Seminars and company events
Seminars of 10 to 300 delegates, product launches for up to 500 guests and company golf days can all be held at IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn, a five-star castle hotel in Aigen im Ennstal, in the Austrian province of Styria. The meeting rooms are inside the castle, while the event hall and the golf restaurant are a short walk away, so a group moves from plenary to dinner on foot.
The hotel sells half-day, full-day and all-inclusive meeting packages for groups of 10 or more, with a business lunch, coffee breaks and soft drinks. The all-inclusive version adds an aperitif, a four-course business dinner and a drinks package. Standard technology and wifi in the main room are part of the packages. For incentives, the team arranges outdoor and team-building programs, hiking, cycling, yoga and company tournaments on the 18-hole golf course. Up to 110 rooms and suites can be reserved in exclusivity together with the event spaces.
Weddings and receptions
Civil and symbolic ceremonies take place in the castle park, on the Grimmingwiese lawn in front of the winter garden, or in an indoor room when the weather turns. The Festsaal is reserved for the wedding party until 11 p.m., and Restaurant 19, with its large terrace, can be booked for the late party. Two wedding packages cover the reception drinks, a four- or five-course menu, a drinks package and a midnight snack, with a tasting for the couple. A wedding here is sold together with a block of guest rooms, and the couple spends the night in one of the Schloss suites. Several churches are nearby.
Rooms and capacities
The Grimming rooms form the main conference suite: 408 square meters for 300 guests, divisible into Grimming I (234 square meters, 150) and Grimming II and III (about 90 square meters, 50 each). They have daylight, full blackout, and a stage and dance floor on request. The Roter Salon offers 182 square meters for 120, or two parts for 32 and 90. Smaller groups use Lindenblick (25) and the Wein Lounge (12). The Eventhalle covers 1,089 square meters for 500, with ceilings from 3.7 to 9 meters, a 4.2-meter door and a floor rated for 6 tonnes per axle, which suits vehicle presentations.
Accommodation
Rooms range from deluxe singles and doubles to junior suites and named suites in the towers and the castle, including one with a private spa. Guests use a 4,500-square-meter wellness area, and the grounds cover 68 hectares.
Catering
The kitchen, led by chef Gottfried Prall, uses produce partly from the estate's own farm. Beyond the packages, the hotel offers gala menus, buffets and barbecues. Restaurant 19 at the golf course seats 80.
History and setting
The castle is first documented in 1074, and the lords of Stainach added its two round towers in 1555. It became a hotel with its own golf course, designed by Donald Harradine, in 1972, and joined IMLAUER Hotels and Restaurants in 2021. The Grimming mountain rises above the valley.
Getting there
Stainach-Irdning station is 7 km away, and the hotel offers pickup. By car, Graz and Linz are about 1 hour 30 minutes away, Salzburg 1 hour 45 minutes and Vienna 3 hours. Parking includes 50 covered, lockable spaces.
