Hotel Goldener Berg in Oberlech, above Lech am Arlberg, hosts weddings, company celebrations, board meetings and retreats, with a largest room for up to 90 guests. The hotel stands at 1,700 meters in a part of the resort that is free of cars in winter, and the same family has run it since 1965.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells three kinds of business use. The first is the company celebration: a year-end dinner, a milestone party or a thank-you evening for a team, planned with the hotel in one or several of its restaurants and lounges. The second is the confidential meeting. The Wohnzimmer (living room) and the Lesezimmer (reading room) can be combined for management board meetings and other small-group sessions, with a view over the mountains and a protected atmosphere. The third is the retreat or workshop, for which the hotel works with coaches on team building, direction setting and conflict resolution.
Three rooms called the er-LEBENS-räume, made up of the EssenZzimmer, the Wohnzimmer and the library, can be linked or used on their own. In summer and autumn the EssenZzimmer also serves for seminars and yoga retreats. Outdoor activities can frame the program: canyoning, a high ropes course, hiking and yoga in the warm season, skiing, snowshoeing or sledding in winter.
Weddings and receptions
Couples can marry on site. A civil ceremony can take place in the hotel in cooperation with the registry office of Lech, for example on the sun terrace facing the mountains of Lech. A free ceremony led by an independent celebrant is also possible. The team helps with planning on request, and a wedding folder with menu suggestions is available.
A typical day starts with a sparkling wine reception on the sun terrace. Dinner and dancing follow in the Alte Goldene Berg, or in the EssenZzimmer when the party is larger. The site describes both summer weddings and winter ceremonies in the snow.
Rooms and capacities
The EssenZzimmer extends over two levels, receives plenty of daylight and takes up to 90 guests. The Johannesstübli, a paneled room more than 100 years old, suits groups of up to about 35 people. The Alte Goldene Berg is used for seated dinners and dancing; the site gives no figure for it. The warm wood parlors, the Stüberln, can also host a small ceremony.
Accommodation
The hotel has 37 rooms and suites, furnished with natural materials from the region. For a wedding or a corporate retreat of moderate size, the whole group can sleep in the house. In winter the hotel is ski-in, ski-out, with 340 kilometers of pistes next to the door. The alpine spa has a pool and a sauna.
Catering
The house runs four restaurants, two sun terraces, a bar and lounge and one of the largest wine cellars in Austria, and the site describes its cuisine as awarded with toques (Hauben). One restaurant has a vegan and vegetarian focus, another serves Austrian cuisine in the old house, and a third offers a world kitchen. The hotel proposes menus and a bar list for weddings and tailors the format of a company evening to the group.
History and setting
The Alte Goldene Berg is described as one of the oldest buildings in Lech and forms the historic core of the property. Around it the Arlberg landscape gives the setting for ceremonies in summer and in snow. Oberlech has no cars in winter, which keeps the surroundings calm for a group event.
