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Sziget Festival: the number of guests has reduced
Date: 2013-08-12 10:25:38
About 360-370 thousand visitors attended to this year's Sziget Festival, which is slightly lower than last year’s 379 thousand visitors, but Gerendai Károly considers that the festival went well. Gerendai...
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New trademark system for quality accommodation sites
Date: 2013-08-12 10:22:03
A new national certification trademark system is applied to qualify the services of the hotels in Hungary, after the mandatory qualification of the hotels was eliminated – the Ministry of...
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The topchef is travelling – Video of the day
Date: 2013-08-12 09:26:13
Ever wonder what chefs who run the festival circuit are doing while they're on the road? Spain's Mugaritz put together a charming video of their travels over thecourse of 2012-2013....
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Lose weight and make others do the same, too! – Messages from the world of media
Date: 2013-08-09 10:46:03
The majority of women will say they are dissatisfied with their bodies, but, on the flip side, many of them can also tell you what they like, such as their...
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The beauty and the fishburger – Video of the day
Date: 2013-08-09 09:19:01
We love writing about beautiful ladies eating hamburgers, so here is the fashion model Nina Agdal, doing a shot for the American fast food chain Carl’s Junior:...
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Magazine: Our bubble tea
Date: 2013-08-08 12:00:00
The world has come to us! Finally, we can say: Bubble Tea (started out from Asia in the early 1980s) can be tasted in Budapest too. At 10 Vámház Boulevard...
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Guest traffic rose by 3.8 percent in June at accommodations
Date: 2013-08-08 10:20:28
Guest traffic increased by 3.8 percent in June at accommodations, compared to the same period of the last year – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Thursday. The foreign...
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The training of chefs working at embassies at the METRO Customer Academy
Date: 2013-08-08 10:17:03
The reinterpretation and modernization of the Hungarian cuisine is the goal of the Magyar Konyha (Hungarian Cuisine) magazine’s training which was organized for the second time on behalf of the...
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Bill Gates visits Croatia´s coast
Date: 2013-08-08 09:46:40
Bill Gates, one of the world's wealthiest people and the founder of Microsoft, has visited the coast of Croatia. Gates visited Skradin and Krka National Park in central Dalmatia yesterday...
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The guest traffic in rural tourism reduced last year
Date: 2013-08-07 10:14:37
In rural tourism, the number of guests and guest nights both decreased in 2012. The type of accommodation was sent to floor by the 2011 legislative changes, but the struggling...
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Home altitude and obesity are linked
Date: 2013-08-07 09:16:41
Americans who live where the air is thinnest are less likely to be obese than those in low-lying areas, according to a new study. The results don't mean people should...
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Magazine: The world’s best…
Date: 2013-08-07 09:00:00
Every tabloid likes to compile “the world’s best” lists and these are often based on research or credible information. A journalist at the Observer, an English paper listed the best...
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Downtown hotel is under construction in Szekszárd
Date: 2013-08-06 10:10:07
With the close to 700 million HUF investment a 44-seat downtown hotel is under construction in Szekszárd. The foundation stone of the facility was placed on Tuesday in the Tolna...
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Foodtruck in a new role
Date: 2013-08-06 09:56:01
Airport cellphone waiting areas are starting to look like fast-food drive-ins. A number of airports are allowing food trucks to set up shop in or near cellphone lots where people...
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Magazine: Sauces from behind the bars
Date: 2013-08-06 09:02:24
Every enterprise has to face difficulties sometimes – but the producer of JailHouseFire hot sauces is really special: their products are made in a Florida penitentiary, in 3 varieties. Distributors...
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Magazine: How many sips?
Date: 2013-08-05 12:00:00
We already know that the British are capable of taking extreme measures with health protection in mind, just think of the complete ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. Now...
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The Sziget Festival starts today
Date: 2013-08-05 10:10:32
The accomodiations in Budapest are filled with the guests of the Sziget Festival. The festival visitors are continuously arriving to the Hungarian capital.. Three separate trains arrived from the Netherlands...
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Loud beats endanger Swedish nightclub fish
Date: 2013-08-05 09:48:55
A Gothenburg nightclub has been told to turn down the music after authorities found the club's pet fish were suffering from the noise. When the County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) checked...
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Flaming hell: Could you take on the world’s hottest sandwich?
Date: 2013-08-05 09:06:37
The ‘flaming hell’ sandwich measures 2.3million on the Scoville chilli heat scale – higher than pepper spray. It also comes slathered in a sauce made from two of the world’s...
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Magazine: Foodstagram and sales
Date: 2013-08-01 12:15:34
Swedish food supplier CT Food, which specialises in Asian food products, developed a smartphone app to educate fans of Asian food about dishes. People who take a picture of the...
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A Pálinka Museum was opened in Visegrád
Date: 2013-08-01 09:55:19
Visitors can learn about the making of pálinka and the its history at the Pálinka Museum in Rév Street in Visegrád. For the implementation of the tourist attraction, the owner...
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The weirdest phobia of the world: fear of cheese
Date: 2013-08-01 09:26:39
Cheese can be gross, for sure. It perspires in the sun, and some varieties grow mold and smell. But is it enough to give you the cold sweats? For Sammy...
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New book about food-making
Date: 2013-07-31 10:23:18
A new professional book about the basics of food creation has been published. The book is called Élelmi anyagok, Ételkészítési ismeretek 2. – A konyhai munka előkészítése, and is mainly...
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Wine bottle and heavy metal
Date: 2013-07-31 10:14:56
H&K Sculptures wine caddies, stompers, and metal art are welded from recycled steel and copper. These sports, professions, lifestyles and other renderings will be prominently displayed by the select few...
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Workania: 30 percent of the workers did not receive additional benefits in the first half of the year
Date: 2013-07-31 10:02:30
In the first half of the year, 30 percent of the Hungarian workers did not receive any fringe benefits. This ratio is is slightly lower than the 33 percent rate...
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Szallas.hu: guest steal towels the most often from the Hungarian accommodations
Date: 2013-07-31 10:00:26
Most of the Hungarian guests steal towels the most often from the accommodations. Nime in ten hoteliers have met with guests, who not only took their personal belongings home –...
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One minute, one pizza – Video of the day
Date: 2013-07-30 09:52:45
So, speaking of Nathan's Famous, last night six-time Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Takeru Kobayashi ate a Domino's pizza at some dude's Super Bowl party. He was paid $1,500 for...
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The Competition Authority initiated a sector inquiry on the market of online room reservations
Date: 2013-07-30 09:20:56
The Competition Authority(GVH) initiated a sector inquiry on the market of online room reservations – the competition authority told MTI on Monday. The investigation aims to understand and evaluate the...
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NGM: The popularity of the Széchenyi Rest Cards are unbroken
Date: 2013-07-30 09:02:52
The popularity of the Széchenyi Rest Card is unbroken this year again. The amount of uploads exceeded 40 billion HUF by the end of June – shows the written reply...
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