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More guests spent less nights in Hungarian hotels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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!

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

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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