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Is there a limit?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
How far can a group of companies expand, without some units being depreciated? According to Tamás Sztanó, one of the owners of the Leroy restaurant chain, there is an answer...
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Scores in the GaultMillau system
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The first “Restaurant and wine guide 2008” based on actual testing and the GaultMillau system has been published. Nearly 1,400 restaurants have been included, with points awarded for food, the...
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Velvety and trendy
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Smoothies have officially arrived in Hungary. A Hungarian owned enterprise is making this drink in three stores at the moment. What happens when we mix fruit juice, milk shake and...
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Who is the king?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
In 2008, Lou Lou and Café kör failed to repeat their success achieved in 2007, when they finished among the second 50 in the “Best 50 restaurants of the world”...
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New chairman for Étrend
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Three chairmen for Étrend Egyesület (the organisation of chefs) in three years and all giving up within a year. Péter Mózes was the last in to give up in February....
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Restaurant on-line
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
We respect restaurants which take the trouble of regularly up-dating their web sites. We only discuss good web sites of good restaurants so that everybody can learn from the mistakes....
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
New general secretary for Hungarian Franchise Association from 1. April. Dr. István Kiss was succeeded by dr. Katalin Mandel, managing director of DAKEXPO Kiállításszervező és Tanácsadó Kft. Her company is...
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Eating cocktails?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Cocktails are experiencing a true renaissance in the majority of more developed markets than ours. Restructuring of popular drinks, rather than inventing new flavours is the present challenge. Though we...
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Expanding universe
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Franchising is regarded as a type of business within retail where risks are relatively low. 25 out of the top 100 franchise ventures on the list compiled by Entrepreneur magazine...
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With a Slavic soul
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The secret of Russian cuisine is in the Slavic soul. During Soviet times, it was not easy to understand for foreign guests how their hosts managed to get hold of...
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Going to America
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Lázár Kovács, one of the most talented among the young representatives of Hungarian cuisine has achieved many things in Hungary. He has become a media star and his own restaurant...
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Ambassador of Russian cuisine
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
At the moment, there is only one Russian restaurant in Hungary. Unfortunately. However, everybody knows Arany Kaviár. It owes its success to Sasha, alias Sándor Nyíri, the incredibly modest and...
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Working abroad… not a piece of cake
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
30 year old Antonio Fekete, a former holder of the Olympic title among chefs has experimented with working abroad on several occasions. He is just back from Switzerland. More money...
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Reasons and directions
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
It is possible that the R&D people of Red Bull only responded to the challenge posed by energy drinks launched by the big cola companies. Their answer to the challenge...
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Lumbini teaház és keleti étterem
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Decoration is the sole expression of style in many designer restaurants, with gastronomy neglected. This is not so in Lumbini teaház, where the Nepal-Tibet style is quite understated in decoration...
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Self defence
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
British pub owners find it outrageous that retail chains sell alcoholic beverages at depressed prices in order to attract even more customers. They have joined forces to protest against this...
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Brave new world?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
There are few political forces which dare to argue with the often demagogic principles advocated by health campaigners, like a total ban on smoking everywhere. One of the most bizarre...
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Meister curse for Hungarian collegues by first female chef with Michelin stars
Date: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
Léa Linster is a very technically aware chef, and no more was this apparent than in 1989 when she became the first and only female chef to have won the...
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Guest nights fell – first of all in the rural hotels
Date: 2008-05-16 00:00:00
In the first four months of 2008, three, four and five star hotels had a 50 percent occupancy rate. Gross Room Revenue – at current prices – was up 6...
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Ramada Resort – Aquaworld Budapest waits the guests from Autumn
Date: 2008-05-16 00:00:00
Central Europe’s biggest indoor water theme park offers unforgettable entertainment to visitors of every age throughout the year. Ramada Resort – Aquaworld Budapest is a four-star superior conference and wellness...
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Turism-barometer get well
Date: 2008-05-13 00:00:00
The average index is 44.3% but the hoteliers are more optimistic their index stands at 52.5% which is the highest since the index exists. According to research institute Ecostat not...
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Three months – more than 1.2 million guests – HUF 45 billion turnover
Date: 2008-05-09 00:00:00
In January-March 2008, international and domestic guests overall spent 1 percent more nights in public accommodations, which had, at current prices, 3 percent more revenues. In January-March 2008, commercial accommodations...
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IHG launches the world’s first 'green' hotel
Date: 2008-05-08 00:00:00
This could be the world's first ever 100 per cent ecologically-friendly hotel – and its 'green' credentials will set the benchmark for hoteliers around the world. The solar powered...
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Renovated Mercure Hotel Budapest City Center is ready for public
Date: 2008-05-08 00:00:00
The new design reflects on Mercure's brand conception, traditional and contemporary domestic and international furniture styles are mixed in. The transformation of the former Hotel Taverna costs almost 2.6 million...
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3 stars Hotel Baross is restored
Date: 2008-05-07 00:00:00
The hotel belongs to Mellow Mood Group, the whole 49 rooms, the reception and the restaurant were refurnished. It was a complete painting and changing the furnitures and tv-s, also...
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Lion's Garden to open soon
Date: 2008-05-05 00:00:00
The newly built Boutique Hotel in the heart of Budapest is ideally located for business and leisure. There are 105 bedrooms and suites furnished elegant and tastefully with contemporary furnitures....
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Food patriot
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
A conservative MP, David Cameron has recommended that labels should be introduced to mark food products of genuinely British origin. He believes that inaccurate labelling makes it difficult for consumers...
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