great pleasure, the Grand Hotel Wien presents its own catering department „Art Catering by Grand Hotel Wien“. The well-known Viennese company “Art Catering”, established by Erich Bauer, was taken over by the Grand Hotel Wien and integrated as a separate catering department.