New hotels in Austria 2026-2027: 8 openings, from a 1516 monastery in Tyrol to the Bristol in Vienna

For winter 2026-2027, Austria reopens a 1516 monastery in Tyrol and adds suites in the heart of Ischgl and a resort on a swimming lake in the Zillertal, while Vienna awaits the return of the Bristol in late 2027. We have kept only eight addresses whose opening date has been announced by the hotel, its group or the tourist board, with their rooms, what sets them apart and, where already possible, the real price of a January night.

☰Contents

1. When do Austria’s new hotels open?
2. Tyrol: four openings for the 2026-2027 ski season
3. Salzburg region, from Grossglockner to Saalbach
4. New hotels in Vienna 2027: the Bristol returns
5. How much is a night in January 2027?

When do Austria’s new hotels open?

Five openings are expected by the end of 2026, just in time for the ski season; Vienna’s two big projects follow in 2027 and the Falkensteiner in Saalbach in winter 2027-2028. This table shows the date published as of 30 October 2026 by each hotel or by the Vienna Tourist Board. It may still move: the Falkensteiner’s has already slipped by a year.

Tyrol: four openings for the 2026-2027 ski season

Hotel Klosterbräu, Seefeld’s monastery rises again after the fire

Emperor Maximilian I founded this monastery in Seefeld in 1516, and the Seyrling family has run it since 1809. Now a five-star hotel with a spa, it was hit by a fire on 13 April 2026 while it was closed for works. It has announced its reopening on 1 December 2026 and is already taking bookings; its booking engine shows new ‘Nature’ rooms and suites.

Price checked on 30 October 2026 on the official booking engine, night of 19 to 20 January 2027 for two: €746 with breakfast in a LIFESTYLE Double Room Deluxe, or €768 with gourmet half board, free cancellation until 8 January.

THE GREEN, a swimming lake in the Zillertal

In Uderns, beside the 18-hole golf course, this new resort opens in December 2026 with 75 rooms, suites, Water Suites and lodges. It is built around THE GREEN Lagoon, a natural chlorine-free swimming lake, and 3,300 m² of indoor and outdoor wellness with pools, saunas and a rooftop garden. Children have their own club from the age of 1, and a free ski bus runs to the Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach ski area every half hour.

For the night of 19 to 20 January 2027, the official booking engine shows €368 for two on three-quarter board, in a 37 m² Doppelzimmer Classic, wellness included and free cancellation until 21 December. We had already picked it among the new luxury ski hotels for winter 2026-2027.

Trofana Suites, ten suites in the heart of Ischgl

The von der Thannen family, who run the Trofana Royal, open a four-storey chalet in the centre of Ischgl in December 2026. Ten suites of 45 to 125 m², with a terrace or balcony and a kitchenette, plus a pool, three saunas and a gym reserved for residents; you can ski right back to the door. The penthouse takes up the entire top floor, with three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The official rate card lists from €490 a night for two in a Junior Suite, breakfast excluded and on request, from €1,020 for the 70 to 80 m² Trofana Suite and from €1,500 for the penthouse, the last two bookable online.

Mazaggs, an Achensee hotel closed for 50 years

In Pertisau, on the shores of the Achensee, the former Alpenhof, remodelled in 1929 by the Tyrolean architect Siegfried Mazagg, had been closed for some fifty years. It reopens in late 2026 as the Mazaggs, exact date still to be set, with Art Deco rooms and suites, ‘Pavillons’, the ALMA Spa and its indoor pool, the Siegfrieds restaurant and an art gallery with an artist in residence.

Bookings are not open yet; the official booking engine’s calendar shows a starting price of €337 a night, room only, for 19 January 2027.

Salzburg region, from Grossglockner to Saalbach

glockna, rooftop chalets in Fusch

At the start of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, in the Hohe Tauern National Park, glockna opens on 19 December 2026. It bills itself as a ‘Designer Motel’: five BergHäuser set on the roof, 100 to 115 m² with a private spa, plus suites with views, an infinity pool, a spa and a restaurant serving regional cuisine.

For the night of 19 to 20 January 2027, the official booking engine shows €204 for two in a 28 m² Doubleroom Horizon, with half board available as a supplement at €38 per adult.

Falkensteiner Hotel Saalbach-Hinterglemm, a year behind schedule

At the foot of the Reiterkogelbahn, in the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn, Falkensteiner is preparing 126 rooms and suites to five-star standard, the only one in the valley according to the group, with a family spa, an adults-only spa and a Japanese restaurant. Announced for late 2026 alongside its three Austrian projects, it now shows an opening in winter 2027-2028. Rates not yet published.

And the city of Salzburg? No luxury opening there is dated before 2028: Austria’s first Kimpton, with 119 rooms on the banks of the Salzach, is expected in mid-2028.

New hotels in Vienna 2027: the Bristol returns

Hotel Bristol, the grand hotel facing the Opera

Opened in 1892 on the Ring, opposite the Vienna State Opera, the Bristol has belonged to the Sacher group since 2011 and is still operated by Marriott within its Luxury Collection. Closed since March 2025 for a complete renovation, it reopens in late 2027 with 150 rooms, according to the Vienna Tourist Board; Marriott lists it from December 2027. Rates not yet published.

Hotel im Palais Schwarzenberg, a five-star hotel in 2027

On Schwarzenbergplatz, this Baroque palace served as a hotel until 2006 before closing. The Vienna Tourist Board announces a 100-room five-star hotel there for 2027; the name and operator are not yet known, nor are the rates.

In the capital, two addresses have already opened: the Mandarin Oriental, with 138 rooms on Riemergasse, in December 2025, and Palais Coburg, now a 36-suite guest house, in August 2026. Later will come the Pullman at the Belvedere and the Grand Museum Residences, both in 2028.

How much is a night in January 2027?

Five of the eight hotels already show a price. We checked them on 30 October 2026 on the official booking engines, for two adults and the cheapest room, night of Tuesday 19 to Wednesday 20 January 2027.

To compare with the rest of the world, see the most anticipated luxury hotel openings of 2027, month by month. We will update this list with every new date announced.