Hotel Karolinenhof Vienna 1913 - 2018

The Sad Sad Story of Karolinenhof

The Karolinenhof was a four generation Family Hotel in Viennas Floridsdorf district - on the other side of the Danube, near to Old Danube, Vienna International Center and the Floridsdorf Business areas.
Not far from the center, yet out in the green and near Danube. You would think an ideal location for tourism? Not really because it seemed to be a bit too far away from the center and it lacked real touristical attractions.
And when dozens and dozens of new hotels sprung up in the city, gradually they would outperform and obsolesce this beautiful place. First they took away the bus groups with yield management, then - with active help of the City of Vienna - they took away the business clients.

We tried new ideas. What about an “intelligent hotel” that would give much better access to special interests and needs? What about a “Facebook Hotel” that would bring together people of same interest with the help of Social networks?

It was all too little, too late, to new - so we had to sell the place eventually and it was tored down to give place to a new appartment building. But in our minds, the Karolinenhof lives on, and we will collect memories and stories here.