Horeca
Champagne for the happy end?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Though it is too early to forget popcorn and cola in cinemas, quality food and beverages have begun to appear in cinemas. Recession has driven American cinema owners to develop...
Read more
Chocolate for SMS?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Vending machines have become a tool for interactive marketing communication in the 21st century, as they are beginning to be used for promotional sampling. Consumers can request a sample from...
Read more
Whatever you’d like?
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
When asked about the kind of soft drink they prefer, some people say “any”. This is also the concept used by a company called Out of the Box for naming...
Read more
Sweetening drops
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Flavouring syrups represent the main area of innovation in the market of cocktails and coffees. The number of activities where syrups can be used is growing – says Gábor Szabó...
Read more
Rauch entering the cocktail market
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Rauch is to enter the market of premium products with two cocktails in 2009. FRUCTAILS is an alcohol free fruit cocktail in two flavours (Red Colada and Tropical Sunrise), in...
Read more
Vodka & Co.
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Royal vodka is to get a new bottle again this spring – for the third time in this decade. What is behind this constant urge to change? Competition is the...
Read more
Not taking any chances
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Following the drop in sales seen in 2008, manufacturers expect this year to be better. Changes in consumer habits are also detectable in the HoReCa sector. – Sales in developing...
Read more
Hotels take the responsibility for the cars left in parking lot
Date: 2009-04-29 00:43:08
If it is determinable that the parking lot belongs to the area of the hotel, the cars placed there are under the responsibility of the hotel without any special agreement...
Read more
Lake Balaton: More guests this year
Date: 2009-04-28 09:22:24
Because of the weak forint, Hungary could attract foreign tourists – said Róna Iván the Chief Executive Officer of Hungarian Tourism Ltd. The company forecast that more and more people...
Read more
Cafeteria-tickets' system remains unchanged
Date: 2009-04-27 04:51:29
The government's proposal to cancel cafeteria-tickets has been subject to great debate country-wide, now they seem to have changed their mind and decided to leave the current system unchanged. EUFE,...
Read more
A growing number of online purchases in Hungary, too
Date: 2009-04-27 04:30:30
The number of airline-tickets sold online grew by 50 percent in the past one year. At Malév, 10 percent of the passsangers purchased their on the company's website, now this...
Read more
European tourism may not be left untouched by swine flu
Date: 2009-04-27 02:34:56
World-wide swine-flu may have an effect on European tourism too, since WHO's alert thousands of cancelled flights have been reoprted. Europeans are cancelling their overseas flights, Hungarians do not travel...
Read more
Thirty-two percent of tourism-related reservations are made online
Date: 2009-04-23 03:22:11
The amount of money spent on holidays and various touristic puposes is going to reach 253 billion EUR this summer, in Europe. At least 32 percent of these reservations are...
Read more
Fourty percent dropdown in the field of tourism
Date: 2009-04-21 07:12:34
Recession seem to have had an overwhelming impact on tourism: decrease in the income of restaurants can be over 30-40 percent. János Tóbiás, CEO of Danobius Hotels Groups talked about...
Read more
Hungarian Tourism Plc. needs an extra 4 billion HUF
Date: 2009-04-21 07:05:16
On top of its current expenses, Hungarian Tourism Plc. has announced the need for an extra 4 billion HUF for a truly efficient, „crisis-sensitive” marketingprogram – Ákos Niklai, manager of...
Read more
Weak forint is an advantage for foreign tourists
Date: 2009-04-20 03:10:29
Nobody is afraid of a wave of liquidation processes: those involved in the HoReCa-business in the Balaton-area are optimistic about the future – Sonline.hu says. Foreign tourists get 300 HUF...
Read more
Arcade Bistro's communication spiced up by Morpho Communications
Date: 2009-04-20 03:05:32
Morpho Communications is in charge of all communication-and PR activities associated with Arcade Bistro, one of Budapest's most famous gourmet restaurant from now on. The co-operation has started on 1st...
Read more
Tourism in Gyula declining
Date: 2009-04-15 09:40:00
Tourism in Békés-county is slowly declining, according to fresh data, the first two months have not been particularly successful. Still, experts are optimistic: the season in Gyula may be better....
Read more
Burger King expanding in Russia
Date: 2009-04-15 09:02:00
The first restaurant of the Burger King chain in Russia may open in 2009-2010. It was previously announced that the chain of coffee houses Shokoladnitsa is holding negotiations to cooperate...
Read more
Starbucks opened in Poland – and probably all over Eastern Europe in 2009
Date: 2009-04-09 03:56:16
Starbucks opens its First store in Poland – AmRest Sp. expects to capture an increasing share of the rapidly growing coffeehouse markets in Central and Eastern Europe. The coffeehouse segment...
Read more
Even foreign tourists make their reservation in the last minute
Date: 2009-04-09 03:30:44
According to fresh data by KSH, Budapest hotels faced a less than 32.2 percent traffic, and not even the Easter-season attracts more guests. The number of guests per night has...
Read more
New four-star hotel in Budapest
Date: 2009-04-08 04:27:49
A four-star hotel is about to be built in Budapest by next summer: constructions of the new Continental Hotel Zara have started on Tuesday at the location of Hungária-bath. Investor...
Read more
A traditional, 220 year-old cake-shop has just closed in Pécs
Date: 2009-04-08 03:52:57
Caflish, previously running under the name Éva has been part of the scenery of Pécs since 1789, as a cake shop and a coffee shop, and went bankrupt this spring....
Read more
Tracel agency winning on court against consumer protection authority
Date: 2009-04-07 04:02:12
No consumer protection rule is being offended if travel agencies indicate extra tarifts separatedly from the participation fee on their fylers – the Supreme Court decided. A travel agency issued...
Read more
Too many restaurants in the USA?
Date: 2009-04-07 03:47:31
In less than 20 years, the number of restaurants and bars has seen a 49 percent increase, now many of these restaurants must close due to the crisis.Since 1990, the...
Read more
The first five-star hotel of the Istrian peninsula has opened
Date: 2009-04-06 01:21:54
The number of luxury hotels in Croatia have increased significantly in the past few months, Croatian tourism puts the main emphasis on five-star hotels at the moment. Tourism has always...
Read more
New candidates for chairman
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Following the resignation of István Pető, chairman of the Hungarian National Association of Gastronomy, three candidates have entered the competition for the position: Vilmos Kreil, chairman of the Hungarian Bocuse...
Read more
Energy drink in green
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Buszesz Zrt. has launched a product which is unique in the Hungarian market – the green Watt energy drink is made without preservatives, caffeine and taurine. The majority of domestic...
Read more
Crisis management by franchise chains
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
Franchise chains in different parts of the world have responded to the economic crisis in different ways. McDonald’s has reduced some of its prices in the USA. The introduction of...
Read more
Back on top again
Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
János Cseh, a well known reform chef has left Gundel after a few months. – We had agreed that renewal was needed, but in my opinion, renewal cannot be partial....
Read more