The time has finally come for us to fill you in on the more recent chapters of the ARCOTEL Moser Verdino's history. Enjoy!
The Moser family
Maria Josefa's grandson, Johann Nepomuk Moser supported his family as best as he could. Being a passionate host, he was widely known for his excellent social skills, his determination, reliability and kindness. Married to Katharina, the beautiful daughter of Klagenfurt's town magistrate Jesse, Johann Nepomuk lived a long and fulfilled life. At the age of 78, he retired and handed over the business to his children.
His youngest son Viktor took much after his father. He renovated the hotel in 1860 by enlarging it and tiling the roof with red brick tiles, which were rather rare in Klagenfurt at the time. Having lost her husband early into their marriage, Viktor Moser's daughter-in-law Henriette took up the challenge and ran the by then well-established Moser Hotel on her own. However, when Viktor also died on 29 January 1897, she sold the hotel for 75,000 gulden to Julius Verdino.
The Verdinos
Julius Verdino was the son of a well-known and highly respected restaurateur from Glandorf near St. Veit. Shortly after he had bought the hotel, he married Elise Trabesinger, whose affluent father ran a successful inn on the outskirts of Völkermarkt. Having a keen sense for business, Julius took a rather progressive move as early as 1900 by advertising his hotel in the yellow pages and address register of the time called Illustrierter Klagenfurter Haus-, Geschäfts- und Adresskalender. In 1903, he added a third floor to the hotel which saw further expansion and major renovation works from 1905 to 1907 when the building bordering on the west was integrated into the complex and a café was installed.
A committed and much honoured promoter of tourism, Julius Verdino died on 25 January 1913 at the early age of 42, leaving his 14-year old son Georg as well as his 12-year old daughter Elise. Once again a widow had to take charge of the Moser Hotel. A woman of unadorned elegance, Elise Verdino was running a tight ship while her son Georg was trained in hotel management abroad. In January 1928, he married Herta Pfundner, who gave birth to their daughter Elisabeth-Charlotte shortly afterwards. After Georg's death, Herta took over and ran the business as senior manager until her own dying day on 11 September 1941.
During World War II, British occupying forces seized the building and kept it under control until March 1954. In September of the same year, Elisabeth-Charlotte reopened the hotel including its café and bar. She managed to attract Carinthia's who-is-who thanks to constantly keeping her finger on the pulse of time and hosting twist parties in the 1950s for example. After tax legislation had led to significant changes in the staffing structure in 1972, however, Liselotte decided to withdraw from business and sell the beautiful hotel to Erste Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG in 1979.
A new era
The years to come saw another full overhaul of the building, which was rented and run together with the café by the famous confectioners Musil until 1999.
At that time, the renowned Austrian hotel group ARCOTEL Hotels & Resorts took over and has ever since managed the business with extraordinary success.
This was the amazing history of the ARCOTEL Moser Verdino Klagenfurt! We hope you enjoyed reading it and maybe we will see anytime in Klagenfurt!
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