Horeca
Stagnating tourist traffic in the first 10 months of the year
Date: 2010-12-06 14:47:20
The number of guests and guest nights in January-October of 2010 at the commercial accommodations remained fairly unchanged, compared to last year. The hotel's sales at current prices rose slightly...
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Ibsen Restaurant and Café
Date: 2010-12-05 17:43:29
In the recently opened restaurant of Ibsen house in Békéscsaba guests can try the specialties of Norwegian cuisine. Characteristic Norwegian flavours are mostly presented with fish dishes and fruits of...
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Ibsen Restaurant and Café
Date: 2010-12-05 17:43:29
In the recently opened restaurant of Ibsen house in Békéscsaba guests can try the specialties of Norwegian cuisine. Characteristic Norwegian flavours are mostly presented with fish dishes and fruits of...
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Everything for the guest
Date: 2010-12-03 13:14:10
…or Alles für den Gast is the name of a four-decade old trade exhibition in Salzburg. This year there were not many Hungarian visitors, despite the fact that the venue...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 14
Date: 2010-12-03 13:12:36
From last July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ’I feel alright at Martel, but it...
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Did they change weight class?
Date: 2010-12-03 12:59:25
Soon after we shed a tear for elBulli, Ferran Adria and his brother, Albert announced that they would be opening two new places, connected with a corridor, in Barcelona’s theatrical...
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They turned it on its side
Date: 2010-12-03 12:57:55
The designers of D’Espresso, a small coffee bar in New York took the idea of a coffee bar that looks like a library and turned it on its side. It...
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Where do the fruits come from?
Date: 2010-12-03 12:54:29
To sell apple from vending machines – this is a decades-old idea overseas, which now seems to be realised as part of the fight against childhood obesity and the trend...
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Cold wonders of the summer
Date: 2010-12-03 12:44:43
The most disappointing thing a bar owner cans say to a guest in summer is ‘I do not have cold beer or Coke’. Blitz Chiller is the solution: a rapid...
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Edible drinks
Date: 2010-12-03 12:43:11
If there is a popularity ranking for cocktails in the United States, Bloody Mary probably has a place in the top 5. A couple of years ago in a Florida...
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’Sho(r)t nights’
Date: 2010-12-03 12:29:47
We discussed the role of spirits in catering and the Hungarian culture of cocktail consumption with Zsolt Tokaji, on-trade manager of Bacardi-Martini Hungary Kft. • We see few alcoholic beverage...
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Wine Island
Date: 2010-12-03 12:26:39
At this year’s Hoventa Bor és Piac magazine built its Wine Island stand for the second time. This was the first collective introduction of Hungarian wines at a prestigious domestic...
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Starbucks has opened its first cruise outlet
Date: 2010-12-01 07:02:52
Starbucks has teamed up with cruise company Royal Caribbean for its first outlet on a cruise ship. The store will be staffed by trained baristas and will offer signature Starbucks...
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The dwellers of Pécs are satisfied with the EKF programs
Date: 2010-11-30 15:55:44
According to a recent survey, 85 percent of the dwellers of Pécs are satisfied with the European Capital of Culture (EKF) related programs and events. This year, a significant increase...
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Károly Varga won with METRO ingredients at the Culinary World Cup in Luxemburg
Date: 2010-11-30 09:33:55
METRO was the main sponsor of master chef Károly Varga and the Hungarian Culinary Association at the Luxemburg-based Culinary World Cup. Here are the results: Varga Károly: chef trade 1....
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The Széchenyi Rest Card to be introduced next year
Date: 2010-11-29 14:43:38
The Széchenyi Rest Card is expected to be usable in the next season. The card will be used in hotels and health services and in hospitality – said Horváth Endre,...
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Hungarian conferences are popular
Date: 2010-11-26 14:20:39
The so-called business tourism ie, conferences, exhibitions, fairs, continues to be successful in Hungary. According to the fresh survey of the Magyar Turizmus Zrt.; in the first nine months of...
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Magzine: Hungexpo supports Hungarian gastronomy
Date: 2010-11-25 23:30:58
Hungexpo asked the organiser of a successful spring event, Péter Regős, the chef of XO bistro to participate in organising the collective representation of restaurants at the autumn Budapest International...
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Tourism will receive 6 billion HUF more
Date: 2010-11-25 16:20:15
Tourism will receive 6 billion HUF more in 2011, the marketing budget will be increased by one and a half billion HUF. There is a growth potential in the tourism...
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Celebrities worked hard to support sick children
Date: 2010-11-23 09:23:18
Celebrities got together to help sick children on 20th November in the Ronald houses of Budapest and Miskolc, within the compass of a charity action. With more than 200 celebs...
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Positive changes in the cafeteria system for next year
Date: 2010-11-22 16:09:24
Although there are still uncertain points in next year's regulation of the fringe benefits, it can already be seen, that the cafeteria will be even more beneficial for the companies...
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Herendi Porcelain promotes Hungary in London
Date: 2010-11-22 13:25:24
The manual painter of the Herendi Porcelain Manufactory was the main attraction of the Hungarian stand of the WTM (World Travel Market) took palce in London last week. The manual...
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This year’s Wine Wednesday was successful
Date: 2010-11-22 13:23:28
The Wine Wednesday series of programs of this year has ended. 227 restaurants took part in the program, offering wine on 50 percent discount price on four days of the...
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Econet plans 1.2 -2.2 billion HUF capital raise
Date: 2010-11-22 09:39:45
Econet.hu announced on Monday that they intend to raise 1.2 billion – HUF 2.2 billion HUF of capital in a private placement. The purchase price will be the turnover-weighted average...
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A million restaurant critics
Date: 2010-11-19 23:48:57
A decade ago it was the print media’s privilege to publish critiques about a restaurant. With the appearance of the Internet and Web 2.0 surfaces the situation changed because anyone...
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Italian restaurants are using breathalysers
Date: 2010-11-18 14:19:59
Since the 13th of November the Italian restaurants that are serving alcoholic beverages after midnight, should keep breathalysers. The restaurant operators must put charts showing the alcohol content of spirits...
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