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Primarily, the foreign tourists' enquiry decreases
Date: 2009-09-10 00:05:20
Between January and July this year, the number of foreign guest in the commercial accommodations decreased by 13, the number of domestic guest decreased by 7 percent. The number of...
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Decreasing occupancy rate in hotels, all over the world
Date: 2009-09-08 00:03:00
According to the datas published by STRGlobal; with an average, nearly 12 percent decline occured at the world's hotel occupancy rate in the first half of the year. London had...
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Stagnating fast-food restaurants
Date: 2009-09-08 00:02:50
The turnover of the largest fast-food restaurants stagnating, compared to the previous year in Hungary. McDonald's, and Burger King do not expect significant changes, so the companies are forecasting similar...
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Hungarians chose Balaton as domestic and Greece as foreign destination
Date: 2009-09-07 00:04:00
The C-Travel.hu travel portal made a comprehensive analysis about the tarvel experiences of this summer, processing 14,000 requests, that the users launched through the site to hotels and travel agents...
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Spa development for three billions
Date: 2009-09-07 00:02:00
With the building of an indoor spa and with the transformation of summer swimming pools 3 billion HUF investment was achieved in Sárvár. European Union assumes the 30 percent of...
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Spa hotel is building in Marcali
Date: 2009-09-02 00:05:00
The construction of a four-star spa hotel began in Marcali. In the project company of Marcali Hotel Ltd. local government owns 10.4 percent. The investment funds are provided by Israeli...
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Lake Balaton has brought the 2007 results this year
Date: 2009-09-01 00:04:30
The 20th August date each year closes the season on Lake Balaton. According to the preliminary data the traffic was 8-10 percent smaller than last year’s. However, the results were...
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Thirty-three million HUF for Mátra region wine promotion
Date: 2009-08-31 00:01:00
Mátra Wine Region can spend 33 million HUF on wine marketing.A publication was made from the money won on contest, which presents Hungarian wines, winemakers, and food suited the best...
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Restaurants concentrated in Budapest
Date: 2009-08-28 00:03:58
Several years ago the concentration of the places of entertainment and restaurants had been started, in Budapest. The economic crisis has slowed down the tendency, but the planned investments suggest...
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The best gastroblogs
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Nearly 500 entries of which 85 qualified – these are the most important data concerning hvg.hu’s Goldenblog 2009 in the gastroblog category. From the blogs of enthusiastic and talented amateurs...
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Black coffee becoming more colourful
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Expanding product range, a growing number of brands, coffee types ”beyond espresso” gaining ground and more knowledgeable consumers – coffee distributors say they hardly feel the recession! In the past...
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Solutions at the time of recession
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Recently we have written about how celebrated British and American chefs drastically reduced the prices of their famous dishes and services at the time of economic crisis. The same process...
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Franchise news
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Gold chains In July, American trade magazine Restaurant & Institutions published its list of the world’s 400 restaurant chains (both fast food and traditional) with the biggest turnover. The first...
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Czifray competition
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
A competition lasting for two years which appears to be quite different from other similar events has been launched by the Hungarian Gastronomic Association this year. The competition has been...
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Leading his own team
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
András Wolf, the chef of Boscolo’s New York Szalon is one of those young chefs who were given the opportunity to prove their skills. Needless to say that he worked...
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Double role
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Many would like to be in the place of Zoltán Danó, the chef of Kogart restaurant in Budapest: he cooks for elite guests in the modern kitchen of a fancy...
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Miracle fruit
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
This cherry-sized fruit was not named so because of its physiological effects, but because it can play a trick on our senses. Recently at a New York show, guests have...
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Dark green
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Green Glass Company recycles beer bottles to make glasses and sells them on the Internet to ’green’ restaurant owners and beer drinkers. It is up to you to judge the...
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Restaurant opens like a can
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
It is a sin to use canned food in restaurants, but it is a completely different thing if we look at a restaurant as a can that we can open....
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Harmony between beer and food
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
The time is long gone when wines were paired with dishes and beer with pretzel or sausages. A web site called www.greatbrewers.com helps you group the different dishes and the...
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Cone-shaped pizza
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Pizza is undoubtedly one of the most successful fast food varieties, but in the to-go format it was prepared to no avail. In 2004, an Italian company launched Konopizza –...
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Facing the challenge in New York
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erte, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: “I was really calm before setting off, despite...
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In a heated mood
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Hungary’s changeable continental weather is not always favourable. At the same time, terraces are an important source of restaurateurs’ revenues, therefore they try to make the terrace season longer by...
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The practical and the special
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Distributors of professional parasols are now not only protecting customers from sunshine and rain: some are equipped with infrared heaters. An open fire is quite a surprising way of heating...
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Foreigners spend more in Hungary, than Hungarians abroad
Date: 2009-08-26 00:03:40
In the first half of 2009, the total foreign consumption was 544 billion HUF, 21 percent more than the same period of 2008. Hungarians visiting abroad, spent HUF 379 billion...
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Holiday checks made up 9 percent of the income of accommodations last year
Date: 2009-08-24 00:03:21
Acording to Central Statistical Office, holiday checks were used in a value of more than 21 billion HUF at commercial accommodation last year. Fourteen billion HUF was recorded at the...
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Hospitality is a success story
Date: 2009-08-24 00:02:59
In the accommodation and hospitality sector the total value of investments were 58.4 billion HUF in 2008. This is 10.9 percent more in volume than in the previous year, while...
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