About Biohotels.de
Biohotels.de is Germany's largest portal specifically for sustainable organic hotels and nature hotels in Europe.
Story
The project was founded in 2005 by Clemens Scharmann from the wattweb media agency. In 2015, the portal was taken over by Florian Böttger & Georg Pieper GbR (now Galaxia GmbH), the domain Biohotels.com was purchased and a complete relaunch followed with the industry portal software discoverize. This relaunch optimized the design, content, technology and usability of the project. This made it possible to significantly increase the performance, Google visibility and ultimately the traffic of the portal.
At the end of 2022, the portal was taken over by Sven-Erik Hitzer. Hitzer himself has been an organic hotelier BIONIER for 25 years and is therefore no stranger to the industry. Since 2019, Sven-Erik Hitzer has been working on the board of the BIO HOTELS® association based in Nassereith-AT (biohotels.info), which describes themselves as "the real" BIO HOTELS with 100% organic content. Supplemented by the .eu domain and consistently sharpened in key criteria, the portal has developed into THE organic portal for sustainable accommodation and restaurants across Europe in just 3 months. In the medium term, intensive collaboration with the BIO HOTELS® association and joint networking are planned.
owner
Sven Erik Hitzer
Environmental protection - a matter close to our hearts
Since we care very much about the topic of environmental/climate protection, we present ecological, climate-neutral hotels as much as possible at Biohotels.de and would also like to encourage other hoteliers to operate their hotels in an environmentally conscious and sustainable manner with the lowest possible CO² footprint to be steadily reduced. Be it through organic, regional cuisine , an extensive vegan menu, building biology aspects, energy saving measures such as heat recovery or 100% green electricity - each of us can make the world a little better.
Colorful diversity for individualists
Our organic hotels are places of peace and security for individualists and connoisseurs . Discover the colorful variety of our ecological holiday offers, in keeping with the current trends.
Sustainable action professionally and privately at Biohotels.de
We buy from the regional organic market ourselves and use 100% green electricity and sustainable wind gas from Greenpeace Energy. We also only use Greenpeace Energy for energy supply in the office and only use recycled paper for printed matter.
Philosophy of organic hotels
Sustainable business, regional organic purchasing, environmentally friendly energy
Many of our members offer exclusively or almost 100% organic food, primarily from regional organic farmers. A vegetarian and vegan offer for vegetarians and vegans as guests should be a given. You can find out exactly which organic certificates are available on the respective presentation pages of individual hotels under the heading " Overview -> Award/Certificate ".
Requirements for membership at Biohotels.de
Hotels , guesthouses and farms that would like to become members of Biohotels.de must meet the following admission criteria:
- Min. 50% of all dishes offered consist of organic products (target: 100% organic cuisine ) ✅ (If <50% organic content, the accommodation must register as a nature hotel.)
- There is at least one vegetarian menu on the menu (target: at least one vegan menu) ✅
- Ban on products from factory farming, genetically modified foods and production with glyphosate ✅
- Use of renewable energies ( green electricity , green heating or CO2 compensation payment ) ✅
- Mostly regional products are used ✅
- Conscious waste avoidance and waste separation ✅
- Water saving measures ✅
Our goals and principles
- A long-term, good collaboration with environmentally conscious companies and the common goal of constantly reducing the CO² footprint of hotels .
- Sustainable business : Work processes and products must comply with ecological regulations.
- We reject food that comes from factory farming , is produced using genetic engineering or is produced with agricultural poisons such as glyphosate . Hotels that buy such products therefore have no place at Biohotels.de.
Worldwide visibility through strong network, social media, expert SEO
- We make your hotel visible to your target group worldwide in the shortest possible time with professional search engine optimization , marketing and PR .
- Our strong network of organic hotels and nature hotels ensures Europe-wide networking with like-minded people.
Biohotels media data
191
Organic hotels
11,694
beds
11
Countries
159
Regions
203,744
Page views / year
71,818
User/year
7,259
Bookings / year
Cost
Our portal is 100% free for both guests and hoteliers - without entry fees and without any commissions. We generate income with premium entries , which are listed better in our ranking and are therefore viewed and requested much more often than standard entries.
We use state-of-the-art software with a customer-friendly and intuitive application that ensures that organic and natural hotels can ideally present themselves to their target group. In addition to a clear display, potential guests can quickly and easily find an eco-hotel for a sustainable vacation using extensive search filters , a map search , images and guest reviews.
