"Schani" is not just a traditional nickname for someone called Johann, taken from the French Jean, but also an old Viennese word which can most easily be translated to »waiter« or »service personnel«. However, the term expresses a lot more than that: warmth, Viennese charm, and hospitality – everything the Schani Hotels stand for.
These Benefits Are No Trifle
What makes our hotels unique
Each hotel is unique
Mobile check-in
Your smartphone will open the door
More space for the whole family
Ready for business?
Double room: comfort for two
A flatscreen, just in case
Sustainability is close to our hearts
Each hotel is unique
Each of our hotels is unique. We embrace the history and surroundings of our local sites and let their individual characteristics flow into each hotel.
Would you like to experience Viennese charm firsthand? Then, drop by Hotel Schani Wien at Vienna’s Main Station.
Would you like to dive into turn-of-the-century, Viennese salon culture? Then, our art-nouveau Hotel Schani Salon, situated directly on the city’s main shopping street, is perfect for you.
Are you looking for a perfect combination of nature and city life? The Bio-Hotel Schani Wienblick is the ideal location, just 30 minutes from the city center and near the Vienna Woods.
Would you like to discover the other side of Vienna and enjoy your stay surrounded by skyscrapers and the Danube? Then visit us at Hotel Schani UNO City in Vienna's Donaustadt district.
Mobile check-in
To make your stay as comfortable as possible, we do a lot of things digitally. With your smartphone you can check in and out in no time at all. With your user account you will be able to keep track of your booking and easily edit it at any time.
Your smartphone will open the door
Farewell, tedious room key search: at our hotels, you can simply download a mobile key directly to your smartphone! This will turn your smartphone into a door opener – and you always carry your phone with you, don’t you? However, should you prefer a good old-fashioned key card, we will gladly give you one.
More space for the whole family
Are you travelling with friends of family? At Schani Hotels you are guaranteed to find the right room with plenty of space for all: from the Smart Maisonette Rooms with a double bed and a pull-out sofa at Hotel Schani Wien to the apartments with kitchenette at Bio-Hotel Schani Wienblick.
Ready for business?
Every room at one of the Schani Hotels is equipped with Ultra-High-Speed WiFi and a small workspace. At Hotel Schani Wien you can use the coworking space around the clock to concentrate on your work or simply have a lively chat. We are also perfectly equipped for meetings, seminars and events in Vienna.
Double room: comfort for two
Many little details turn our double rooms into genuine feel-good spaces. You don’t like air conditioning? No problem, we can offer you alternative comfort ventilation, which fills your room with fresh air. A spacious shower with space to move around in freely and stretch in all directions is also something rather nice, and this is why all our rooms have XL showers fitted with Raindance shower heads. All barrier-free (i.e. accessible at ground level).
A flatscreen, just in case
Sometimes you just might want to switch off after an exhausting city exploration tour and chill in front of the TV. This is why all our rooms are equipped with flatscreen TVs. On top of that, our television sets support screen mirroring and you can look at your latest photos, full-size on the screen. By the way, you will find ultra-fast Wi-Fi as well as USB charging ports in our rooms.
Sustainability is close to our hearts
And that is not just a statement: At Hotel Schani Wien, we have already managed to consume 41 % less energy than other hotels of a similar size. How do we do this? Well, we have introduced several large-scale and smaller measures – from a novel induction technology for cooling and warming to deliberately banning energy-guzzling minibars form our rooms.
But we are sure there is still more we can do! That’s why we are constantly on the lookout for new ideas that will help us to make our hotels even more sustainable. Our latest project: Hotel Schani UNO City Wien – a fully automated building in which we will make sustainability measurable?
Modern travellers like you need things to be simple and practical, right? That's why we do a lot of things digitally. With your smartphone, you can check in and out and unlock your room key in no time at all. With your user account, you can keep track of your booking, make changes, find out about your arrival and much more. That way, you can concentrate on what's most important: enjoying your stay in Vienna.
The role of host lies deep in the Vienna blood of the Komarek family: its third generation currently runs the environmentally friendly Umwelthotel Gallitzinberg on the idyllic Wilhelminenberg in Vienna’s 16th District, a hotel which originally opened in 1929. Once a well-loved watering hole for day trippers, today it is considered as being a pioneering sustainability project because it was one of the first hotels with recognised environmental status from the City of Vienna. In July 2023, the hotel became part of the Schani family and reopened as Bio-Hotel Schani Wienblick.
This successful hotelier tradition, full of ideas and the spirit of innovation, spurred the family’s youngest son, Benedikt Komarek, to set up his own future-oriented concept and the Schani Hotels.
Hotel Schani Wien is the first hotel to be conceived and constructed in partnership with Germany’s Fraunhofer IAO institute – and you notice it. We were able to use the results of the FutureHotel guest study even before we began building so that we could include many of the wishes expressed in the research into our hotel concept. One example of a clear request made by survey respondents was the optimisation of booking processes. We have also been able to develop and provide individual room selection, mobile check-in and check-out and smartphone room keys for our guests. Additionally, we have created and introduced other new concepts that were not in the original study on a collaborative basis with the institute and will continue to do this – so we can react quickly to future trends.