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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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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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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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Hotels near to bankruptcies
Date: 2009-03-18 16:57:00
Four in ten hotel executives anticipate that more than five chains will go into administration in the next year. According to the DLA Piper 2009 Europe Hospitality Outlook Report...
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Subway expanding in Europe
Date: 2009-03-13 05:32:15
In response to demand from European consumers, Subway has ambitious development plans for Europe, aiming to reach 2,600 outlets in 27 countries. The market with the highest number of units...
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Ukrainians buy luxurious restaurants in Budapest
Date: 2009-03-09 07:40:56
According to business daily Világgazdaság some Ukrainian businessmen save their money in 8-10 high positoned luxury restaurants in the Hungarian capital. The newspaper wrote that the restaurants fight with the...
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Union support for the domestic catering industry training
Date: 2009-03-06 11:30:31
Károly Gundel, area integrated vocational centre won HUF 244 million onetime, not to refunded summ from European Union. In the a project with the motto „Good profession – safe future”...
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McDonald’s to double number of McCafés in Austria
Date: 2009-03-06 09:08:34
Currently, around 50 of 162 McDonald’s units in Austria have the McCafé format. Company plans by the end of 2009 to have 100. McDonald’s Austria has launched new packaging which...
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New boutique hotel in Budapest
Date: 2009-03-05 08:57:56
The elegant 4-star Hotel Belvedere Budapest is owned by Gyetvai Fivérek Zrt, the operator is Belvedere Hotels Ltd. The art deco-style hotel with unique solutions offers 54 rooms, including 10...
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Franchise news
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Wasn’t a joke after all! We have reported earlier that according to rumours, the Pizza Hut chain has plans to rename some of its units „Pasta Hut”, because Tuscani pastas...
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Hungarian Bocuse Academy
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
It was quite a surprise to many people when the deed of foundation of the Hungarian Bocuse Academy was signed by Paul Bocuse during the competition held in Lyon. –...
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A sense of deficiency and self-criticism
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Roland Oláh, the 32 year old chef of Café Erté has no reason to complain about his career. – This is not the first time in my career that I...
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Rich in experience
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Tamás Széll, a young sous-chef from Onyx finished in first place in the Tradition and Evolution competition organised by the Hungarian Gastronomic Association in 2008. Following the competition, he had...
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Kitchen as birthday present
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Zoltán Vidák who had spent seven years as the chef of Premier, finally found a new job in Etyek, in the guest house owned by Pál Rókusfalvi. He is now...
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Carlsberg 900
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Something of a revolution is taking place in the world of quality beer with the appearance of super premium brands like Carlsberg 900, developed last year and sold only in...
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Hooters-concept
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Using beautiful female bodies as marketing tools has become commonplace in all segments of catering, especially in Hooters units. A number of other enterprises have also begun to copy this...
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Presidential coffee
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
There is no doubt that the owners of the Krispy Kreme café chain in the UK had supported Obama, because they served free coffee with his portrait sprinkled on it...
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„Espresso dating guide”
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
Yahoo! has joined forces with Starbucks to play Cupid. Their Espresso Dating Guide web site helps in turning on line dates into real ones in cafés. According to an American...
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Fahrenheit 479°
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:00
It’s an outrageous idea: popcorn in fine dining restaurants. However, popcorn has already been served in such places by Thomas Keller (owner and chef of Frech Laundry and Per Se)....
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