Hotel at 1769 meters

Full capacity utilization! How does the Feuer-Berger do it?

Physicist Emanuel is already hatching new plans.(Bild: Kerstin Wassermann)

17 years ago, Carinthian Erwin Berger bought back an old family hotel on the Gerlitzen - and has since turned it into one of the best-booked and most successful hotels in the country. Berger and his surprise successor reveal how during a visit to "Krone" at an altitude of 1769 meters.

How does Feuer-Berger do it? While other Carinthian hoteliers are complaining behind closed doors about a summer drop of up to 25 percent due to the weather, inflation and competition, there is hardly a bed available for months on the Gerlitzen at 1769 meters - and that with a strenuous ascent via a mountain road with many "devil's hairpin bends".