magdas HOTEL
Project owner: magdas - Social Business der Caritas der Erzdiözese Wien
Responsible person: Gabriela Sonnleitner
2016
2,000 Euro Prize
AT
Civil Society / Social Economy
Work
Many have contributed: services, donations in kind, help with the master plan or with a sofa, a knitted lampshade or tips for marketing, learning buddies or assistance with the façade design. Thus, over time, a care and nursing home was transfigured into a fancy hotel in vintage design. And some of those who themselves had to flee their homes have here turned into hosts. Magdas wants to be an explicit, an innovative role model for the hotel and more generally for the tourism industry – where if not in these trades would recognised refugees be most suitably employed? Magdas has generated great media interest at home and abroad. That should help spread the word, and the example.