Our industry celebrates diversity – but demands consistent quality.
Our industry celebrates diversity – but demands consistent quality.
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Kitzbühel is famed as a<br />
paradise for winter<br />
sports lovers, being considered<br />
the gateway to 170 kilometres<br />
of snow-sure pistes.<br />
Each year international attention<br />
turns to the Streif downhill<br />
run, one of the most dangerous<br />
and difficult ski race<br />
courses in the world. But it’s<br />
not only international skiing<br />
stars who bring a touch of<br />
glamour to the Tyrolean resort<br />
when they battle it out<br />
over mere hundredths of seconds<br />
at the Hahnenkamm<br />
Race <strong>–</strong> there’s also the high<br />
society of snow and skiing<br />
enthusiasts that has chosen<br />
Kitzbühel as one of its winter<br />
meeting places.<br />
The consequence is that the<br />
8,300 residents of Kitzbühel<br />
can boast a relatively high<br />
number of deluxe hostelries<br />
offering more than 3,300<br />
beds in the four- and five-star<br />
segment, the greatest density<br />
of award-winning restaurants<br />
featuring gourmet fare,<br />
and legendary après-ski<br />
nightlife, further fuelled by a<br />
host of events. All this<br />
against the magnificent backcloth<br />
of Kitzbühel’s historic,<br />
700 year-old town centre<br />
complete with heaps of romantically<br />
wintry scenery.<br />
Planners have repeatedly taken<br />
advantage of Kitzbühel’s<br />
infrastructure, image and flair<br />
in the past to stage winter<br />
events there <strong>–</strong> a state of affairs<br />
considerably facilitated<br />
as of January 28, 2010. On<br />
that date, just a two-minute<br />
walk from the centre of the<br />
resort and right by the Hahnenkammbahn<br />
cable car, the<br />
K3 officially opened for business.<br />
With the K3 (which<br />
takes its name from the three<br />
words Kongress, Kammer<br />
(chamber) and Kitzbühel) the<br />
locals have indulged in a modern,<br />
multipurpose building<br />
housing the congress centre<br />
KitzKongress as well as the<br />
regional chamber of commerce<br />
and the regional WIFI<br />
training centre.<br />
Towards this end, the more<br />
than 37 year-old chamber of<br />
commerce building and the<br />
adjacent areas were completely<br />
redesigned in the<br />
course of construction work<br />
lasting just six months and<br />
costing roughly EUR 7 million<br />
and the useful area doubled<br />
to 4,000 m².<br />
At the heart of the multifunctional<br />
congress section is a<br />
543 m² function hall designed<br />
to seat up to 750 participants<br />
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theatre-style. Added to this<br />
are a VIP lounge with up to<br />
100 seats on 107 m², the<br />
Kleine Saal measuring 117 m²<br />
and holding up to 144 people<br />
and the Main Seminar Room<br />
seating a maximum of 117<br />
participants and measuring<br />
109 m². Incidentally, dele-<br />
EUROPE<br />
KitzKongress<br />
opened in Kitzbühel<br />
On January 28, 2010 the K3 opened in Kitzbühel. With the K3 (which takes its name from the three words<br />
Kongress, Kammer (chamber) and Kitzbühel) the locals have indulged in a modern, multipurpose building.<br />
A legendary<br />
après-ski nightlife<br />
Kitzbühel<br />
gates can reach the adjacent<br />
park directly from the congress<br />
section by means of a<br />
terrace.<br />
And finally, commercial areas,<br />
a café and an underground<br />
car park with 80 lots<br />
round off the facilities at the<br />
new K3. TF
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