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Biohotels SEO performance
Strongly increasing traffic through search engine optimization
Our traffic from Google has decreased by -8.33% compared to the previous year (as of March 2023).
The high reach and ideal search engine optimization make us one of the most important contact points for organic hotels, nature hotels and eco-hotels throughout Europe - with constantly increasing user numbers . We also provide premium members with search engine-friendly links, which simultaneously improves the visibility of their own hotel homepage .
Find quickly and easily using filters
With our search filter , guests can select all the criteria that are particularly important to them when selecting the desired hotel. For example, are you looking for an ORGANIC vegan hotel with wellness facilities where dogs are allowed ? Simply click on the desired options and you will then receive a list of all suitable hotels. In this case -> this list .
Frequently asked questions about requirements for membership at Biohotels
What requirements does a hotel have to meet to become a member of Biohotels.de?
The most important requirement for membership in our directory for organic hotels is that each business has a certified organic content of at least 50% (hotels with <50% must register as natural hotels) with an announced goal of 100% organic-certified cuisine. Further requirements are at least a vegetarian (even better vegan) menu , a ban on products from factory farming and genetically modified foods , the use of renewable energies , the use of predominantly regional and seasonal products , conscious waste avoidance and water saving measures .
View all requirements
What is the philosophy of Biohotels?
The philosophy of Biohotels is all-round sustainable business , regional organic purchasing of products and the use of environmentally friendly energy .
Which hotels are allowed to advertise with the “awarded by Biohotels.de” button?
We honor the most popular organic hotels, nature hotels and eco-hotels once a year with the Biohotel Award . All award-winning organic hotels are allowed to advertise with the “awarded by Biohotels.de” button. The following organic and nature hotels have already received awards:
1. Naturhotel Forsthofgut (313 points)
2. The BIO Sportpension (310 points)
3. Vegan Hotel LA VIMEA (309 points)
4. Biohotel Oswalda Hus (304 points)
5. LindenGut (303 points)
6. BIO-Hotel Kenners LandLust (303 points)
How does the points system of the Biohotel portal work?
The main criterion for ranking and displaying the organic hotel entries in the search results are the points . The more completely an organic hotel entry is filled out, the more points are awarded. Organic hotels can achieve a maximum value of 400 points for completeness , guest reviews and booking a premium entry .
Further information about our points system
What goals and principles do we have?
Our goal is long-term cooperation with as many environmentally conscious hotels as possible in order to further reduce the hotels' CO² footprint .
How much does membership for an organic hotel cost?
Our organic hotel portal is 100% free for guests and also for organic hotels. We present all organic hotels in a very comprehensive manner without any entry fees or booking commissions. In order to cover our costs, we offer premium entries for hotels that are listed better in our points ranking, can link their own website , integrate presentation videos , etc. and are therefore viewed and requested much more often than free entries. These entries cost from €290 per year . The price depends on the number of beds in the organic hotels.
At our premium conditions
Biohotel area search / map search
The map search can also be used as a radius search . You can easily drag the map section to the area where you are looking for an eco-hotel. In addition to the map, a list of the hotels located there is immediately updated. The sorting can be adjusted according to your own needs, such as reviews from other guests . Simply click on our Biohotels icon and get an initial overview of the hotel in question.
Organic hotels / nature hotels nearby
You can also simply select “Organic hotels near me” and see the hotels that are in your immediate area.
Clarification: We are not the association “BIO HOTELS” or “The BIO HOTELS”
Since we are regularly confused with the association BIO HOTELS or Die BIO HOTELS (from 6465 Nassereith, Austria): Biohotels.de is not the association from Austria that operates its website at www.biohotels.info. In particular, you cannot redeem a BIO HOTELS voucher that was issued exclusively for Biohotels members of the association. Please also request the association's catalogs directly at biohotels.info .
Biohotel Award / Biohotel of the Year
The most popular providers of organic holidays (organic hotels, nature hotels, organic vegan hotels, organic guesthouses and organic wineries) are honored by us once a year with the Biohotel Award. All award-winning organic hotels are allowed to advertise with the “ awarded by Biohotels.de ” button. All other registered hotels please use the button " Member of Biohotels.de " or our Biohotels logo in 448 px (jpg file), 1000 px (jpg file) or in the original size of 2500 px (transparent png -File).
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