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Local products on the Internet

One of the strongest trends in world gastronomy today is using locally grown and locally manufactured products. But very often it is not easy to find these products. A real...

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Young masters of the profession

There were no big surprises at the Star of the Profession Festival (held on 26-28 April). In the cooks contest 1. Boglárka Berei, 2. Péter Pindl, 3. Ádám Szabó was...

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Travels in the living room

Economic recession may put off potential tourists from travelling. Some of them might be compensated by Destination Dinners, the company set up by a San Francisco chef. For USD 25-30...

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There will be no new president before September

Last year Tamás Háber, the president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) announced his resignation from the post as of this March. In February, members decided to postpone the...

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Peek-a-boo!

Saatchi & Saatchi’s Peruvian office won gold at the Cannes international advertising awards for this clever ad, which can be mounted on a door and creates an optical illusion that...

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Turkey is the most popular tourist destination among the Hungarians

The Start Travel Agency compiles the top resorts list of the most popular summer tourist destinations every year, on the basis of the pre-booked trips. Turkey became the the most...

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Cafeteria: What remained tax free?

From the cafeteria benefits, only a few remained fully tax free this year, many popular forms are under 25 percent personal income taxation from January. The local travel ticket allocation,...

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The Hungarian hotels to lobby for discount VAT

Although the number of guest nights of the Hungarian hotels increased, in several factors they are in a more difficult position now, than at the end of last year, during...

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Budapest Tourism increases

The commercial accommodations of Budapest received 415 thousand guests in the first three months of 2010, 7.6 percent more than the in same period of last year and 3.6 percent...

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Tourism cooperation between Berlin and Budapest

In tourism marketing Berlin and Budapest will cooperate at some overseas markets in the future. The Chief Executives of the two cities’ tourism marketing organizations, Burkhard Kieker of the Berlin...

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Wine Street and Hungarian wine regions in Budafok

Building on the wine culture and wine tradition of Budafok, tourism developments have begun in the 22nd district of Budapest, from a close to 300 million HUF EU support. In...

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Flourishing beaches, and solid price increases at the lake Balaton

This year's season started with solid price increases or with the same entry fees and with several significant developments – said Győrffy Árpád, editor of balatontipp.hu to MTI. According to...

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The popular German Lifestyle magazine, promotes Budapest

The popular German magazine, that has 1 million readers, promotes Budapest beside Paris and Rome in its April issue; called “Neues für die Frau”. Beside the romantic Paris and Rome,...

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The first Hungarian Starbucks café opens in Westend

Now it is sure: After repeated postponement a Starbucks café will open in Hungary. The American chain will open its first unit in the Budapest Westend City Center shopping mall....

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This year will be important in rural tourism

This year may be important in rural hospitality. It turns out, how many people will meet the new conditions set by the law – said Kövér István, the president of...

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Neither fast nor slow, normal

This is the motto of the recently launched Mars shop, which is a refreshing dash of color in the palette of the Budapest food services, with its healthy and imaginative...

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Billion HUF developments in Somogy county baths

Three Somogy county baths – the baths of Igal, Nagyatád and Nagybajom – can become more competitive, from a total of more than one billion HUF. Half billion development will...

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Ten percent fewer guest nights in Romania

In the first quarter of 2010, the number of guest nights spent in commercial accommodations decreased by ten percent in Romania – reported the Romanian Statistical Office. According to the...

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The hotels of Pécs expect high season

Although some of the hotel constructions connected to the 2010 Cultural Capital programs were not realized in Pécs, the existing and the newly-opened hotels are expecting an excellent season. The...

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Cafeteria – a surprising result of a survey

The www.cafeteriatrend.hu site and its professional partners surveyed employers, employees, service providers over the regulations of cafeteria in April 2010. The result was surprising: the 25 percent tax would not...

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Customers invade the new Nordsee

An unexpected interest and customers invade occured at the Nordsee restaurant in the Váci street, on the weekend. Surprisingly, the Budapest residents invaded the Nordsee restaurant for delicacies such as...

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The season at the Lake Balaton starts earlier

The tourism entrepreneurs and professionals of the Lake Balaton would be satisfied, if the datas of 2008 would be repeated this year. Last year, the Hungarians spent 2.5 million domestic...

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The hotel giants are expanding

The world's three biggest hotel companies, the Four Seasons Hotels, the Starwood Hotels & ResortsWorldwide, and the Marriott would expand in Europe – reports Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg; the Four...

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Open Cellar Days again

This year, in the Year of Festivals, the Association of Open Cellars, the Bacchus Arts Studio, the Hungarian National Tourist Office and the Hungarian wine regions wineries are joining forces...

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The campaign for Pécs conntinues in Austria

According to the survey of the Austrian Gallup institute; the 4 percent of Austrians traveling abroad this year, planning to visit Pécs. The Hungarian Tourism Zrt., having an integrated campaign...

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Cafeteria should not be buried

According to Nexon’s cafeteria survey, asking 20 thousand people; in 2010, compared to last year, the gross value of cafeteria benefits nearly increased by 15 percent, however, the ratio of...

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Harmony of beer and chocolate

Those who are knowledgeable about beer are aware that their taste is close to that of chocolates. Stouts, porters and other dark beers go well with nearly all types of...

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Red and black

The espresso made from rooibos tea leaves won plenty of prizes in the past three years. This socalled red espresso is made by brewing the leaves in an espresso machine....

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We are on the map

Eric Asimov, the wine columnist of New York Times recently praised the Tokaj Wine Region in one of his articles. He tried to convince readers that excellent dry wines were...

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Facing the challenge in New York – part 7

From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘On Monday I go to DB Moderne Bistro...

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