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The buildings of two INTERSPAR stores have a new owner
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. informs all of its customers and business partners that an INTERSPAR store in Zalaegerszeg and one in Nyíregyháza has a new owner, but it does...
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SPAR: 160 million HUF for charity
The SPAR Magyarország supported public initiatives, institutions and events in 2016 with more than 160 million HUF. This year’s first support, 100 LCD monitors were donated to the Hungarian Fire...
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Natura 2000 visitor center is under construction in Őriszentpéter
The Natura 2000 visitor center is under construction in Őriszentpéter from the 734 million HUF grant that was won by the Őrségi National Park within the Environment and Energy Efficiency...
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Netrisk.hu: travel insurance prices increased by 7 percent last year
Last year, tourists spent an average of 580 HUF per day for travel insurances abroad, which represents a 7 percent increase, compared to the previous year – according to the...
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The BAT invests another three billion HUF into its tobacco plant in Pécs
One of the world’s largest tobacco company, the London-based British American Tobacco group creates 200 new jobs and significantly expands its capacities in Pécs with a three billion HUF investment....
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The first all-vegan food store network went bankrupt
The first all-vegan food store network – offering food without any animal origin – went bankrupt in Germany. The chain Veganz, which shuns animal products, will close at least four...
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Zalakaros expects the thirty millionth bath guest
Zalakaros is waiting for its thirty millionth bath guest this year. The settlement was declared as a town 20 years ago. Last year more than half a million people bought...
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Magazine: Semi-professional preparation, fully delicious meal
Annual sales of packs of selected cooking ingredients to prepare a restaurant-quality meal at home have reached USD 1.5 billion in the USA. Experts say that this sum may multiply...
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The CPI buys shopping malls, department stores in the region
The CPI Property Group anticipates the acquisition of a retail portfolio located in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania from funds managed by CBRE Global Investors. The CPI Property...
Read moreBritish American Tobacco buys its competitor
The British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed a 49.4 billion USD takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc, creating the world’s biggest listed tobacco company after it nudged up an...
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MTÜ: several hundred billion HUF for tourism development
The government this year allocated 10 billion HUF for the development of hotels and will spend hundreds of billions of forints, partly from European Union, partly from budgetary sources to...
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New small-scale farmer IDs from January
From January only the new type small-scale farmer IDs are going to be valid. The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) informed that already 190,000 small-scale farmers had received their new,...
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KSH: the turnover of hotels rose 16.4 percent in November
The number of nights spent by foreign visitors increased by 16.5 percent, while the ghuest nights of domestic guests increased by 16.3 percent in November, compared with a year before...
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Burger King dressed as McDo – Video of the day
The two gigachains often fight with each other, no wonder this happened after all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimBpdBnaBs...
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Sosem járt még annyi turista Spanyolországban, mint 2016-ban
Sosem járt még annyi turista Spanyolországban, mint 2016-ban, a 75,3 millió külföldről érkezett látogató rekordnak számít – ismertette a tavalyi év adatait Álvaro Nadal, turizmusért felelős miniszter Madridban. A tárcavezető...
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Magazine: Gault&Millau award winners announced
Every year when the new edition of the Gault&Millau guide is published, the winners of the Gault&Millau awards are also announced. In 2016 Mádi udvarház (Gusteau) became restaurant of the...
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SPAR started the installation of the electric car chargers
The SPAR Group installed electric car-charging station into the INTERSPAR parking lot in Sopron. The company in the coming years will install the same tools near more hypermarkets, so all...
Read moreIncrease in Tesco Christmas sales
Tesco increased its sales over the Christmas period. UK’s largest retail network described its preliminary results in London on Thursday. UK’s largest supermarket group reported third-quarter sales figures, which covered...
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SPAR’s prize car found its owner
Porubszki Péter won the grand prize of the prize winning game of SPAR and Fonte Viva, the Fiat Tipo 1.4 16V passenger car. The winner already took the car home...
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The Hungerit poultry processing plant receives 1.8 billion HUF government support for export expansion
The Hungerit Baromfifeldolgozó és Élelmiszeripari Zrt. will be given 1.8 billion HUF non-repayable government support for the ralization of the company’s about 5.1 billion HUF will worth new investment that...
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The Hotel Association will have a new president in March
The Association of Hungarian Hotels and Restaurants (MSZÉSZ) will held an extraordinary general meeting in the third week of March where the new president of the association will be elected...
Read moreThe construction of the airport hotel has begun
The construction of the hotel within walking distance of the Liszt Ferenc airport has begun – the communications director of the Budapest Airport told M1 news channel on Tuesday. Hardy...
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U.S. pizza chain may come to Hungary
The Little Caesars, the world’s third largest pizza chain has started the recruitment of franchisees – the franchising.hu wrote. Hungary and Poland are the first two European stations. The Little...
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New Generation strategy at the forefront
The Klépierre Magyarország – present on the Hungarian market for more than 10 years – closed year 2016 with a performance beyond the expectations due to its novel strategy. The...
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The Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. can negotiate with their creditors further
The Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. is the largest employer of Nógrád county. The Tribunal of Balassagyarmat ordered the bankruptcy process on 23 September. The payment moratorium was extended by the court,...
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KPMG: Hungarian hotel capacity to increase by approximately two thousand rooms by 2018
In the next two years, the hotel capacity in Hungary will expand by about two thousand rooms. This means 4,000 new hotel beds, so Hungary and Budapest are preparing for...
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Stable market positions
Liver and sandwich spread sales went above HUF 7 billion in the last two 9-month (January-September) periods. Like-for-like value sales didn’t change bur volume sales decreased by 1 percent. The...
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Successful Hungarian craft beer
Budapest beer company HopTop Brewery won a bronze medal in the Dry Stout category with their Midnight Express beer at the prestigious European Beer Star competition. This is the first...
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