Austria: Classic combination.

Amanda Saint looks at Austria's emerging options and traditional C&I favourites.

ESTABLISHED DESTINATIONS

Vienna

Established C&I favourite Vienna has three convention centres, 39 historical venues and a range of hotels. Two of the biggest conference hotels, the Hilton Danube and the Parkhotel Schonbrunn, have been updated, while new kids on the block include the Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, with 182 bedrooms and nine meeting rooms for up to 130 delegates, and the Park Royal Palace, with six seminar rooms, a ballroom that can seat 600 theatre-style and 233 bedrooms. The Vienna Convention Bureau has been accredited by Austrian Ecologo to certify appropriate events as being green.

Salzburg

The birthplace of Mozart is upping its appeal, with the Messezentrum Salzburg investing more than pounds 34m in a new …