Company and Personal News
KSH: foreign demand increased while domestic demand fell at commercial accommodations in May
Date: 2012-07-11 11:22:32
In May, 386 thousand foreign tourists spent 1.064 million guest nights in commercial accommodations, while 333 thousand domestic guests spent 710 thousand guest nights. In May, 8.8 percent more foreign...
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Bath development in Bükkszék
Date: 2012-07-11 11:20:43
The first phase of the about 1.25 billion HUF worth development was handed over on Wednesday in the spa and adventure bath of Bükkszék that is using Salvus water. Under...
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Wizz Air decreasing number of Spanish flights due to new taxes
Date: 2012-07-11 10:47:37
Wizz Air decided to drecrease the number of Spanish flights in the winter schedule, due to the new airport-taxes introduced by the Spanish government from 1st July. The Budapest-Barcelona, and...
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Magazine: The Far East is knocking on our doors too
Date: 2012-07-10 12:19:17
‘International cuisine’ or ethnic food is slowly but steadily making its mark on Hungarian cuisine. This group of products is increasingly important in retail too, with food specialties from the...
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Poultry Production: The Master Good Group expands the number of its employees by more than 20 percent
Date: 2012-07-10 11:53:34
The Kisvárda-Nyírkércs-based Master Good Group dealing with poultry integration performs a more than 20 percent headcount expansion in late October-early November – told Bárány László, owner of the group. Employment...
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Pepsi enters the yogurt market
Date: 2012-07-10 11:25:28
PepsiCo has picked Omnicom Group's Juniper Park as creative agency for a new U.S. yogurt venture it is launching with a European dairy company later this month. The creative campaign...
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Győr's tourism outpaced the tourism of Sopron
Date: 2012-07-10 10:51:03
The number of guest nights spent in Győr increased by 42 percent, while the number of guest nights declined by third in Sopron, during the first five months of the...
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Harrods plans to establish a luxury hotel chain
Date: 2012-07-10 10:34:54
The Qatari owner of Harrods plans to take the department store brand global by building upmarket hotels bearing its name in cities around the world, including one Chelsea Barracks in...
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Success by Dachser
Date: 2012-07-10 10:27:33
For the second time in succession, the DACHSER magazine has received the FOX AWARD for efficiency in corporate publishing. This prize has not been conferred just for successful layout and...
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Strategic agreement between NGM and Coca-Cola Magyarország
Date: 2012-07-09 12:00:17
The Agreement is aimed at increasing the output of the company in Hungary and fostering supplier co-operation In line with the Hungarian Growth Plan aimed at boosting the Hungarian economy...
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Formula 1: Coca Cola may replace Vodafone at McLaren
Date: 2012-07-09 11:35:37
Vodafone is considering the end of its presence in Formula 1. The telecommunications giant may be replaced by Coca-Cola. Vodafone joined to Formula-1 in 2002 as the sponsor of Ferrari,...
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Magazine: Log fence
Date: 2012-07-09 11:24:12
Restaurant complex Symbol used a simple idea to separate its terrace from the busy street: they used logs to build a fence. When the autumn sets in the logs can...
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The world's largest retailer is fifty years old
Date: 2012-07-09 11:20:03
Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store on the 2nd of July 1962. Since then, Wal-Mart has become the world's largest retailer – mfor.hu writes. In 2001, Wal-Mart became America's...
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New Nestle plant in Dubai
Date: 2012-07-09 11:15:49
The Swiss food company will build a new plant in Dubai for 136 million USD. The 175 thousand square meter complex will provide 800 new jobs in the city –...
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Fast food restaurants prefer chicken meat
Date: 2012-07-09 08:55:38
Dan Thompson, CEO of McDonald's would intoduce more and more products made of chicken, to the menu of the fast food chain. With the change, the company would target the...
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Hipercom: The best basket choice of June
Date: 2012-07-06 12:22:49
Hipercom Hungária Ltd. has listed the best basket choices of the month for June, too, based on various channels. The data of the research are taken from Hipercom Monitoring database,...
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Magazine: Outdoor furniture trends
Date: 2012-07-06 12:18:47
METRO is the country’s biggest distributor of outdoor furniture used by bars and restaurants. According to communications manager Yvette Krubl, demand for exclusive furniture has increased, but at the same...
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Coca-Cola slashes water footprint
Date: 2012-07-06 10:37:21
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report (CRS) highlights how CCE is delivering against its 2007 sustainability targets. This follows on from its 'Reasons to Believe' sustainability report released at the start...
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Fingerprint-based payment at a Spanish hotel
Date: 2012-07-06 10:15:09
We can forget our credit card and cash, if we are planning our holiday to the Spanish Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel. The guests only have to touch their fingers to...
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Magazine: Alcohol brands ranked
Date: 2012-07-05 11:51:34
British trade magazine Drinks International ranks the world’s biggest alcohol brands every year, based on sales data. This year is the first when the ranking is made according to the...
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Praktiker to be re-organized
Date: 2012-07-05 10:50:19
The Germany-based Praktiker DIY chain will be re-organized. According to the decision approved at the general meeting of the company that concept will be implemented, which envisages store closures. Under...
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Est Media would sell a part of Sziget Kft.
Date: 2012-07-05 10:38:47
According to the communication of Est Media published on the site of BÉT, the Est Media would sell the EMG Médiacsoport Kft. owned portion of the Sziget Kft. for 2...
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Everything you wanted to know about fishes
Date: 2012-07-05 10:36:11
Chefs, gourmets and of course fishers will definitely like the new service of horgasz.hu where nearly 600 types of fishes are described with Hungarian, English and Latin names. Clich here....
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Wine Dinner – A new culinary TV show presents Hungary's wine regions
Date: 2012-07-05 10:35:14
“Wine Dinner – landscapes, flavors, stories” (“Borvacsora – tájak, ízek, történetek”) – a new culinary program starts on Friday on the m1 TV channel: the program will present the typical...
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To cut or not to cut – Video of the day
Date: 2012-07-05 09:29:50
In the esteemed opinion of the Film Lions jury and the Film Craft Lions jury at Cannes, these are the best commercials of the past year—15 individual spots, along with...
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Unilever and sustainability
Date: 2012-07-05 09:16:08
In 2011, 87 companies responded to the FFD’s annual Disclosure Request, up from 35 in 2010. FFD named Unilever, along with Nestlé, joint leader of the Food Products and Soft...
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Bonduelle signed a 300 million euros revolving credit facility
Date: 2012-07-04 12:10:15
Bonduelle took up revolving credit in a value of 300 million euros to refinance the Kelet Food and the other two canning factories, that were bought at the beginning of...
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Bónusz Brigád is the market leader
Date: 2012-07-04 12:05:07
The dynamic growth of Bónusz Brigád has continued. The Hungarian owned company, closed the first five months of the year at a market leading position. The fact of the market...
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More than half a billion claim againts the Four Paws
Date: 2012-07-04 11:00:53
Hungerit Zrt. claims a 553 million HUF compensation from the For Paws animal welfare organization. The legal representative of the claimant Hungerit Zrt. has changed the lawsuit against the Four...
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The unity brought 73 million HUF savings
Date: 2012-07-04 10:25:03
In the past four years, the Hungarian Association of Logistic Service Centers (MLSZKSZ) has achieved 73 million HUF worth cost savings on common energy procurement tenders for its member companies:...
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