| 1929 - 1931 |
Hans Watschinger senior builds the hotel according to the
design of the architect Prof. C. Holzmeister.
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| 1931 - 1937 |
Right from the early years there is a good attendance in
summer and winter tourism starts to gain popularity.
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| 1937 - 1939 |
The hotel manages its own ski school under the direction of
the world academic champion of special slalom, Heinrich Harrer, who is
later to become a famous alpinist, explorer and writer.
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| 1942 |
The Hotel is forced to close during the war, which keeps our
guests away from the valley.
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| 1943 - 1946 |
The Hotel is occupied by Italian, German, American and
English troops.
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| 1946 - 1950 |
The hotel is rebuilt according to the original design.
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| 1950 - 2002 |
After being re-opened, the attendance of old and
new guests increases from year to year and, parallel to this,
equipment and services are developed to satisfy the demand of
modern, high quality tourism.
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