The Ring Vienna named to Condé Nast Hot List Hotel 2008

PR Log (Press Release) – May 06, 2008 – Conde Nast Traveler, at www.concierge.com, has selected The Ring Hotel in Vienna for their well known Hot List Hotels 2008. As the only hotel in Vienna selected for the list, The Ring Hotel is very proud to be part of the Condé Nast Traveler Hot List 2008.

The Conde Nast Hot List identifies shifts in luxury traveler preferences and seeks hotel properties that lead in redefining design, luxury and hospitality. Positioned as Vienna’s Casual Luxury hotel, The Ring has proven, in the short time period from opening that today’s discerning travellers value the elusive combination of luxury environment and services with a decidedly casual ambiance.

About Conde Nast Hotel List Hotels 2008

Condé Nast Traveller annual May ‘Hot List’ issue is the insider’s guide to the newest, hottest, sexiest hotels, restaurants, spas and nightclubs opened all over the world in the past year. In order to develop this list, the magazine’s editors checked out hundreds of new properties around the globe, rigorously evaluating each one on a standard set of criteria. The result is a definitive guide to the world’s most exciting new establishments destined to become instant classics.

The Condé Nast Hot List features 136 new hotels and resorts, 105 new restaurants, 28 new nightclubs and 76 new spas whose design, service and amenities transcend industry standards.

About The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel

The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel is now open on the city’s famed boulevard Ringstrasse. Owned by Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and is a member of Preferred Hotel Group’s Preferred Boutique brand. In the design of hotel’s 68 rooms and suites, the Ring Hotel follows the regional trend toward smaller hotels with spacious rooms and suites. The exclusive 200-sq.-m spa with a fitness room and steam room features roof top view of the city.  ‘At Eight’, the hotel’s restaurant offers ‘aroma cuisine’ highlighting local produce and home grown herbs.   As well, the bar ‘Drings’ strives for cosy comfort. Modern design dominates, with a colour palette of “café au lait”—warm hues like chocolate brown, beige, pistachio and red. High-speed Internet is complimentary in all guestrooms.