The new Thompson Vienna Hotel, which is part of Hyatt’s lifestyle Thompson brand, will be part of the new KaDeWe department store on Mariahilfer Strasse, the Austrian’s capital main shopping street. The Kaufhaus des Westens, usually abbreviated to KaDeWe, is now a single department store in Berlin which has over 60,000m2 of retail space and more than 380,000 articles available, and famous for its food department. The KaDeWe is the second-largest department store in Europe after Harrods in London.

The KaDeWe Vienna is designed by world-renowned architects OMA and the interior design will be by Tara Bernerd & Partners (Four Seasons London at Park Lane, Zentis Osaka, Thompson Chicago, etc). Thompson Vienna will have 148 rooms and is expected to open at the end of 2024. It will be the third Hyatt branded hotel in the city after Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere and Park Hyatt Vienna.