2006 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY (AGBH 2006) - as of 15 November 2006

§ 1 Scope of application

1.1 These General Terms and Conditions for the Hotel Industry (hereinafter referred to as “AGBH 2006”) shall replace the previous ÖHVB [Austrian Hotel Contract Conditions] as amended on 23 September 1981.
1.2 The AGBH 2006 shall not exclude special agreements. The AGBH 2006 shall be subsidiary to agreements made on an individual basis.

§ 2 Definitions

2.1 Definitions:
“Proprietor”: means an individual or entity that accommodates guests against remuneration.
“Guest”: means an individual that uses accommodation. Usually the guest is also the Party. Guests also include those persons that are accommodated together with such Party (e.g. family members,
friends etc.).
“Party”: means a domestic or foreign individual or entity that enters into an Accommodation Agreement as a Guest or for a Guest.
“Consumer” and “Entrepreneur”: these terms shall be construed as defined by the 1979 Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz) as amended.
“Accommodation Agreement”: means the agreement made between the Proprietor and the Party, the contents of which are specified below.