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Tracel agency winning on court against consumer protection authority
Date: 2009-04-07 04:02:12
No consumer protection rule is being offended if travel agencies indicate extra tarifts separatedly from the participation fee on their fylers – the Supreme Court decided. A travel agency issued...
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Too many restaurants in the USA?
Date: 2009-04-07 03:47:31
In less than 20 years, the number of restaurants and bars has seen a 49 percent increase, now many of these restaurants must close due to the crisis.Since 1990, the...
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The first five-star hotel of the Istrian peninsula has opened
Date: 2009-04-06 01:21:54
The number of luxury hotels in Croatia have increased significantly in the past few months, Croatian tourism puts the main emphasis on five-star hotels at the moment. Tourism has always...
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Flooded with flavours!
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
While half of the guests visiting confectioneries prefer vanilla and chocolate ice cream, the other half is ready to try other flavours as well. Creative confectioners constantly work on innovation,...
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Barrel hotel in the Netherlands
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
A special method for utilising old wine barrels has been invented by a Dutch hotel owner. The 14,500 litre barrels have been converted into bedrooms and installed in De Vrouwe...
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Fragile trends
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Many attempts have been made at defining an order of priorities among factors which determine how satisfied guests feel in restaurants. In any case, we can be sure that a...
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Exam in wine
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
The Wine Wednesday event is to be held for the first time this year by Magyar Bormarketing Kht. Bars and restaurants participating in the campaign will sell Hungarian wines and...
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There will be energy!
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Sales of energy drinks show continuous growth. Energy drinks have become an essential item in the assortment offered by any club, bar or restaurant visited by young people. Annual sales...
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New candidates for chairman
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Following the resignation of István Pető, chairman of the Hungarian National Association of Gastronomy, three candidates have entered the competition for the position: Vilmos Kreil, chairman of the Hungarian Bocuse...
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Energy drink in green
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Buszesz Zrt. has launched a product which is unique in the Hungarian market – the green Watt energy drink is made without preservatives, caffeine and taurine. The majority of domestic...
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Crisis management by franchise chains
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Franchise chains in different parts of the world have responded to the economic crisis in different ways. McDonald’s has reduced some of its prices in the USA. The introduction of...
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Back on top again
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
János Cseh, a well known reform chef has left Gundel after a few months. – We had agreed that renewal was needed, but in my opinion, renewal cannot be partial....
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Change of course
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Zsolt Litauszki (33) is regarded as one of the most promising young talents among Hungarian chefs, although he had spent most of his active years working in Austria. These years...
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Avant-garde
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Following an invitation by the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy, Adam Melonas, the chef of Casino de Madrid spent a few days in Budapest in February and held two demonstrations under...
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The latest restaurant owner Gundel
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Following a long pause, a restaurant has been opened by a member of the Gundel dynasty again. Károly Gundel, the great grandson of the founder of the old Gundel restaurant...
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Kalla „al dente”
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Kálmán Kalla, former chef of Gundel, the best known Hungarian restaurant retired two years ago, but has recently become active in gastronomy again. – Which side do you represent in...
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Positive answers
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Like their counterparts in Budapest, restaurant owners in New York and London also worry about the recession, but are coming up with different answers. For some time, restaurant guests in...
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Ronald on the way to slimming?
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
McDonald’s has ended up in 8th place on the top 10 list of fast food chains offering the healthiest food, compiled by Health magazine. Thee are several hundred fast food...
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Serving trends in catering
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
According to a survey conducted by FES magazine, the leading serving trends follow the general trends in catering: providing an experience, interactivity and small plates. In many places, chefs communicate...
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Salt and pepper
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Regardless of the quality of ingredients, food will not taste good without spices. Using spices well is not simply a matter of creativity, but also of talent. Though spices have...
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Wine chillers
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
In order to choose the right wine chiller, we must have a clear idea of what requirements it should meet. Cheap solutions usually end up being more expensive in the...
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Wine chiller with wine spout: new profit centre for restaurants
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Sometimes, we cannot have the wine we would like to have with our favourite dish. We often find that we have to order a whole bottle in restaurants even if...
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Over 220 restaurants joined WineWednesday
Date: 2009-04-03 09:16:20
More than 220 restaurants have signed up for this year's WineWednesday until 1st April. The event is going to take place on 29th April.The idea of WineWednesday had been inspired...
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The new Hilton-restaurant is preparing with a special bufet-menu for the Easter-weekend
Date: 2009-04-03 07:22:45
The freshly opened Icon Hotel of Hilton Budapest is trying to surprise its old and new guests with a special Easter-program set. Consumers may spend a spectacular and cosy Easter-weekend...
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Service provider segment not ready for hotels' needs
Date: 2009-04-02 21:25:00
Although there appears to be a strong need for hotel-related jobs, Hungary's service provider segment to perform these tasks as expected is still rather scant. Expenes of hotel operation are...
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Health-tourism is about to become the most popular branch of tourism
Date: 2009-04-02 05:17:05
A congress started on 1st April, placed in Budapest's Széchenyi Thermal Bath is focusing on the increasing possibilities of health-tourism. Wellness, spa and massages – according to predictions by UNTWO...
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Starbucks expanding in Bulgaria
Date: 2009-04-01 05:21:30
'Green-white' café chain has opened two more cafés in Bulgaria, in Sofia and Bourgas. The international café chain entered Bulgaria four months ago, opening its first outlet in Sofia. The...
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Vending-machines trying to revolutionize pizza-industry?
Date: 2009-04-01 04:44:27
A vending machine that bakes fresh pizza in minutes for a few euros – a device developed with help from British-Dutch group Unilever is about to be launched within a...
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Candlelit dinner to save the Earth
Date: 2009-03-30 08:38:59
Hotel Hilton Budapest has already joined the global movement Earth Hour in 2008, and managed to reduce the hotel's electronic consumption by 21 percentages then. Guests welcomed the project positively....
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