The number of guest nights rose in the country side and fall in the capital
The number of guest nights rose in the country side and fall in the capital
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
According to Central Statistics Office in 2007 the occupancy rate of hotel rooms was 58 percent. The gross room revenue of hotels increased by 2 percent at current prices compared...
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Tesco to ban Uzbek cotton in response to child labour abuses
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said the use of forced child labour in Uzbekistan meant it would no longer buy the country's cotton to make its clothes. The Environmental Justice Foundation...
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Rounding errors at 1-2 forint coins withdrawal
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Gyorgy Vamos, President of Hungarian Trade Association wrote a comment about the problems, that brings the 1-2 HUF coins withdrawal. The President said there are not exactly rules about the...
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New HR director at SIO-ECKES Ltd.
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Marianna Bartos came from Johnson&Johnson Ltd., and has got 15 years FMCG experience. The new HR director of the company, employing 250 people, said she belives that SIO-ECKES can get...
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Real wages decreased by 4.7%
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Average gross and net earnings by national concept rose by 8.3% and by 2.9% respectively compared to the same period of the previous year. 2 million 765 thousand persons were...
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Marketing director joined to TV2 management
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Andrea Nagy has on her hand the off-air and on-air marketing and communications activities of the channel. The specialist has several years international experiences, started her carrier at Saatchi&Saatchi Budapest,...
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From Januar all local business tax breaks and exemptions eliminated
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
In its latest Tax and Legal Alert on Monday, PricewaterhouseCoopers detailed the implications. Due to the requirements of harmonizing Hungarian regulations with Community legislation, local business tax breaks and exemptions...
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Only one week to 5th Wine tourism Summit
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
The visitors of the event on 24th January meet leader of 30-40 Hungarian winery in the House of Hungarian Wines. It is the 5th opportunity for wineries, wine houses and...
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Commission encourages development of 'innovative' foods
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The European novel food regulation could bring the waiting time from around three years to just one for the applicants. This proposal aims to create a more efficient and practical...
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Canon scanners under new brand name
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
ScanFront, DR- and CR-scanners got a new brand name imageFormula from January. Canon collected the products under one brand name and makes a new marketing strategy for them....
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Non-GM Label on Germany Food
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
Germany will introduce a special label for food that hasn't been genetically modified. Agriculture State Secretary Gert Lindemann said the new “non-GM” label will apply not only to non-genetically-modified crops...
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Heineken Acquires Brewery in Nord Africa
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The current growth of the Algerian beer market is approximately 10% per year, per capita consumption is 3.2 litres. Heineken acquires Tango sarl from the Group Mehri. The company employs...
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Gherkins cured with mouse
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The Slovene Mercator retail chain has to recall jars of pickled gherkins made by Hungarian Parmen Ltd., because a jar containing mouse remains. Mercator started preparing the documentation for the...
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The Superbrands are more known and attractive as other brands
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The Brand Potential Index is high at meat and healthy products, but also at community portals. The Superbrands Hungary ask GfK Hungaria to research the brand knowing and the attitude...
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Four Seasons Hotel Palace Budapest is 15. Best hotel in the world
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The Travel and Leisure magazine measured the hotels by quality of services and foods, the location and the equipment. Asian hotels have consistently received high marks, but this year, for...
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More than 700 restaurants, cafes at “Gluttonous Thursday” promotion
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
Even confectioneries and InterCity railways dinning cars joined to the action. One week before the deadline 720 restaurants signed up to the promotion of Hungarian Tourist Board. This year Metro...
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Five years – 30 billion pounds turnover increase at Tesco
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
According to a research by IGD the store numbers of the company will double up 2012. IGD's Trading With Tesco report predicts that the retailer will be boosted by store...
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Video ads at grocery carts by Microsoft
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
Customers with a loyalty card will be able to log into a Web site at home and type in their grocery lists. The software maker spent four years working with...
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Daily 300,000 „Turo Rudis” by the time the Olympic Games
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
In mid January EU-Milk Technologies Kft is to start up a Chinese production line. Within a year a combined Hungarian and Chinese company is expected to operate Rudis (a chocolate...
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(HU) Sikerrel debütáltak a magyar borok a Wine Profession kiállításon
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
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Henkel sells its the industrial-water-treatment business
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
Israel Chemicals Ltd.'s subsidiary BK Giulini agreed to pay 60 million euros fo rthe unit. Currently, HWT employs 180 people in sales, service, research and development and in the production...
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(HU) Erősödnek a vegyiáru üzletek, de még mindig a hipereké a főszerep
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
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In November 2007 the industrial gross output increased by 5.5%
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
The volume of the production was higher by 8.2% in the first eleven months of 2007 than in the same period of the previous year. The industrial export sales grew...
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Consumer price are increased higher az waited in December
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
In the food sector the prices of procecced products growth faster as the prices of comestible. In December 2007 consumer prices increased by 0.4% compared to the previous month and...
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Marketside – Wal-Mart's answer to Tesco
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
The American giant retail company opens small-format grocery stores in Arizona to rival British retailer Tesco's Fresh & Easy markets. The pilot stores are roughly 20,000 square feet in size...
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Succesful jubilee year at Beiersdorf
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
In the year of its 125th anniversary, the Beiersdorf Group once more achieved record preliminary results with sales of € 5,507 million and an operating result (EBIT) of € 683...
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Malls at the country side
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
According to Association of Hungarian Malls this year more shopping centers will be opened outside of Budapest. Center Invest Ltd. plans 5 malls: in Godollo, Kaposvar, Keszthely, Nagykanizsa and Gyongyos....
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Worldwide Fight against plastic bags
Date: 2008-01-14 00:00:00
China made progress in the battle against bags, banning free plastic shopping bags, in the US stores have to collect back the used bags. Australian Government move to scrap plastic...
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Price of grain and fruits pushed the index
Date: 2008-01-14 00:00:00
In November 2007 the producer price level of agricultural products rose by 35.3 percent, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The price level of crops and horticultural...
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