History

Indebted to Tradition - the History of the Grand Park Hotel in Bad Hofgastein

The Grand Park Hotel in Bad Hofgastein has a long tradition. It is a historic building, giving the hotel its unique character marked by tradition, quality and modernity.

The Hotel was built in 1912 in the classic style of the "Fin de Siècle". At the time, however, it wasn't conceived as a luxurious 5-star hotel, but rather as a Protestant Hospice. Sixteen years later, in 1928, the hospice was converted to a hotel.

In 1953 the hotel was taken over by the Economic Chamber Salzburg as an apprentice training centre for the hotel and catering departments of the colleges in the surrounding area. For the first time, the combination of theory and practice through a so-called training hotel was thus accomplished in Austria. The tourism colleges of Salzburg and the Grand Park Hotel therefore have a long joint history. The students at the tourism college Bad Hofgastein are regarded as some of Austria's best new and upcoming talent - work experience at the Grand Park Hotel is of great importance to the success of their training.

A significant expansion to the hotel complex has been completed in December 2006 and is now open for your use - a brand-new Grand Park Spa. A fantastic wellness complex of 2,000 square metres waits for you - fulfilling your every wellness wish. The generous conversion of the Spa increased the size of the indoor pool and that of the whirlpool, created new saunas and steam baths, and added spacious restrooms. The fitness and gymnast hall has been redesigned and the existing Spa and beauty treatment area has been converted and modernised.

All these measures were aimed at reinforcing the Grand Park Hotel's position as the Health, Wellness and Beauty Treatment Hotel. Health is the ultimate asset - it should be preserved at all times. The focus of the Hotel's wellness areas is therefore firmly on prevention. Send us a non-binding enquriy for your spa holidays with tradition in Austria.