Austria Travel News

Austrian companies from Styria , the Green Heart of Austria, travelled on a trade mission to China the last two weeks visiting Hong Zhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing to stimulate the region's economy following the deepest recession since the 1930s.

I was taking deep breaths of fresh Austrian air when I was overtaken in quick succession by a cyclist with bulging calves, a lady doing her errands and a small boy on an even smaller bike laden with fishing tackle.

TravelHorizon, a France-based operator of a European, multi-lingual online travel sites, has raised a 20M from AGF Private Equity and CM-CIC Capital with return backer Wellington Partners.

By David Rogers Austria's first prototype hydrogen-powered car has been unveiled.

As the Cleveland Orchestra's time in Vienna draws to a close, Nature herself has lowered the final curtain.

Philippe Save's recent European trip was a combination of family in France, cultural experiences in Prague, Czech Republic , and gorgeous hikes in the Alps.

What was life like in ancient Egypt? What was it like to live in a small development near the Valley of the Kings? To be a worker on the tombs? An artist who decorated the walls of the tombs? His wife who had to stay home and do the shopping? A lover writing to his or her beloved? Although they might appear as stiff figures from another planet in ...

Carinthia, the southernmost province of Austria, is seeking to enhance economic and trade ties with Qatar.

The European hotel industry posted decreases in year-over-year results when reported in U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds for September 2009, according to data compiled by STR Global.

In centuries past, Vienna was the key for conquerors looking to invade Western Europe.

Filipino groups in Austria continue to send assistance to the victims of tropical storms "Ondoy" and "Pepeng" in the Philippines.

We're back from our 25 day trip to central Europe. Ken and I were invited to a friend's wedding in SpiA skA NovA Ves, Slovakia.

This is a Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, of film director Roman Polanski in Montrouge, France.

"EUa s dangerous cocktail Turkey-Armenian deal annoys Nabucco-supplier Azerbaijan Turkey and Armenia recently signed accords in Switzerland to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their border, but the agreement may aggravate Ankaraa s relations with energy-rich Azerbaijan, which is a potential key supplier for the planned Nabucco pipeline.

Hotel distribution without the Internet has long since become unthinkable. But hoteliers can tell you a thing or two about the tedious maintenance of Internet distribution channels - " managing every channel individually costs a lot of time, money and nerves.

A year after his death in a car crash, a new memorial to Joerg Haider has become a temple to the man who shook up European politics with his anti-foreigner campaigns.

Poland has deployed troops and snow ploughs after snow and powerful winds cut off power supplies to as many as 700,000 people in storms which swept central Europe.

The Foreign Ministry of China said Tuesday that it was "seriously dissatisfied" by the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to a disputed Himalayan region, marking the latest tense exchange between the two neighbors over border areas claimed by both.

A visiting Austrian lawmaker said on Monday that Austria mulls making investment in Islamic Republic, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Based on an informal poll-basically we asked everyone we met the same question-we estimate that about only 2% of Austrians have seen The Sound of Music, that iconic, campy movie classic that put Austria on the map...or, at least made Americans aware of its existence.