Last evening, May 27, 2025, the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center again turned into a platform for entrepreneurial exchange: over 600 guests from business, politics, media and culture accepted the invitation to the fourth “Vienna Airport Business Night”. A highlight of the evening was, among other things, the keynote-speech of military expert Colonel Dr. Markus Reisner. In the course of the event, awards for the “Innovator of the Year” to Gate Space, for the “best service provider” to EUR Austria and for the “cargo company of the year” were awarded to Lufthansa Cargo. The event offered an impressive performance show by the Vienna Airportcity with a diverse program, inspiring conversations and top -class guests. The Austrian artist Caroline Kreutzberger provided the musical entertainment.
Over 600 interested guests from the fields of business, politics, culture and society followed the exciting contributions with statements from Vienna Board member Dr. Günther Ofner, as well as Mag. Wolfgang Scheibenpflug Mrics, Head of Real Estate and Local Management at Flughafen Vienna AG. A highlight of the evening was the keynote of military expert colonel of the general staff service Dr. Markus Reisner, head of the Institute for Officer Training at the Theresian Military Academy, about current geopolitical developments and its importance for economy and society. The Austrian artist Caroline Kreutzberger and her band provided musical entertainment. Moderator Sandra König led through the evening.
Among the numerous event guests included: cathedral priest Toni Faber, Uschi Pöttler-Fellner (editor and editor-in-chief Echo Medienhaus), Roman Koch (Gebr. Heinemann), Richard Steinlechner (An-Cor-Tek) and many more.
Location company with Vienna Airport Business Awards Awarded: Gate Space, Eurest Austria and Lufthansa Cargo
As part of the Vienna Airport Business Night, companies from Airportcity were honored for special achievements: The space company Gate Space received the award as the “Innovator of the Year”. The catering provider Eurest Austria was awarded as a “best service provider”. Lufthansa Cargo was recognized as the “cargo company of the year”. The Vienna Airport Business Awards were presented by Mag. Wolfgang Scheibenpflug Mrics, Head of Real Estate and Local Management at Flughafen and Limit AG. The airport thus praised the strong innovative strength, high quality of service and professional competence in the Airportcity.
Performance show of Vienna Airport and its partner
Following the award ceremony, the guests were able to convince themselves of the wide range of services from the Airportcity: With the “Birdly” world of the airport world, the participants were able to experience virtual sightseeing flights from a bird’s eye view themselves, the Health Center Vienna Airport and the fitfabrik presented their health and fitness offers, the teams of the Vienna Airport Services, the airport lounges And the VIP terminal presented their services for passengers.
A perfect operating location: Vienna Airportcity at Vienna Airport
Vienna Airportcity is a national and international hub with a comprehensive range of services. With its own transport infrastructure and excellent connection to the street, rail and aircraft, a specialist center, a WiFi Lower Austria education campus, a fitness center, two hotel facilities, numerous shopping and catering options, 120,000 m2 office space as well as modern coworking and event rooms, the airport city is a perfect location for companies that are available for its new operations Find offices or conferencing and event areas. Over 250 companies are represented at the airport location, more than 23,000 people are employed here. In addition, attractive advertising space is available under the Airport Media brand – from light boxes to large digital formats such as the Mega Wall in Terminal 3 or the Skybridge in the airport access. Over 100,000 passengers take care of around 40 million advertising accounts per year.
Perfect for events of all kinds: Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center at Vienna Airport
The location of the event was the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center at Vienna Airport. With a total of over 2,600 m² of event area, it is the perfect location for events of all sizes. Events of all kinds can be carried out with various rooms with capacities up to 650 people, Topmodern multimedia and conference technology and flexibly usable settings. Incidentally, all rooms have daylight and access to the large terrace. All event areas at Vienna Airport can be booked via the team of the Conference & Innovation Center – including the most spectacular location: “Level 22” on the 22nd floor of the Tower with an impressive view of the entire Airport region.
Optimal working environment for creative minds: Co-working in the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center
If you are looking for a modern and pleasant work environment with optimal traffic connections and a wide range of shopping and gastronomy care, you will find the perfect workplace in the Conference & Innovation Center in Office Park 4: Co-working places with High Speed WLAN, office infrastructure, meeting rooms and coffee kitchen are available for everyone who is looking for a flexible place to work. The co-working places can be booked for half a day.
Closer to the Vienna city center than other event and office locations
With the ÖBB you can get from the airport to Vienna Central Station and with the S7 to Vienna-Mitte in a few minutes. If you come by car, park in the nearby parking garage 3 and reach the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center via a covered pedestrian bridge. With the City Airport Train you can get to the airport in just 16 minutes from Vienna’s city center.
Further information:
www.viennaairport.com/conference-center
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Credit: Mila Zytka