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                    Hungary is the 10th on the CBI rank list
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Australia win the title of world's top country brand for the third consecutive year. An annual country branding index (CBI) designed to track travel trends and pinpoint opportunities for tourism...
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                    Starbucks 4th-quarter profit falls 97 percent on costs for closing stores
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Seattle-based Starbucks said profit in the quarter fell 97 percent to $5.4 million. Revenue rose 3 percent to $2.52 billion from $2.44 billion. Starbucks began shutting the U.S. and Australian...
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                    HoReCa portal won the e-commerce award of 2008
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Entreprenurers Association of Informatic firms and Kirowski award the best Hungarian e-commerce companies since four years. In 2008 netpincer.hu and Groby won prizes. The e-commerce award was founded by InterEuropa...
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                    Next year a new Marriott brand in Hungary
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The Marriott International will introduce the Marriott Courtyard brand to Budapest in 2009. The new hotel has 235 rooms, and it will be part of a conference and office center...
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                    Tender for Balázs Mester Award is open
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-11 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The Balazs Mester Foundation award since four years those specialists of the catering industry who preserve the traditions. Prize can get privat persons, and organisations alco. Until 31. December must...
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                    Bio hotel to open in Karcag
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-11 00:00:00
												                    
				
                By fitting out the 4 stars bio accommodation the organic products have main rolle. The new bio hotel has 18 rooms and a conference hall for 70 people. Also a...
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                    Marketing presentations on the IFE Foodapest
                    
                        
																								Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Part of the exhibition the Association of Hungarian Marketing and the Club of the Marketing Advisers make events for specialists. The presentations help for SMEs the survive the financial crisis...
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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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