General appraisal criteria – the overall impression

The overall impression and the state of repair, as well as the cleanliness of the establishment, are conditions for acceptance into the Austrian hotel classification system.
In addition, the following points are also important for classification into the appropriate category:
- The quality of service. This includes staff conduct and appearance, apparel, friendliness and the competence of management and the employees.
- The external appearance. This includes among other things the sign posts, access road, driveway, car park, gardens.
- Hotel specific entertainment and additional facilities (e.g. indoor swimming pool, sauna, convention rooms, gardens, garage parking spaces, etc.).
- Guest satisfaction (frequency and handling of guest complaints). Criteria catalogue (if you would like to print the criteria, please click on Downloads)
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