Horeca
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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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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Fourty percent dropdown in the field of tourism
Date: 2009-04-21 07:12:34
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
Date: 2009-04-21 07:05:16
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
Date: 2009-04-20 03:10:29
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
Date: 2009-04-20 03:05:32
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
Date: 2009-04-15 09:40:00
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
Date: 2009-04-15 09:02:00
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
Date: 2009-04-09 03:56:16
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
Date: 2009-04-09 03:30:44
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
Date: 2009-04-08 04:27:49
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
Date: 2009-04-08 03:52:57
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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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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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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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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