Conferences, seminars, banquets, balls and weddings can be planned at the Parkhotel Schönbrunn, whose eight conference rooms hold up to 1,100 people in total, including a historic ballroom that takes 620 with its gallery. The hotel, Emperor Franz Joseph I's former guest house, stands on Hietzinger Hauptstrasse in Vienna's 13th district, a ten-minute walk from Schönbrunn Palace.
Seminars and company events
The room plan covers meetings of every size. Österreich and Ungarn each take 150 people and combine into Österreich-Ungarn for 300. The Franz Josef Saal takes 160, Sophie Lounge 1 and 2 take 75 and 35, and the smaller Rudolf and Marie rooms, for 30 and 20, have 75-inch screens and Barco ClickShare. Rooms have WLAN, several have daylight and individual temperature control, and the event level has a direct entrance to the garden. The library and the Kaiserlounge serve for receptions and coffee breaks.
Two conference packages apply from ten participants. The standard package includes the room, a coffee break and a seasonal business lunch or dinner, and the PLUS package adds welcome coffee and tea and unlimited drinks. Brain food, smoothies and vegan options are part of every package at no extra charge.
Weddings and receptions
Civil ceremonies can take place at the hotel, and a white horse-drawn carriage can take the couple on to church. The aperitif is served in the grounds, toasts are raised in the Gloriette Bar overlooking the tree-lined Schlossallee, and the first dance takes place in one of the few traditional ballrooms left in Vienna. Photos can be taken in the park of Schönbrunn Palace, and the Schloss Schönbrunn Grand Suite is offered for the wedding night.
Rooms and capacities
The Ballsaal measures 22.2 by 20.5 meters with a ceiling height of 8.9 meters and takes 405 guests, or 620 with the gallery. Österreich-Ungarn covers 31 by 18.4 meters, and the Franz Josef Saal 20 by 7.5 meters. The Kaiser Suites offer an indoor area for 102 and an outdoor terrace for 67, and a seminar suite completes the plan. Ask the banquet department which layout each figure refers to.
Accommodation
Suites look out over Schönbrunn Palace, its gardens and Hietzing. Guests can use the wellness and fitness area of the neighboring Austria Trend Hotel Maximilian for a fee.
History and setting
A rest stop opened on the site in 1787, and Ferdinand Dommayer turned it into an inn in 1823. The present hotel was built in 1907 and 1908 to plans by the architect Arnold Heymann and served as the guest house for visitors of Emperor Franz Joseph I. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1923, became a military hospital in World War II, reopened in 1954 and was renovated after another fire in 1963. After modernization and expansion in 2010, it reopened in its current form in November 2011. A 105-year-old plane tree shades the garden.
Getting there
The hotel is at Hietzinger Hauptstrasse 10-14, 1130 Vienna, a ten-minute walk from the palace and the zoo. Hietzing station on the U4 line is close by, and Vienna International Airport serves the city.
