Horeca
At least 63 thousand people will access supported travel check, this year
Date: 2009-05-18 00:31:13
This year, more than 63 thousand people will receive supported travel checks worth of 2.2 billion HUF. Low-income pensioners, disabled persons, workers with at least two minor aged children of...
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Tourism – contrary tendencies in Pest County and in the capital
Date: 2009-05-15 00:16:00
In the first quarter of 2009 the tendencies in Budapest were less prosperous while in Pest County tendencies were better than the national average. According to the most recent report...
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A decline in world tourism
Date: 2009-05-14 00:11:05
According to the leader of World Touring Organisation the number of international travelling in the first two months of this year decreased by 7.7 percent on an annual basis. A...
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Price war broke out on fast-food market
Date: 2009-05-12 01:19:03
The fast-food networks, McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Subway, are expecting guests with more and more promotional offers in Hungary. The competition started with the appearance of low-priced sandwich of...
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Hospitality is in suspense at Lake Balaton
Date: 2009-05-12 00:49:46
Hosts of the Lake has never been so unpredictable, what will be in the year's main season. The uncertainty is increases by the exchange rate of forint, the spread of...
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Travel patterns of the Hungarians
Date: 2009-05-11 00:05:00
Hungarian travelers do not like unexpected situations – draws attention the survey of Easyjet on the Hungarian travel patterns. The survey inspected how the Hungarians travel for a long weekend....
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A typical Hungarian rarely goes to restaurants
Date: 2009-05-08 02:15:25
Most Hungarian guests taking account into the physiognomy of the kitchen and the acceptable prices of the meals when choosing a restaurant. Hygiene and accessibility are also important aspects. The...
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What will happen with the hospitality industry?
Date: 2009-05-08 01:40:04
Tourism is one of the key sectors of the Hungarian economy. Nearly 300 thousand people works there and brings 8-10 percent of the GDP of the country. Catering is the...
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Free travel insurance in the EU
Date: 2009-05-06 00:06:59
The health care availability in another Member States for EU citizens is an important element of European unity. Health care entitlement in the whole union, and even beyond was established...
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Vodka & Co.
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Royal vodka is to get a new bottle again this spring – for the third time in this decade. What is behind this constant urge to change? Competition is the...
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Not taking any chances
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Following the drop in sales seen in 2008, manufacturers expect this year to be better. Changes in consumer habits are also detectable in the HoReCa sector. – Sales in developing...
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Franchise news
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Is there a crisis after all? Though we have heard optimistic statements from the representatives of franchise chains, recent news does not sound very good. The Gloria Jean’s chain closed...
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Private chef
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Zsolt Litauszki (33) had been one of the great promises in the profession, but he has chosen to close his restaurant in spite of a very good start. This is...
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Coming from America
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Attila Bicsár, chef of Alabárdos visited the US in February, holding a demonstration of Hungarian cuisine in the French Culinary Institute as one of the programs in the Year of...
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Bistro fever
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Bistro type restaurants have become very popular in Europe and the US as well in recent years. This is probably partly due to the “retro” wave and the fact that...
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Combination oven
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Demand for multifunctional kitchen equipment is growing among professional users. The Merrychef 402S combining the advantages of hot air and micro wave ovens has been developed to meet such demand....
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Art of food
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
…but not food styling this time. For example, designers working for an entity called Obacchi Jacket Lunch Box and calling themselves “food hackers” have redesigned the covers of several dozens...
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Deep frozen bistro
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Constant quality at a reasonable price/value ratio is the secret behind the popularity of fast food chains. Frosta Bistro in Hamburg can deliver these, promoting the products of Frosta as...
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Just like meat
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Meat-free burgers are nothing new. Many companies are trying to sell these in the US and Europe, as the number of vegetarians is growing. Zen Burger has copied the 1970’s...
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Champagne for the happy end?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Though it is too early to forget popcorn and cola in cinemas, quality food and beverages have begun to appear in cinemas. Recession has driven American cinema owners to develop...
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Chocolate for SMS?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Vending machines have become a tool for interactive marketing communication in the 21st century, as they are beginning to be used for promotional sampling. Consumers can request a sample from...
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Whatever you’d like?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
When asked about the kind of soft drink they prefer, some people say “any”. This is also the concept used by a company called Out of the Box for naming...
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Sweetening drops
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Flavouring syrups represent the main area of innovation in the market of cocktails and coffees. The number of activities where syrups can be used is growing – says Gábor Szabó...
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Rauch entering the cocktail market
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Rauch is to enter the market of premium products with two cocktails in 2009. FRUCTAILS is an alcohol free fruit cocktail in two flavours (Red Colada and Tropical Sunrise), in...
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Hotels take the responsibility for the cars left in parking lot
Date: 2009-04-29 00:43:08
If it is determinable that the parking lot belongs to the area of the hotel, the cars placed there are under the responsibility of the hotel without any special agreement...
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Lake Balaton: More guests this year
Date: 2009-04-28 09:22:24
Because of the weak forint, Hungary could attract foreign tourists – said Róna Iván the Chief Executive Officer of Hungarian Tourism Ltd. The company forecast that more and more people...
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Cafeteria-tickets' system remains unchanged
Date: 2009-04-27 04:51:29
The government's proposal to cancel cafeteria-tickets has been subject to great debate country-wide, now they seem to have changed their mind and decided to leave the current system unchanged. EUFE,...
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A growing number of online purchases in Hungary, too
Date: 2009-04-27 04:30:30
The number of airline-tickets sold online grew by 50 percent in the past one year. At Malév, 10 percent of the passsangers purchased their on the company's website, now this...
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European tourism may not be left untouched by swine flu
Date: 2009-04-27 02:34:56
World-wide swine-flu may have an effect on European tourism too, since WHO's alert thousands of cancelled flights have been reoprted. Europeans are cancelling their overseas flights, Hungarians do not travel...
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Thirty-two percent of tourism-related reservations are made online
Date: 2009-04-23 03:22:11
The amount of money spent on holidays and various touristic puposes is going to reach 253 billion EUR this summer, in Europe. At least 32 percent of these reservations are...
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