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Bulgari prepares to check into Knightsbridge
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
Four years after the opening of its flagship store on New Bond Street, Bulgari, the luxury goods group, is close to securing a site in Knightsbridge for its first London...
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Hungarian Bronze Medalist at Culinary Olympics
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
Balint Farkas, chef of the Spirit Hotel Thermal Spa***** won bronze medal in Erfurt. From October 17 – 20, Erfurt was the host to the greatest occasion that the cooking...
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Accor sales increased
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
Services revenue up by a strong 12.6% over the first nine months including 14.1% growth in the third quarter. Revenue from the Services business in the first nine months increased...
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Burger King to enter Czech Republic
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
It is looking likely that Burger King will soon enter the Czech Republic in partnership with Eastern European restaurant operator AmRest. According to recent filings, AmRest, which also operates the...
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Dunkin Donuts opens first 'green' store
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
The company has announced the opening of its first ‘green’ store. The restaurant, located in St Petersburg, Florida. The new restaurant is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified...
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Budapest Winter Invitation starts soon
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
The action brought in the first year 30,000 extra guest nights, las year it was 60,000 nights. This season is one month longer, starts on 1th November and finishing on...
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Finish the renovation of Hilton Budapest's conference room
Date: 2008-10-20 00:00:00
The 350 sqm big hall, bordered by a special historical wall, is abble to serve 240 persons and can be separated in four smaller rooms. At the time of hotel...
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Strong September in Budapest's Hotels
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
In the first nine months of 2008, the room occupancy rate for three-, four- and five-star hotels was 60%. At current prices, gross room revenue declined by 4%, while the...
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Mellow Mood Group keeps expanding also outside Hungary
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
Mellow Mood Group is currently involved in the development of five Hungarian and one Austrian hotel. Company has 20 hotels under 5 brand name in Hungary. The five-star Buddha-Bar Hotel...
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Starbucks to accelerate its development in France
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Despite the closure of stores in the US, Starbucks has announced that plans to accelerate its growth in France. Philippe Sanchez, General Manager of Starbucks France has said that the...
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4 stars hotel to build in Zalakaroson
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
A consortium by Aquaprofit Zrt. and Proform Zrt. won the right to build a new hotel with 220 rooms close to the Granit Bath in Zalakaros. The architectur plannig is...
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Rogner revoked rights from two Hungarian Rogner hotels
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
The Austrian brand owner wasn't satisfied with the achievement of the Rogner hotels in Egerszalók and Sárvár. Company spyed one year long the two hotels, but they couldn't fulfil the...
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The revenue of accommodation establishments grew only by 1%
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
In January-August 2008, – compared with the same period of 2007 – the total number of international and domestic tourism nights was essentially unchanged in public accommodation establishments. In the...
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Mezőkövesd receives a new 4 stars hotel
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
The spa town of Mezőkövesd (north Hungary) will welcome the brand-new, Balneo Hotel Zsori with 134 rooms in November. Thermal and Wellness Hotel, located next to the thermal baths. Although...
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World best chefs in Budapesten
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
Conférie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, Association Mondial has its biyearly ceremony in the Hungarian capital between 2-5 October. The top chefs spent a few days in Budapest, meet the...
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Your Hotel™ Worldwide expands in Hungary
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
The 6th Hungarian member of YHW, the Mediterran Hotel Budapest, joined to the Your Hotel Worldwide chain on 1th October. The 4 star Hotel Mediterran Budapest has 40 comfortable, air-conditioned...
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Restaurant on-line
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
We only discuss good web sites of good restaurants so that everybody can learn from the mistakes. Hemingway (Budapest) Carefully designed, even a little too sophisticated web site. Letters are...
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Kangaroo, steak, BBQ
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Australian culinary culture is based mainly on British tradition. Steaks are undisputedly the favourites, with all types of barbecue playing an almost cultic role in gastronomy. Practically all gardens have...
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Kangaroo and crocodile
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
– Occasionally, we serve kangaroo and crocodile steak as a speciality, as materials are now available in Hungary – says Zsolt Jéger, owner of Hármaskönyv guest house in Alsópetény. Kangaroo...
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Turn it up…
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Though the consumption of drinks depends primarily on the amount of money guests have, music also has an influence on thirst. According to French research published in the magazine Alcoholism,...
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Intrinsic value and appearance
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The first news of research conducted by Coca Cola and the Chinese Academy of Medical Science on Chinese plants and spices and aimed at developing new beverages was published in...
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Blind date
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
There are some concepts which Germans find irresistible, like the blind date project which has become popular in recent years. Specialised agencies organise blind dates for three men and three...
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Growing ecological consciousness
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The American Burgerville fast food chain has been using eggs exclusively from hens kept outside cages for its breakfast menu for a year. They use approximately 600,000 eggs each year...
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Study about ban on smoking
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
A study has been prepared by the Institute of Political Science about the possible effects of a ban on smoking in public places. The main conclusions and recommendations have been...
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When do waiters feel good?
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
A number of studies exist about the ways waiters can influence guests in their decisions, especially about giving a tip. There are however, external factors which cannot be influenced. Guests...
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King of chefs competition
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Magyar Turizmus Zrt. intends to restore the reputation of Hungarian gastronomy with the help of a TV show. It is to be launched in October under the title “King of...
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Another evil
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
A ban by local authorities in Los Angeles on the opening of new fast food restaurants in the southern part of the city has been extended for another year. City...
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Sponsored wine training by Nemzetközi Borakadémia
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Sponsored wine training is to be launched by Nemzetközi Borakadémia Kft. in the autumn, as part of the National Wine Marketing Program. The government sponsored program is intended to provide...
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Alternatives
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
People have been drinking coffee for centuries. The espresso machine was invented in 1901. Many ingenious methods have been developed for making coffee by different cultures over the centuries. Here...
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Labelling in restaurants
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Legislative work related to information for consumers will soon begin in the European Parliament. In the opinion of professional organisations, it would be practically unfeasible or extremely costly for restaurants...
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