Josef Illinger

Josef Illinger – your host at Hotel Astoria

As early as at the age of ten, Josef Illinger made his decision for the hotel industry, as he was a passionate cook already back then. At Salzburg’s best hotel, “Österreichischer Hof” (today “Hotel Sacher”), he began his apprenticeship and just three years later, he was a chef at the first-class hotel “Schloß Fuschl” – and stayed there for eleven years. Other top hotels during his chef career were “Palais Schwarzenberg” in Vienna, “Hotel Zürserhof” and, for 17 years, the Sheraton in Salzburg. Yet, he wanted to make a further step to spoil his guests even more. So he decided to become an hotelier and to manage a hotel with a family character, which was very important to him. In the small, privately run Hotel Astoria, he can offer his guests anything in order to pamper them, as he says himself: “There is nothing more exciting than having a small private house and meeting satisfied guests day by day".

Eva Giebisch

Working with passion: Your host at Hotel Kasererbräu

Eva Giebisch loves to discover new things. The passionate hotel manager loves to spend her leisure time outside, enjoys long swimming trips and hikes. She knows the city center of Salzburg like the back of her hand – and she is happy to tell her very personal secrets and experiences to her guests. Eva Giebisch is generally putting her heart and soul into her work: She used to work at her parents‘ hotel for 18 years and finally took over the management of it in 2007. A lot of fun at work and continuously new contacts to guests from all over the world outweigh the lacking free time she has. Discover Salzburg in a very different way and let yourself be carried away to a very special discovery tour...

Anna "Sunshine" Sigl

Anna Sunshine Sigl – your host at Hotel Markus Sittikus & Villa Carlton

Anna Sunshine Sigl lives up to her name: the hotel manager likes to address her guests and her staff with a friendly smile. Her love for the job is thus quite obvious. Though Anna Sunshine Sigl appreciates most the changes hotel life brings about: getting to know different people again and again is among her favorite tasks. During her scarce leisure time, Anna Sunshine Sigl loves travelling, meeting friends, or overexerting herself with sport. On this page, she reveals to her guests how she imagines a perfect vacation day in Salzburg. Enjoy trying out and discovering!

Bettina Wiesinger

The Wiesingers: Your hosts at Hotel Auersperg

Bettina Wiesinger and her husband Mark are running the “Auersperg“ in the third generation even though guests don’t get to see them too often during daily business: Bettina is responsible for the hotel’s vision and further development and, as the mother of 3 children, lives her dream to be at home with her kids. Mark regularly works as a project planner and self-employed with his company “Mark’s plan”. It is a matter of personal importance to the couple to further develop the “Auersperg“ together! If Bettina Wiesinger still finds some short time off, she loves to spend it in her own town. She is happy to reveal her tips for a perfect day in Salzburg to her guests – enjoy your ramble through the city of Mozart!

Walter Gmachl

Your host at Hotel Jedermann

The decision to become an hotelier Walter Gmachl made overnight, in the true sense of the word: after years of experience in industry and trade, he changed for the hotel business – a decision he hasn’t regretted until today. The various challenges and the contact with always new and friendly guests compensate for his stress and lack of time. So Walter Gmachl likes to have breakfast together with his hotel guests to learn some of their personal stories. In general, the hotelier appreciates the company of nice people – within the job but also during his leisure time. The hotelier is of course pleased to tell his guests how he prefers to spend his spare hours. We wish you pleasure in reading and trying out!

Andreas Reichl

From Rio to Salzburg: your host at Hotel Hohenstauffen

Andreas Reichl’s job career led him from Rio de Janeiro via Vienna to Salzburg where he’s carrying on the traditional family enterprise. Grown up within the hotel industry, Andreas Reichl doesn’t want to renounce this very special profession: continuous contact with people from all over the world and the manifold activities are particularly near and dear to the hotelier. Andreas Reichl prefers spending his leisure time with family or playing soccer – or, of course, in his home town whose most beautiful corners he reveals here. We wish you great pleasure in reading and discovering them!

Petra Aichberger

For the fun of the job: your host at Hotel Wolf-Dietrich

Petra Aichberger is what we call a true lateral recruit. Only in 2006, the communication and media coach started her career in the hotel industry at Salzburg Altstadthotel. Petra Aichberger is still fond of mere variation: she is a passionate host – as she loved her job as an independent coach. Taking pleasure in her profession, she has remained in the hotel industry. The personal contact to her guests is dear to her heart. For Petra Aichberger, the classic division between job and leisure doesn’t exist: she simply feels at ease whatever she is doing. Your hotelier gives you some suggestions for a perfect day in the city of Mozart. Enjoy reading and trying out!

