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Luxury hotel to be built in the Alföld with underwater storeys
Date: 2010-07-16 00:03:02
The Trimp Holding Co. is building a seawater underwater luxury hotel near Kiskunhalas for 10.5 billion HUF. The complex may open its doors in late September 2013 – told Kökény...
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Croatian dream: luxury holiday center near the Adriatic
Date: 2010-07-15 00:00:02
The construction of 13 hotels and 56 luxury villas is expected to be started before the end of the year, in Doli near Dubrovnik, where the luxury circumstances of Monte...
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Seven points in order to boost tourism
Date: 2010-07-13 00:03:02
The Hungarian Hotel Association listed the short-term government actions that should be taken in seven points. According to the alliance; a reduction should be needed in VAT in the case...
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EU Michelin stars to come
Date: 2010-07-13 00:02:01
The European Commission plans to set up the Quality Tourism Label. This – similar to the Michelin stars of the restaurants – would reward the best tourist destinations or services....
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Re-glass at the Balaton Sound
Date: 2010-07-12 00:00:25
This year, for the second time in the Balaton Soundon, Re-glass system helps the separate waste collection. The solution was introduced by the Zöldövezet Association to make music festivals and...
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Hungarian Spa Association: a tradition creative initiative
Date: 2010-07-09 00:00:55
The Hungarian Spa Association would like to make more popular its institutions, with the Hungarian Bath Day, Night of Baths, and the Cup of Bath Cities. The Hungarian Spa Association...
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Zamárdi is full
Date: 2010-07-08 00:03:25
According to Csákovics Gyula Mayor; Zamárdi is full for the period of the Balaton Sound Festival. Last year, the event received 94 thousand visitors in four days. Zamárdi, compared to...
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Sad onion celebration in Mako
Date: 2010-07-08 00:02:01
Instead of the usual 72-hour, this year's International Onion Festival of Mako only lasts one day. There is nothing than can really be celebrated: large part of the onion crop...
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Five percent higher-value holiday vouchers in the first half of the year
Date: 2010-07-07 00:02:01
In the first half of the year, 36 billion HUF worth holiday vouchers were used, compared to the same period of last year. That is a 5 percent increase –...
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Ice cream of the year
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The 14th ’Ice cream of the year’ competition took place in June. Zsolt Csuta from Csákvár won in the freestyle category with his white chocolate based composition. Györgyné Trella from...
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Below par performance this time
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The Hungarian team performed below expectations at the Bocuse d’Or Europe in Geneva on 7-8 June 2010. Gábor Kostyál, the head chef of Hotel Helikon in Keszthely gave a fair...
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Fuchsli Borgyógyászat
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Winemakers the Heimann family opened this place in May. It is basically a wine-centred bistro and it has been attracting guests like a magnet ever since opening. Wines with a...
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Viator restaurant
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
By opening the monastery’s restaurant the monks wish to turn Pannonhalma into a family-friendly place. They dreamed of a cultural milieu, a part of which is the restaurant with an...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 10
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I have started working in Greenwich L’escale –...
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I miss Roland!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Andrea Sarrang, the owner of Café Erté says about Roland Oláh: – We got on really well from the first moment. I really liked his passion, ambition and conscious quest...
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Characters
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
One of Hungary’s most characteristic restaurants and one of our most characteristic chefs have started working together recently. We talked with the chef and Gundel’s managing director Gábor Buday. Why...
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Feeling of comfort
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Wind often disturbs guests on terraces, but shades that can be rolled out sideways solve this problem. British pub and bar owners had the chance this summer to order aluminium...
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The elements of success
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
We asked Ágnes Horváth, the recently appointed managing director of McDonald’s about her plans and about stages of the chain’s strategic development. – What kind of changes do you intend...
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Falling turnover at Lake Balaton
Date: 2010-06-28 00:01:32
The food retailers of the South-Balaton, reported a 15-20 percent traffic decrease, caterers reported about a 20-30, coastal buffets about a 30-50 percent decrease, compared to last year's pre-season datas...
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Fast food restaurants: what is popular abroad, not sure that is popular in Hungary
Date: 2010-06-22 00:01:02
The Hungarian market conditions are not surely favorable for the international fast food restaurant chains. Most of the major international companies have bankrupted, with a smaller or bigger loss. Those...
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The first Starbucks in Hungary
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
After so many rumours and a long waiting period, it is now official: Starbucks is about to open its first unit in Budapest’s WestEnd City Center. AmRest Coffee Sp.zo.o, the...
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The objective is protecting the environment
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
FiltaFry Plus is a UK company that deals with cooking oil management and they are looking for a Hungarian franchise partner. Since 1995 FiltraFry Plus has been using their unique,...
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Cocktail bar with red chequered tablecloths
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
When summer comes, parties move outside. Rózsakert restaurant in Budaörs separated part of its garden that works as a café during the day, but at nights its turns into a...
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Pálinka flights
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In other parts of the world flights – tasting a selection of wines in small portions – have been used as a marketing tool for a long time. In Hungary,...
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Artificial vodka, artificial whisky, artificial joy
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Evgeny Moscalev, a professor of Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University developed a method for turning vodka (or any other spirit) into powder, from which pills can be made. It might turn...
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Organic wines
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
British supermarket chain Waitrose sells Virtue wines, which come from Chile in 24,000-litre eco-tanks and is bottled in the UK. One tank of wine is enough for 32,000 bottles and...
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With the scents of our childhood
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
If there is one beer women might get to like, it is definitely Liefmans from Belgium. This red fruit beer with a 4.2% alcohol content comes from the 120-year old...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 9
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I have completely found my part in the...
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Knowledge management in catering and tourism
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
‘Knowledge management in the field of catering and tourism’ is the title of the book that offers useful for knowledge for anyone who works in these fields. The quality assurance...
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The necessary extra, part 4
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In this series we introduce original ideas that may help to make a restaurant more popular. Every Friday afternoon from 5 to 6 Allan Susser, the chef of Modern Seafood...
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