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The number of guest nights increased by 2.5 percent in Romania in the first half of the year
The number of guest nights grew by 2.5 percent to 10 million to 360 thousand in the first half of this year, according to the same period of last year...
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Kitchen of the future in extended reality – Video of the day
Keiichi Matsuda’s film on Augmented Reality was produced as a part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality. A must see...
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GVH: the Csányi Group can buy the Hungerit Zrt.
The Csányi Group can buy the Hungerit Poultry Processing and Foodstuffs Co. because it does not cause adverse competitive effects – the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) told MTI on Thursday....
Read moreTesco donates food from three-quarters of its stores in Hungary
At the beginning of June, new stores joined Tesco’s multi-award-winning food-saving program, so 150 of the supermarket chain’s 205 domestic stores now offer food surplus from their daily operations. In...
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The Auchan School Start Fair has already begun
According to the experiences of the Auchan stores, many families are beginning to prepare to start school early in July, but most of them end up purchasing the tools by...
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Zwack Unicum Plc.’s revenue and profits grew in the first quarter
Zwack Unicum Plc.’s gross income became 5,976 billion forints in the first quarter of its 2018-2019 business year, 13.3 percent higher than in the previous year. At the same time,...
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The spa of Bükfürdő is being renovated
The spa and recreation center of Bükfürdő, Vas County is being renovated from 230 million HUF – the Büki Gyógyfürdő Zrt. told MTI. The new main entrance, built from around...
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Tesco sells 18 thousand tons of Hungarian melons in Central Europe
In its stores in Hungary, Tesco sells about 10,000 tons of Hungarian melons in the summer season, and exports to the Czech, Polish and Slovakian stores a further 8,000 tons...
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The hatchery plant of Nagisz in Derecske was enlarged
The expanded hatchery plant of the Nádudvar-based Nagisz Zrt. was handed over on Wednesday in Derecske, Hajdú-Bihar county. MTI Photo: Czeglédi Zsolt Bodó Sándor, Minister of State of the Ministry...
Read morePotatoes reduce blood pressure
The potato’s stereotype as a fattening food for health-conscious folks to avoid is getting another revision today as scientists report that just a couple servings of spuds a day reduces...
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Spain received more than 37 million tourists in the first half of the year
Spain has received 37.1 million foreign tourists this year, 1.8 percent more than in the same period of last year, according to the Spanish Statistical Office (INE). Most of them,...
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A record number of tourists visited Scottish whiskey distilleries last year
A record number of tourists visited the Scottish whiskey distilleries last year – according to the data reported on Wednesday. The number of visitors reached 1.9 million, which is an...
Read moreMona Lisa made of coffeecups – Video of the day
Watch this team create a replica of the Mona Lisa using 4,000 cups of coffee. Lattes, long blacks and flat whites were used to make this masterpiece. The sculpture was...
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New CEO at Pick
Sutka László became the CEO of the Pick Szeged Zrt., after Endre Nagy left this post – Világgazdaság Online wrote. Other personal changes are not yet expected at the company....
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Bathing association: the attendance of baths is high countrywide
The attendance of baths is high countrywide. The number of domestic and foreign guests is high – Boros László Attila, President of the Hungarian Bath Association told MTI on Tuesday....
Read moreTurkey’s tourism revenue grew by more than 30 percent in the first half of the year
Tourism revenues in Turkey reached nearly 11.5 billion USD in the first half of the year, which is 31 percent motre than the value reached in the first six months...
Read moreEurostat: more than one third of the EU residents did not go to vacation in 2016
More than one third of the population of the European Union did not travel in 2016; almost half of the people staying at home referred to financial reasons, Eurostat, the...
Read moreFruits like fairy tales – Video of the day
Adventurers, exotic fruits fanatics and even movie star Bill Pullman, are the subjects of The Fruit Hunters, the new film from acclaimed director Yung Chang. A thrilling journey through nature,...
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The GVH approved the sale of MOM Park
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has approved the transaction on the transfer of the MOM Park shopping center, so it can be owned by the OTP Real Estate Fund –...
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Lidl plans to build thousands of homes
Lidl plans to build more than 3,000 homes and a school in London in order to open more stores in the British capital. The German retail network has been dealing...
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Puma closed a successful quarter
The German Puma Group, which manufactures sports equipment and sportswear closed a successful quarter – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The operating result of the company became 58 million euros in the...
Read moreThe absurdity of fine dining – Video of the day
Spinning Plates is a documentary about three extraordinary restaurants and the incredible people who make them what they are. A cutting-edge restaurant named the seventh-best in the world whose chef...
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Rossmann opened its second largest store in Hungary
The Rossmann opened its 208th shop in the Aréna Mall in Hungary, which is waiting for the buyers on about 600 square meters. The new business is the second largest...
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The Color Pack Zrt. develops its plant in Nyíregyháza
The Color Pack Printing and Packing Material Manufacturing Co. Ltd. develops its plant from almost 773 million HUF in Nyíregyháza – the company told MTI. Under the project, the company...
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Amazon achieved largest quarterly profits
Amazon has reported results surpassing the expectations on its second quarter performance – marketplace.com wrote. The company generated nearly 53 billion USD in turnover in the previous quarter, which was...
Read moreBusy bees, busy marketers – Video of the day
If I would be a marketing man of a beekeeper and I would like to reassure the public to the professional / indigenous primary producers attitude I would put this...
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Coca-Cola Hungary will use more lighter and more environmentally friendly bottles
Coca-Cola Hungary will reduce the weight of its plastic bottles by 20 percent and increase their recycled raw material content to 40 percent by 2020 – the company told MTI...
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Nestlé increased profits and turnover
The Swiss Nestlé Food Group’s profits and turnover have also risen in the first six months of this year – Világgazdaság Online wrote. Nestlé announced on Thursday that its after-tax...
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Appenin has signed a contract to buy the Club Aliga
The Appeninn BLT Kft., the subsidiary of the Appeninn Vagyonkezelő Holding Nyrt., signed a sales contract on Wednesday on the buying of the 74.99 percent stake of the PRO-MOT Hungária...
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