Horeca

Private chef

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

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

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

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

…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

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

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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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Vodka & Co.

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

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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Hotels take the responsibility for the cars left in parking lot

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

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

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

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

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

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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Fourty percent dropdown in the field of tourism

Recession seem to have had an overwhelming impact on tourism: decrease in the income of restaurants can be over 30-40 percent. János Tóbiás, CEO of Danobius Hotels Groups talked about...

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Hungarian Tourism Plc. needs an extra 4 billion HUF

On top of its current expenses, Hungarian Tourism Plc. has announced the need for an extra 4 billion HUF for a truly efficient, „crisis-sensitive” marketingprogram – Ákos Niklai, manager of...

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Weak forint is an advantage for foreign tourists

Nobody is afraid of a wave of liquidation processes: those involved in the HoReCa-business in the Balaton-area are optimistic about the future – Sonline.hu says. Foreign tourists get 300 HUF...

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Arcade Bistro's communication spiced up by Morpho Communications

Morpho Communications is in charge of all communication-and PR activities associated with Arcade Bistro, one of Budapest's most famous gourmet restaurant from now on. The co-operation has started on 1st...

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Tourism in Gyula declining

Tourism in Békés-county is slowly declining, according to fresh data, the first two months have not been particularly successful. Still, experts are optimistic: the season in Gyula may be better....

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Burger King expanding in Russia

The first restaurant of the Burger King chain in Russia may open in 2009-2010. It was previously announced that the chain of coffee houses Shokoladnitsa is holding negotiations to cooperate...

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Starbucks opened in Poland – and probably all over Eastern Europe in 2009

Starbucks opens its First store in Poland – AmRest Sp. expects to capture an increasing share of the rapidly growing coffeehouse markets in Central and Eastern Europe.  The coffeehouse segment...

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Even foreign tourists make their reservation in the last minute

According to fresh data by KSH, Budapest hotels faced a less than 32.2 percent traffic, and not even the Easter-season attracts more guests.  The number of guests per night has...

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New four-star hotel in Budapest

A four-star hotel is about to be built in Budapest by next summer: constructions of the new Continental Hotel Zara have started on Tuesday at the location of Hungária-bath. Investor...

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A traditional, 220 year-old cake-shop has just closed in Pécs

Caflish, previously running under the name Éva has been part of the scenery of Pécs since 1789, as a cake shop and a coffee shop, and went bankrupt this spring....

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