ARCOTEL Hotels – The Story of a Name

Founder Raimund D. Wimmer

It all started with the vision of ARCOTEL Hotels founder Raimund Wimmer to develop an Austrian hotel group in which each hotel has its own unique personality. But a great company needs a great name! And so ideas were hatched and suggestions made until, after much discussion, the name ARCOTEL Hotels was born.   

the origin logo of the ARCOTEL group

But why ARCOTEL? What is the deeper meaning behind this artificial word? The syllables are easily explained: ARCus (lat. arch) and ÔTEL (German with a French accent, the guesthouse). The name blends two concepts and expresses Raimund Wimmer’s idea of spanning an arc between the host and the guest and offering guests a home from home. This in turn led to our corporate philosophy of "passionate hosts", which the teams at ARCOTEL Hotels having been putting into practice for more than 25 years now.

But the unofficial explanation for the name is this: Raimund Wimmer wanted his guests to find him as quickly as possible. He therefore chose a name that would come pretty near the front of the telephone directory – even in those days, our founder was ahead of his time, because in a way, he was already doing "search engine optimisation" 25 years ago. 

ARCOTEL Boltzmann Vienna presents: Events in spring in Vienna

The charming Viennese city hotel ARCOTEL Boltzmann regularly offers visitors up-to-date tips of the events and cultural highlights at the Austrian federal capital.

Madame Tussauds Vienna
The traditional institution Madame Tussauds opens its gates at Vienna’s Prater on the 1st of April. On more than 2,000 m² you can meet 65 wax figures, conduct the "Donauwalzer" (Blue Danube Waltz) with Johann Strauß or challenge Albert Einstein in an intelligence test.

28th Vienna City Marathon
The Vienna City Marathon is the major sporting event in Vienna and world-famous. This year on 17th of April the Vienna City Marathon takes place for the 28th time and brings more than 25.000 runners from about 70 nations to accomplish maximum efforts – and to experience Vienna with all its particularities at the double quick.

Easter Markets and "OsterKlang"
Easter in Vienna is a special experience. April 9–25, 2011. Visit from 9th-25th of April the traditional Viennese Easter Market on the Freyung or the romantic market in front of Schönbrunn Palace to reward you with Easter decorations and culinary specialties. A real feast for the ears is provided by Vienna’s well-established Festival "OsterKlang" from 15th-25th of April. This year for the first time the opening concert takes place at the "Theater an der Wien".

Futher event tips are also available directly on the website of the
ARCOTEL Boltzmann Vienna.


Picture credit: 1. www.cusoon.at | 2. www.vienna-marathon.com | 3. www.altwiener-markt.at

ARCOTEL Boltzmann Vienna - Ludwig Boltzmann

"The best experience for Boltzmann was to understand something". Gerhard Kowalewski

Ludwig Boltzmann was born on 20th February, 1844. It was the night between Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Landstraße, a suburb of Vienna. On the following day he was christened Ludwig Eduard in the parish of St. Rochus and St. Sebastian. Boltzmann once said that the date and time of his birth were the reason for the frequently rapid changes of this spirits from frolic cheerfulness to deep grief.


Boltzmann grew up in a time of change. It was the time after the revolution of 1848, the time between ancient regime and modernity. Just as those years were characterized by new ideas, the area of physics experienced changes during the life of Boltzmann. It was the turn from Newton's classical worldview to the postclassical modern view of science, the dispute between idealism and materialism, between the rigid laws of society and cosmological order and the progressive ideas that we associate with the keyword "Darwinism".

Book of Ludwig Boltzmann 1844-1906
available at the ARCOTEL Boltzmann for EUR 25.00 per piece
An exhibition of the Austrian Central Library for Physics