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More guests spent less nights in Hungarian hotels
Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
In January-September 2008, the number of international and domestic tourism nights decreased by 1.3% in public accommodation establishments. The revenue of accommodation establishments was essentially unchanged at current prices. In...
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New Domain Names with .hotel
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The organization that oversees the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, plans to start selling the rights to an unlimited number of top-level domains next year, such...
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60,000 guest nights expected
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The campaign is coordinated by the HNTO. Dedicated partners are 3-, 4- and 5-star hotels in Budapest, the Hotel Association of Hungary, Malév, Budapest Airport, Budapest Festival Center and other...
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Gastronomie competition with profis and celebs at Hungarian Television
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
With the sponsorship of the Hungarian Turism Company a new tv series starts with the titel „Az étterem” (the restaurant). The program will be broadcasted for 25 weeks. The organiser...
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Football Park & Sporthotel to build near to Budapest
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
In Telki, only 20 kms from the capital, the Hungarian Football Association is building a 64-room, 4-star hotel and a sport-rehabilitation and recreation training centre with 4 football courts. The...
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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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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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Bunches of grapes from Ostoros
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The best quality volcanic soil is found 4 km from Eger, which guarantees quality not found elsewhere. This is where we make our elegant white and rosé wines using the...
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New horizons
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
László Tusán, the owner of the highly successful Mokka and Dió restaurants has caused quite a surprise by selling the two units. – Why would you sell a restaurant which...
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White with black
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Coffee and drinks made with coffee are sold with substantial margins, which means bar and restaurant owners should pay ample attention to selecting a coffee machine and its use. Choosing...
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Il Patio is here The first Il Patio restaurant in Budapest was opened by Rosinter Restaurants Holding in July. The unit located on Nagykörút and operated in combination with a...
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Coffee machine – in second version
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
In catering businesses located in countries with a sophisticated coffee culture, a second coffee machine is often used as well. These are usually more compact machines with a smaller capacity,...
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Where are the sponsors?
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
In our September edition, Sándor Kovács, the Hungarian competitor at Bocuse d’Or, talked about the lack of support from Hungarian organisations, which he experienced at the competition. We have contacted...
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I’ll take a look inside!
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Let us assume that perfect hygiene in a rest room is a basic requirement. All additional features have a PR value, because people tend to talk about these. In rest...
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From star to star
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Though Miguel Vieira had only seen chefs on TV for many years, his life changed suddenly when he started cooking in school. He had graduated at the Cordon Bleu de...
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