Seminars of one or several days, team-building programs and group celebrations for up to 174 people can be held at the Raxalpenhof, a mountain hotel in Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria. Four seminar rooms, a restaurant, a wine cellar and several terraces share one house at the foot of the Rax, in the Vienna Alps.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells seminar packages with full board or half board and gives its seminar rooms, bedrooms and side programs a section of their own on its site. The conference rooms are described as full of daylight and fitted with modern technology, and every seminar room has direct access to the outdoors and a view of the mountains. A new foyer serves as the break area. Around the working sessions, the hotel offers team-building activities, a meadow next to the house for outdoor programs, a bowling alley with two automatic lanes in the vaulted cellar, and an evening trip up the Rax by cable car with a buffet of regional dishes for groups of at least 25 people. The Preiner Stadl, a rustic dance hall about 150 meters from the hotel, is available for parties.
Weddings and receptions
The group section of the site covers celebrations, including weddings and Christmas parties. The garden for up to 150 guests and the Festsaal give two settings for a reception, and the Preiner Stadl can take the dancing. Details of wedding offers are given on request.
Rooms and capacities
The Festsaal measures 76 square meters and seats 174 in cinema style, 76 in classroom style or 53 in a U-shape. The Panoramasaal covers 71 square meters under an 8-meter ceiling and takes 70 in cinema style, 40 in classroom style or 30 in a U-shape. The Hollensteinsaal, 77 square meters, seats 50 in cinema style, 40 in classroom style or 30 in a U-shape. The Bühnensaal, 35 square meters, suits a group of 18 to 28. Smaller spaces complete the list: the Zirbenstuben restaurant for 50, Café Raxblick for 40, the Kegelstüberl for 30, the wine cellar and Stüberl for 25, the Panoramasaal terrace for 50, the tennis terrace for 20, and the Salettl, Haarkogeleck, Denkturm and Lusthaus for groups of 4 to 10.
Accommodation
Bedrooms range from singles and doubles of about 18 square meters to rooms with a balcony, a kitchenette or space for three or four guests. Rooms are sold with breakfast and dinner. The hotel links to the Raxalpen Vital-Quelle wellness resort. In the autumn and winter season the hotel opens from Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon and is closed Monday to Wednesday outside school holidays, so dates for a midweek seminar should be checked first.
Catering
The Zirbenstuben serves regional cooking à la carte, Café Raxblick handles the breaks, and the wine cellar suits a tasting or a late evening. Seminar packages include meals, and buffets can be arranged for group outings such as the cable car evening.
History and setting
The house stands in Preinrotte, part of Reichenau an der Rax, below the Rax massif. The Rax cable car in Hirschwang, which the hotel describes as the first aerial cableway in Austria, climbs 1,017 meters in about eight minutes to a high plateau of 34 square kilometers, a ready-made outing for a group between two working days.
Getting there
The address is Preinrotte 9, 2651 Reichenau an der Rax. The nearest railway station is Payerbach-Reichenau, on the Southern Railway line from Vienna.