Georg Maier

Lived, traditional hospitality: Your hotelier at „Hotel zur Post“

Georg Maier, your host at “Hotel zur Post“ virtually grew up with the business. He already helped in his school holidays when he was young. Thus there was no doubt for Georg Maier that he would take over the family business one day. Lived hospitality runs in the hotelier’s blood - and the enthusiasm for his profession is plain to see for everyone. The contact with people from all over the world, versatile and demanding tasks and activities are inspiring him just as much as the exchanges of experiences with colleagues that work as private hoteliers like him. And if the hotel manager has some leisure time once in a while, he loves to spend it in his own town. A warm welcome to a very personal round tour through Salzburg with Georg Maier!

Stefanie Fleischhaker

Working with fun and pleasure: Stefanie Fleischhaker

Stefanie Fleischhaker has been welcoming her guests at Salzburg’s Hotel Rosenvilla since 2008. The hotel manager discovered her commitment for the hotel business many years ago. She has been working for the hotel already since 2004, when she still went to school or studied. As she loved to work at the hotel, she finally decided to make the job her proper profession. Pleasure and indulgence is just part of the game for Stefanie Fleischhaker – privately, she appreciates a good glass of wine or a good meal just as much as sports activities. Of course, the hotel manager is always happy to reveal some of her personal likings to her guests: For instance with the following tip for a “perfect day in Salzburg'!

Anna "Sunshine" Sigl

Anna Sunshine Sigl – your host at Hotel Markus Sittikus & Villa Carlton

Anna Sunshine Sigl lives up to her name: the hotel manager likes to address her guests and her staff with a friendly smile. Her love for the job is thus quite obvious. Though Anna Sunshine Sigl appreciates most the changes hotel life brings about: getting to know different people again and again is among her favorite tasks. During her scarce leisure time, Anna Sunshine Sigl loves travelling, meeting friends, or overexerting herself with sport. On this page, she reveals to her guests how she imagines a perfect vacation day in Salzburg. Enjoy trying out and discovering!

Gabriele Leobacher

Gabriele Leobacher – the host making possible (almost) everything.

Your host Gabriele Leobacher has a quite simple motto: along with her family, she wants to make possible (almost) everything to her guests! That’s why Ms. Leobacher addresses her guest’s needs and concerns sometimes on her own initiative. Her hospitality boasts a long tradition – before her activity at Hotel Arenberg, she worked during 17 years at travel agencies and in the hotel industry. It’s however the diversity that Ms. Leobacher appreciates most particularly: each single day is unique as well as each single guest. As a true family woman, she enjoys, beyond the professional life, spending her leisure time with her beloved ones. Moreover, she’s of course fond of her beautiful native town – all you can experience there within one perfect day, that’s what Ms. Leobacher tells her guests in a synopsis!

Christine Gmachl

Your host at Achat Plaza zum Hirschen

Christine Gmachl never asked herself why she had become an hotelier: she grew up in her parents’ enterprise and appreciated the hotel industry from the very beginning. The ever-changing tasks and interactions with always different people are just two benefits the hotel routine provides Christine Gmachl with. During her long career, she gathered various experiences in any realm – service, cuisine and marketing, event management as well as HR agenda. In her scarce leisure time, Christine Gmachl enjoys life in all its facets – especially together with dear friends. She is pleased to share her tips and suggestions for a perfect day in Salzburg with her guests. Have a good time while testing them!

Marius Donhauser

Innovation and ideas: your host at Hotel “Der Salzburger Hof”

Marius Donhauser’s own vocational choice was soon clear – he wanted to become independent. That’s why he opted, as a student, for International Economics and focused on company management. His primary discussion topic with his father was the hotel industry. Soon he gathered experiences in his parents’ enterprise, and since “Der Salzburger Hof” has been completely owned by the family, the creativeness and commitment of the young hotelier continue to be unstoppable. Marius Donhauser considers it his task to continuously push a permanent modernization of the hotel – and captivate his guests always with new, innovative offers. Two hearts however beat in his breast: beside his activities as a host, the hotelier is successful with his own advertizing agency. He assists companies with tailor-made community and Intranet solutions, know-how, and ideas. The PrivateCityHotels concept is also mainly penned by him – thus a closed loop with respect to his own hotel ...