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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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Coffees and cafés
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Allee, a new shopping centre opened its gates early November, with a surprisingly high number of cafés. We compared four of the independent ones. Café Bali: Furniture and decorations were...
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The chef who built his career
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Lázár Kovács started out as a talented chef, but he also achieved media stardom. Returning from the United States, he now turns his name into a brand and advises chefs...
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Franchise news
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Voted by men While new restaurants reflect state of the art 21st-century design, the McDonald’s at Nyugati Square (designed originally by Eiffel as part of Nyugati Station) was voted the...
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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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London is an attractive winter destination
Date: 2009-12-03 00:02:01
British Airways has announced that passengers reservation to London for the winter season increased by 20 percent, compared to last year. Due to the hedge-hopping of the pound, London became...
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The European Commission is looking for the promising locations of aquatic tourism
Date: 2009-11-30 00:00:20
According to the Hungarian Tourism Zrt.; The European Commission is looking for the most promising natural aquatic locations. The Commission proclaimed the tender, in the course of the 2009-2010's Excellent...
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TripAdvisor’s advice: Tokaj
Date: 2009-11-27 00:03:02
The TripAdvisor, one of the most well-known travel website chosen Tokaj among the Top 10 wine tourism destinations, again after its 7th September newsletter. TripAdvisor is one of the world's...
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Decreasing uncertainty in the tourism sector
Date: 2009-11-26 00:03:01
According to Ecostat Economic Research Institute; the uncertainty in the economy has decreased in the second part of 2009, in tourism and among the population as well. Ecostat’s 2009 Tourism...
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Resources will be allocated to rural tourism
Date: 2009-11-25 00:03:58
Subsidies on the support of rural tourism can be required for from the European Agricultural Fund, until 16th December. The amount can be up to 200 thousand euros. The supported...
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Consumer protection program in tourism
Date: 2009-11-19 00:03:25
The Conscious Consumers' Association (TVE), launched a consumer protection program in tourism, which aims to increase awareness of tourists and business – announced by Haraszti Anikó program leader. The Ministry...
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Profit at the Danubius hotel chain
Date: 2009-11-19 00:00:30
The Danubius Hotel and spa Nyrt. reached a 2.46 HUF billion pre-tax profit for the third quarter of 2009, after the 1.3 billion HUF decline of the first half of...
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Hévíz spa: A four billion development
Date: 2009-11-18 00:02:01
The Hévíz Spa Ltd. and St. Andrew Rheumatism Hospital Nonprofit Ltd. issued a public procurement in the conversion of existing buildings and for the development of a new spa and...
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Cold meal voucher can won reduced tax rate
Date: 2009-11-18 00:01:02
The law amendment proposal would list the cold meal vouchers into the preferential 25 percent tax rate of fringe benefits. The law amendment would protect the interests of rural small...
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Hungary's new tourism attractions
Date: 2009-11-16 00:04:15
Multi-level indoor zoo and Oceanary, giant slide bath, thematic adventure bath: Hungary's new tourism attractions are preparing by full power which can be built by EU supported billions of forints....
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Holiday checks are popular
Date: 2009-11-12 00:03:55
Employers purchased holiday vouchers for 40 billion HUF until the end of October. This amount is 20 percent higher, than a year earlier – informed the Hungarian National Holiday Foundation,...
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Bath development in Makó for 3.6 billion forints
Date: 2009-11-12 00:01:00
Makó won more than a half billion HUF from the EU for bathdevelopment. The construction has been started – announced the city's mayor. Buzás Peter said: the official notification has...
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Cautious optimism at the InterContinental Hotels
Date: 2009-11-11 00:02:02
InterContinental Hotels Group's revenue and profit decreased in the third quarter. The company carefully considers the prospects for the rest of the year, but it detects signs of stabilizing, although...
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Half billion EU fundings for the development of Bük Medical Spa
Date: 2009-11-06 00:04:12
The Medical Spa is the priority project of the New Hungary Development Plan, and implement a development the program between 2008 and 2010, with 525 million of EU aid worth...
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The first Winter Festival has started in Budapest
Date: 2009-11-05 00:06:58
With more than a hundred colorful, reduced priced domestic programs the first Winter Festival of Budapest has been launched by BTH Budapesti Nonprofit Turisztikai Ltd. "After the organizing The Budapest...
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