Parkhotel Pörtschach hosts seminars, congresses, company dinners and Christmas parties on a peninsula of Lake Wörthersee, with 191 rooms with balconies and lake views on site. Its restaurant alone covers 612 square meters, and together with the lobby and bar it gives more than 1,000 square meters for congresses, exhibitions and gala dinners. The hotel stands in Pörtschach, in Carinthia, in southern Austria.
Seminars and company events
The seminar and event rooms are air-conditioned, have daylight and open directly outdoors. Wörthersee I and II, on the promenade level, form the largest seminar room. A partition divides it in two, and a large window front faces the lake. Salon Velden and Salon Carinthia sit on the lobby and restaurant level: Velden keeps its 1960s architecture and opens onto a lakeside terrace, while Carinthia leads out to the park through a small terrace. Veranstaltungsraum Palme, refurbished in 2018 on the lake terrace, can be booked exclusively for company events, receptions and Christmas parties. Veranstaltungsraum Strand, a newer room close to the water, suits receptions, creative workshops and celebrations. All seminar rooms have modern presentation equipment.
The hotel sells seminar packages and organizes team-building programs around the meetings. The open lobby, with a view through to the lake terrace, works for press conferences and receptions.
Rooms and capacities
The Hotelrestaurant and the adjoining Imperial area cover 612 square meters, raised above the promenade with views over the lake; the hotel has served dinners for 450 guests there. The site does not publish capacities for the other rooms, so ask for a capacity chart with your request.
Accommodation
All 191 rooms and suites have a balcony and a view of the lake. Guests can use a private beach with boat rental, an indoor pool, saunas, a fitness room and tennis courts, all within a park of about 40,000 square meters. The hotel is open from March to January.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The Hotelrestaurant serves the main meals, the Strandrestaurant sits by the water, and the hotel bar has a lakeside terrace with live piano music. A group can move from a working lunch to a dinner on the terrace without leaving the grounds.
History and setting
The hotel opened in the summer of 1963 to a design by architect Kurt Köfer. Its long 1960s building at the tip of the peninsula is often compared to a large ship moored on the lake. Pörtschach lies on the northern shore of the Wörthersee, between Klagenfurt and Velden.
Getting there
The address is Hans-Pruscha-Weg 5, 9210 Pörtschach. Pörtschach am Wörthersee station is on the rail line between Klagenfurt and Villach, and Klagenfurt Airport is the nearest airport. The hotel has its own car park with charging points for electric cars.
