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Two-third of the municipalities will abrogate cafeteria
Date: 2010-01-11 00:01:19
This year, in 60-70 percent of the settlements, cafeteria was terminated, because of the taxation of the the fringe benefits. Seventy-nine percent of the state institutions and 72 percent of...
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Restaurants of Budapest: Waiting for the stars
Date: 2010-01-07 00:04:21
Budapest was added to the gastronomic map: During the spring at least one restaurant of Budapest can get Michelin star. The members of the world-famous publication visited several restaurants in...
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Gluttonous Thursday in February again
Date: 2010-01-07 00:03:28
More than hundred restaurant registered for the this year's Gluttonous Thursday, that waits the interested on 18th of February. The restaurants taht are wishing to participate in the action, can...
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Pelican Club became Hotel Calimera
Date: 2010-01-06 00:00:15
The Pelican Club Hotel and Apartmenthouse will be transferred into a four star hotel in Miskolctapolca. The Calimera Wellness & Conference Hotel will give place to 49 new rooms, two...
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City Hotel expands from 300 million
Date: 2009-12-22 00:00:25
The four-star City Hotel of Miskolc, expands with new rooms, conference room and restaurant. The North Hungary Operational Program supported the 330 million HUF investment with 130 million HUF. Sixteen...
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Budapest in the Top 10
Date: 2009-12-21 00:00:39
Budapest received a significant recognition again. The Hungarian capital was elected among one of the Top 10 tourist destinations of 2010, by an international tourist magazine. With the contribution of...
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Pozsony does not want Las Vegas
Date: 2009-12-21 00:00:13
The Slovak government will continue to support, but members of the parliament are against Demján’s casino construction plans. The members of the parliament, rejected TriGranit’s one and a half billion...
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Hundred billions for tourism development
Date: 2009-12-19 00:07:19
With the support of the government and the European Union, 300 billion HUF can be devoted to tourism development until 2013. In the South-Transdanubian region, 30 companies won 10.4 billion...
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Hotels are applying for stars
Date: 2009-12-17 00:02:01
All domestic hotel should be apply for their stars, if they want to use them after 1st of January 2011. This is deemed necessary, because in the future a new...
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Ráspi winery opens a restaurant in Budapest
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:50
The Ráspi Winery will open its first restaurant and wine shop in Budapest’s Király street in December, renting 130 square meters. The restaurant of the Ráspi family is located near...
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The value of gift vouchers increased by ten percent
Date: 2009-12-10 00:05:21
According to SODEXO Pass, Hungary's leading voucher distributor; this year, many companies have boldly treats the year-end premiums, giving an amount of 10 percent higher gift vouchers to their employees....
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Great recognition for the hotel
Date: 2009-12-07 00:02:01
The five-star Hertelendy Castle became the member of Relais & Châteaux. Those exclusive hotels are the members of the Organization, which are belonging to a very high quality category. The...
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110 billion comes to tourism in 2009 and 2010
Date: 2009-12-04 00:04:25
For this year and for next year, 110 billion HUF EU funding will be available, for the development of Hungarian tourism – said Kovács Miklós, Secretary of the Local Ministry,...
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Sprayed, not stirred
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Bartenders in countries with a tradition of cocktail drinking use all kinds of methods and devices to create new drinks. The latest novelty is the spray. It was already used...
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Cheat sheets for wine
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Many like wine and some even know them. Some of those who do not, would still like to appear knowledgeable about wine. For them the solution is CorkSavvy.com. From the...
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Deep freezing from the outside
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Dutch company Opti Freeze Technologies created a revolutionary device for restaurants and bars: an external freezer that can be built into a bar. It is called Articube and it freezes...
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An exclusive dimension of culinary pleasures
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
“Live it the premium way” is the slogan of the Swiss-Hungarian import company LifeBrands Kft. that aims at filling a market niche, by providing the Hungarian market with products that...
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The necessary extra
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The biggest mistake a bar or a restaurant can commit is being interchangeable. Quality or special ideas can make a place stand out – something is definitely needed, otherwise the...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 4
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: “Finally I am here at the Boulud! It...
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BBQ-fragrance
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
It is probably a brilliant marketing fad: “Fire meets desire” is the slogan for advertising Flame, a grilled hamburger-scented deo. The product is marketed by Burger King and at a...
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Tradition and evolution
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Hungarian Gastronomy Association (MGE) organised its “Tradition and evolution” contest for the third time on 25-26 October. Tamás Molnár B. said after the preliminaries that quality improved this year. The...
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Digestible!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Art-installation-performance-food/drinks: If we go along this line, we reach 21st century’s close relationship between art and gastronomy. Think of receptions held in museums, food styling or food art. There are...
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Two restaurants – four chef’s hats
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The profession is frustrated by the fact that Hungarian gastronomy was unable to earn a Michelin star yet. However, according to information by Index, this year another prestigious guide, GaultMillau...
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Learn, learn, learn!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The Hungarian duo finished 4th at the Central European final of the Global Chefs Challenge (a side event of Hoventa). Tamás Tóth told our magazine a few days after the...
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24-hour market
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Buying food from ”local” producers is a fashionable thing nowadays. It is often difficult or costly for producers and consumers to find each other, without an intermediary. Peter-und-Paul-Hof, a German...
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We will be there at Bocuse d’Or Europe!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Out of the 35 countries only 20 can be represented at Bocuse d’Or Europe in Geneva on 7-8 June 2010. Mr Philippe Rochat, the president of the contest in 2010...
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Advertising fine dining
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Owners of Maloney & Porcelli, a restaurant in New York have probably consulted their lawyers before launching their new “service”. Since their prices are quite high, guests can type in...
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The Moor is leaving
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Tamás Háber announced his resignation from the presidency of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs as of next March. News: The Federation of European Wine and Gastronomy Associations awarded Pécs’s Aranykacsa...
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Unhappy hours
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Many were afraid that after the banning of smoking in bars and restaurants activists would not stop. In Catalonia, the authorities decided that happy hours and “open bar” promotions were...
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