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Hungarian tourism still functioning – said Secretary of State
Date: 2009-08-19 00:07:30
According to Ujhelyi István Secretary of State in the Prime Minister's Office; the economic crisis put smaller negative impact on tourism than expected. Revenues reduce less than expected. Tourism is...
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Season at Lake Balaton finally started in August
Date: 2009-08-19 00:04:35
According to the CEO of Balatontourist; there would be no complaint about this year's season at Lake Balaton. The next year looks even better if the Western tourists are returning....
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Sixty-six percent of the firms will give fringe benefits to the staff next year
Date: 2009-08-18 00:03:30
The fringe benefits providing by the small and medium-sized enterprises has significantly reduced. More than one-third of the companies do not give fringe benefits in any way. Among the fringe...
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A loss in the second quarter of 2009 at the InterContinental
Date: 2009-08-14 00:02:00
The British InterContinental Hotels Group reported a net loss of 56 million USD in the second quarter of this year, compared to the net profit of the one year earlier...
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BB Boglár Vintage Festival
Date: 2009-08-13 00:06:35
This year, for the 33rd time, one of the country's largest outdoor events will be held. The BB Boglár Vintage Festival waiting its guests with four days of concerts and...
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Life at the Adriatic became more expensive
Date: 2009-08-13 00:01:00
According to a Croatian media research; in the Southern-Slavic area, life is much more expensive than in Hungary, compared with the eight main food commodity prices. This year, much less...
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Cafeteria system still has sense
Date: 2009-08-12 00:02:00
Next year the tax-free fringe benefits will reduce. But the cafeteria system in 2010 will have a number of potential benefits – states RSM DTM Hungary. According to the calculations...
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Hungarian tourism had a bad year
Date: 2009-08-11 00:06:00
According to the informations of the Central Statistical Office; during the first half of 2009, 14 percent less than foreign tourists visited Hungary and the number of domestic visitors decreased...
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Reduction in the number of tourists and overnight stays in Croatia
Date: 2009-08-07 00:00:40
According to the Croatian Statistical Office, in the first half of the year, 3.35 million tourists spent 12.7 million nights in Croatia. In June, the number of guests excessed 1.4...
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Slovakian tourism affected badly by euro
Date: 2009-08-05 00:02:00
According to the participants of Slovak tourism and retail, the strong euro discourages the Czech, Polish, Hungarian and Russian tourists. In the first six months of the year retail and...
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A large decrease in traffic at the restaurants of Lake Balaton
Date: 2009-08-04 00:09:00
The operators of the restaurants reported a 15-20 percent traffic decrease compared to the previous year, but there were operators who reported third less guest, than last year. On the...
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Terézváros – public support for longer opening hours
Date: 2009-08-03 00:01:00
It seems that the majority of the citizens of Budapest opposes the restrictive regulation of the opening hours of restaurants, shops and clubs opening restrictive by the municipality of Terézváros....
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Finally main season started at Lake Balaton
Date: 2009-07-30 00:09:01
Traffic is hectic at the lake, with weeks with full house follows by weeks with half house, but there are more guests, than a year ago. The 3 and 4...
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Pig cutting may be eliminated from 2010
Date: 2009-07-29 00:06:30
The rural guests table providers would be ruined by the 2010 planned regulation of the government, which may virtually eliminate the traditional pig cutting. If the host kill his pig,...
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Hotel Narád of Mátraszentimre will be expanded
Date: 2009-07-29 00:03:45
The expansion of Hotel Narád has been started June this year. The five-stairs, 34 room hotel will be transformed into a 54 room wellness hotel. A conference room of 166...
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Fewer guests at the time of the Hungarian Grand Prix
Date: 2009-07-28 00:05:00
Following the trend of the previous years, this year foreign guests do not is swarming in the the host-industrial units at the time of the Hungarian Grand Prix – reported...
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The Mediterranean tourism performs poorly
Date: 2009-07-28 00:02:30
Cyprus tourism revenue fell by 15.8 percent in the first six months of 2009. compared to last year’s same period and 10.8 percent fewer tourists arrived in the island. Less...
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More than one billion euros to develop tourism in Spain
Date: 2009-07-27 00:02:00
The Spanish government has approved a 1.03 billion euros support to boost tourism, which is crucial for the whole Spanish economy. Tourism generates 11 percent of the Spanish domestic product...
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One million people received holiday checks this year
Date: 2009-07-24 00:23:00
In the first six months of 2009 one million workers, and close relatives, received holiday pay check, with a total value of 33 billion HUF. This is about 30 percent...
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Balaton hosts are more disciplined than last year
Date: 2009-07-24 00:07:00
According to the mid-term experiences of „Heat wave” 2 control action, the discipline of the hosts have significantly improved. The number of irregularities decreased by 33 percent. During the coordinated...
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Lake Velence – tourist bait auction
Date: 2009-07-24 00:02:00
The Bál-Na Production Ltd. started an online auction to boost the guest traffic of the lake. On the auction one can bid for the products and services offered by thecompanies...
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Burgenland earmarks 2.5 million euros for tourism programs
Date: 2009-07-23 00:01:00
The provincial government of Burgenland (Őrvidék) neighboring with Hungary has approved a plan for for six tourism program. From the amount, market work will be strengthened and infrastructure investment funds...
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Tihany legend – 820 million HUF development can be realized
Date: 2009-07-22 00:21:00
The local government has been cherished “Tihany Legend” tourism development project for years now. The project become a reality with a 600 million HUF EU support. The project aims to...
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Hotel development slows down in the region
Date: 2009-07-22 00:18:00
Two new hotels will open its gates in Budapest; the Expo Congress Hotel in Kőbánya and the Eurostars Hotel located at the First Site complex. However, not much can be...
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Travelers to the United States purchases nearly third of their money
Date: 2009-07-21 00:03:00
According to Karen MacDonald, Communications Director of Taubman Centers shopping mall operator group, most of the foreigners visit to the United States for shopping and to try good restaurants. America...
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Quitt Tours quits
Date: 2009-07-20 12:40:03
Quitt Tours travel agency reported insolvency. The insurance of the company is assumed to ensure the bringing home of fifteen passengers from abroad, but unable to compensate all the claims....
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Three kinds of VAT rates in hotels
Date: 2009-07-17 00:04:00
From now hotels can apply three kind of VAT rates, during the designation of the new reduced VAT rate. For spa massage zero, for the accommodation 18 percent, for purchasing...
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Two hotels of Budapest are on the top list
Date: 2009-07-16 00:13:00
Two hotels in Budapest are on Travel + Leisure magazine's European hotel top list of this year. The Marriott Hotel became 3rd in the category of urban hotels over hundred...
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Baths join forces
Date: 2009-07-14 00:20:00
The leaders of the baths of North and the South Plains, Transylvania and Vajdaság have signed a cooperation agreement. The objective is to get a greater slice from the European...
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Good tourists and bad tourists
Date: 2009-07-13 00:08:00
In a survey made by the participation of 4500 hotel owners, the leaders of the accommodations prefers Japanese, British and German travelers. French considered the worst tourists of the world....
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