Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | April 1847 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Oliver W. Braun (managing partner) |
| Number of employees | 773 (2013) |
| sales | 51 million euros (2012, Gerstner and the former Austria Hotels International group) |
| Branch | Gourmet and hotel industry |
| Website | www.gerstner.at |
The Gerstner Hospitality Group is one of the most traditional companies in the gourmet and hotel industry in Vienna . The company was founded in 1847 as a confectionery by Anton and Barbara Gerstner. In addition to the K&K Hofzuckerbäckerei, the Gerstner company now also operates the subsidiaries Imperial Culinary and Imperial Hotels & Residences.
The service company has been selling handcrafted pastry specialties with an affinity for chocolate for 165 years . With the culinary care of the world exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , Gerstner was commissioned with the first catering in Austria. The Gerstner tradition is also closely linked to Austrian monarchical history. Anton Gerstner was awarded the title " kuk Hofzuckerbäcker " ( kuk Hofzuckerbäcker ) for his services at the 1873 World Exhibition .
With the acquisition of the Austria Hotels International Group in spring 2013, the hotel trade was added to the company's activities. Today the company, with over 750 employees and a sales volume of 51 million euros (totaled for 2012), is one of the most successful traditional companies in Austria. The Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group is owned by the managing partner Oliver W. Braun and a group of investors.
history
The company was originally founded on April 24, 1847 as a confectionery in Vienna by Anton and Barbara Gerstner. At the Paris World's Fair in 1867 , the confectionery was awarded a gold and bronze medal. Two years later, Gerstner took over the catering in the kuk Hofoperntheater, today's Vienna State Opera , which has remained so to this day. As part of the world exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , Gerstner was the first catering company in Austria. At the same world exhibition, the company also received a gold medal for its exhibits. In recognition of the achievements for the world exhibition, the company was then appointed kuk Hofzuckerbäcker.
In the years that followed, Gerstner was responsible for catering at numerous historical events. For example, on October 21, 1911, Gerstner hosted the wedding dinner for Princess Zita von Bourbon-Parma and Archduke Karl and looked after the buffet on the occasion of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty on May 15, 1955, as well as the subsequent gala dinner in Schönbrunn Palace .
In 1988 the company received the state award which entitles it to use the Austrian national coat of arms. In 1989 Gerstner was also entrusted with the culinary supervision in the Kunsthistorisches Museum , where in 1994 the "Gerstner Art and Enjoyment Evening Buffets" and 2003 the "Gerstner Art Brunch" were introduced, which have been taking place since 2011 in the Gerstner Beletage in Palais Todesco . The company experienced a change in the ownership structure in 1995 when a private investor group acquired the majority of the shares in Gerstner. In the same year the production facility was relocated to Simmeringer Hauptstrasse. In 2003, the company also took over the catering for the Wiener Musikverein , in 2004 for specialist and public fairs, banquets, congresses and other events in the new Exhibition and Congress Center in Vienna and finally in 2012 Gerstner became the catering partner of the Congress and Event Center in the Vienna Hofburg . The entry into the hotel industry took place in 2013 with the acquisition of the Austria Hotels International Group, through which the Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group now operates ten hotels.
Companies
There are three different service sectors:
- Gerstner K&K Hofzuckerbäcker
According to the Austrian pastry tradition , the confectionery in downtown Vienna offers traditional to modern creations of the confectionery art. The A. Gerstner K&K Hofzuckerbäckerei's repertoire includes a whole range of different desserts, from confectionery and truffle creations to cake creations, strudel and tartlets, K&K specialties such as Sisi violets, Sisi and Franz truffles, but also hand-scooped chocolate and macaroons. All products are made by hand in the in-house factory.
- Gerstner Culinary
The Imperial Culinary comprises all activities of the Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group in the field of gastronomy and catering. With the culinary care of the world exhibition in Vienna's Prater, Gerstner founded the catering culture in Austria in 1873 and has since worked as a caterer for a large number of events and locations. Gerstner maintains a long-standing partnership with the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Music Association and operates its own restaurants and event locations such as the Passauerhof and the Gerstner Beletage in Palais Todesco .
- Gerstner Hotels and Residences
With the acquisition of Austria Hotels International at the beginning of 2013, the Gerstner Hospitality Group expanded its portfolio to include the hotel industry. Gerstner Imperial Hotels and Residences has a total of four hotels in Vienna, one in Baden and three in Prague and Brno, the most famous of which is the Hotel de France on Vienna's Ringstrasse .
Awards
- 1867 Paris World's Fair - one gold and one bronze medal
- 1870 Anton Gerstner is appointed honorary member of the Viennese confectioners' guild
- 1873 Vienna World Exhibition - a gold medal
- 1988 State award
- 2010 Austrian eco-label
Web links
- Official homepage of the Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group
- Gerstner Hotels
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Keyword - Gerstner with the former Austria Hotels International ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article on DerBörsianer.com from February 27, 2013.
- ↑ Christine Imlinger: confectioner , caterer, hotelier: Oliver Braun takes over 12 houses article on DiePresse.com from 9 January 2013.
- ↑ a b The Viennese company Gerstner ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 334 kB) . On the website of the Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group.
