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Restaurant on-line
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
We respect restaurants which take the trouble of regularly up-dating their web sites. We only discuss good web sites of good restaurants so that everybody can learn from the mistakes....
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
New general secretary for Hungarian Franchise Association from 1. April. Dr. István Kiss was succeeded by dr. Katalin Mandel, managing director of DAKEXPO Kiállításszervező és Tanácsadó Kft. Her company is...
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Eating cocktails?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Cocktails are experiencing a true renaissance in the majority of more developed markets than ours. Restructuring of popular drinks, rather than inventing new flavours is the present challenge. Though we...
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Expanding universe
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Franchising is regarded as a type of business within retail where risks are relatively low. 25 out of the top 100 franchise ventures on the list compiled by Entrepreneur magazine...
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With a Slavic soul
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The secret of Russian cuisine is in the Slavic soul. During Soviet times, it was not easy to understand for foreign guests how their hosts managed to get hold of...
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Going to America
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Lázár Kovács, one of the most talented among the young representatives of Hungarian cuisine has achieved many things in Hungary. He has become a media star and his own restaurant...
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Ambassador of Russian cuisine
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
At the moment, there is only one Russian restaurant in Hungary. Unfortunately. However, everybody knows Arany Kaviár. It owes its success to Sasha, alias Sándor Nyíri, the incredibly modest and...
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Working abroad… not a piece of cake
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
30 year old Antonio Fekete, a former holder of the Olympic title among chefs has experimented with working abroad on several occasions. He is just back from Switzerland. More money...
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Reasons and directions
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
It is possible that the R&D people of Red Bull only responded to the challenge posed by energy drinks launched by the big cola companies. Their answer to the challenge...
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Meister curse for Hungarian collegues by first female chef with Michelin stars
Date: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
Léa Linster is a very technically aware chef, and no more was this apparent than in 1989 when she became the first and only female chef to have won the...
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Guest nights fell – first of all in the rural hotels
Date: 2008-05-16 00:00:00
In the first four months of 2008, three, four and five star hotels had a 50 percent occupancy rate. Gross Room Revenue – at current prices – was up 6...
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Ramada Resort – Aquaworld Budapest waits the guests from Autumn
Date: 2008-05-16 00:00:00
Central Europe’s biggest indoor water theme park offers unforgettable entertainment to visitors of every age throughout the year. Ramada Resort – Aquaworld Budapest is a four-star superior conference and wellness...
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Turism-barometer get well
Date: 2008-05-13 00:00:00
The average index is 44.3% but the hoteliers are more optimistic their index stands at 52.5% which is the highest since the index exists. According to research institute Ecostat not...
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Three months – more than 1.2 million guests – HUF 45 billion turnover
Date: 2008-05-09 00:00:00
In January-March 2008, international and domestic guests overall spent 1 percent more nights in public accommodations, which had, at current prices, 3 percent more revenues. In January-March 2008, commercial accommodations...
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Renovated Mercure Hotel Budapest City Center is ready for public
Date: 2008-05-08 00:00:00
The new design reflects on Mercure's brand conception, traditional and contemporary domestic and international furniture styles are mixed in. The transformation of the former Hotel Taverna costs almost 2.6 million...
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IHG launches the world’s first 'green' hotel
Date: 2008-05-08 00:00:00
This could be the world's first ever 100 per cent ecologically-friendly hotel – and its 'green' credentials will set the benchmark for hoteliers around the world. The solar powered...
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3 stars Hotel Baross is restored
Date: 2008-05-07 00:00:00
The hotel belongs to Mellow Mood Group, the whole 49 rooms, the reception and the restaurant were refurnished. It was a complete painting and changing the furnitures and tv-s, also...
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Lion's Garden to open soon
Date: 2008-05-05 00:00:00
The newly built Boutique Hotel in the heart of Budapest is ideally located for business and leisure. There are 105 bedrooms and suites furnished elegant and tastefully with contemporary furnitures....
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Turkish honey
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to Aloglu Özcan, owner of „Három testvér” restaurant in Fény utca, most working people in Turkey visit a catering unit at least once a day. Breakfast and lunch are...
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Coffee advertising performance
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
An Illy Cafe located in New York uses a new version of the very popular form of indirect advertising called product placement. A 90 minute theatrical performance titled “28 seconds”...
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Food patriot
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
A conservative MP, David Cameron has recommended that labels should be introduced to mark food products of genuinely British origin. He believes that inaccurate labelling makes it difficult for consumers...
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Too strong for comfort
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
It is not only European sommeliers who encourage Californian wine producers to reconsider the alcohol content of their wines. Though Californian wines with a 15-17 per cent alcohol content are...
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Whose future is it?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The stories of the two former chairmen of Étrend association illustrate the present situation of Hungarian gastronomy well. Péter Mózes, who resigned in February had pointed out the problems which...
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Iceman coming?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Last summer, huge blocks of ice were used for cooling some large building in New York, instead of air conditioning, Water was refrozen using energy from solar cells. Blocks of...
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Profit going up in smoke
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The Smokers’ Association wants a frank dialogue with legislators, as they regard the currently proposed amendment of the law about the protection of non-smokers as unrealistic. They would only support...
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Still a long way to go!
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Per capita consumption of cheese in Hungary is still well below the EU average. The consumption of cheese had been growing in the EU till 2001, stabilising around 19 kilos....
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Dr Istán Kiss, general secretary of the Hungarian Franchise Association retires. He has lead the organisation since its foundation in 1991. His successor is dr. Katalin Mandel, owner and director...
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Could be simple…
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
…to sell ice cream with a high margin. As people go out looking for an experience, ice cream desserts also need decoration! Wafers, chocolate decorations, creams, candied fruits and fresh...
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This time, it’s Buday!
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Peter Buday, the number one media star among Hungarian chefs has finally parted with his role as sous-chef beside Judit Stahl and now has his own gastronomic program on the...
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