The same roof for Europe's largest wooden hotel at Vienna Airport!

The same roof for Europe's largest wooden hotel at Vienna Airport!

Flughafen Wien, Österreich - On 02.06.2025 the roof equations for the Hotel Vienna House Easy by Wyndham took place at Vienna Airport. Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Vienna board member Günther Ofner Airport, Mamma Group CEO Herbert Pinzolits and location manager Wolfgang Scheibenpflug were present. With a planned capacity of 510 rooms, the hotel will be the largest at the airport area and the largest wooden hotel in Lower Austria and Europe. Vienna Airport expects around 30 million travelers this year and offers more than 23,000 jobs with over 250 resident companies.

This hotel project is described as an ecological milestone in the bed offensive of the state of Lower Austria, which would like to create a total of 4,000 additional beds in the next few years to position the region as an attractive holiday destination. Over 1,000 new beds have been built in the region since 2022.

ecological innovations

The hotel, the start of the construction of which took place in autumn 2023 and its opening is planned in spring 2025, is built in a wood-hybrid construction that uses CO2-free heat and cold supply. Herbert Pinzolits describes the project as an innovative concept in sustainable construction. Part of the electricity requirement is covered by solar and wind energy.

Günther Ofner emphasizes the importance of innovation and technology for sustainability and business and emphasizes that the brief connection to the terminals and the rail infrastructure is an essential location advantage. Wolfgang Scheibenpflug emphasizes the advantages of the situation for business travelers and the strengthening of the destination for business events. The hotel concept combines budget with lifestyle and offers an attractive price-performance ratio.

challenges in tourism

Vienna Airport has one of the lowest room capacities in relation to the number of passengers in European comparison. The PKF Hospitality Group advises Mamma Group on the development of hotel and supports, among other things, in feasibility studies and project developments. The complexity of sustainability in tourism, which includes social, ecological and economic dimensions, is examined in a comprehensive theme paper from the Federal Environment Agency and examines control instruments for more sustainability in tourism.

With the Vienna House Easy, a pioneering project in the area of ​​sustainable tourism in the starting blocks, which not only increases the overnight capacity at Vienna Airport, but also sets a new standard in ecological construction and thus represents an important step into the future of the regional tourism industry.

Further information on this important construction project can be found in the detailed reports of Lower Austria , Hotelier and the analysis of the Environmental Federal Agency .