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Brigitta Markovics, Managing Director of Nouba

After four years in Paris, I recently returned to Budapest to prepare the launch of Nouba, an event staffing firm, in Hungary. Nouba provides hostesses for corporate events, promotional sales campaigns and the hospitality industry.
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Xpat Interview: Rainer Gieringer, Former General Manager, Hilton Budapest WestEnd

Rainer Gieringer has been working in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years, most recently as hotel manager at Hilton Istanbul, where he spent two and a half years. Prior to taking on the role at Hilton Istanbul he gained valuable experience as interim general manager at Hilton Kayseri in Turkey and also held various positions as director of operations and food & beverage in seven different Hilton properties in Turkey, Germany, Cyprus and Bucharest.
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XpatLoop Interview: Shinsuke Yokochi, Purchasing Director, Comgame 576

I studied finance at Seton Hall University in New Jersey USA.
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Interview: Dr. Imre Deák, Former CEO Of Danubius Hotels Group

Dr. Imre Deák was born in Pécs and graduated at the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism and at the University of Law in Pécs.
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Colleen Sharkey, Budapest Sirens

I am an American expat, originally from Ohio. I lived in Los Angeles, California for a decade, where I worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a writer for the Mars Exploration Program and at Occidental College as the associate director of communications.
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Tomo Kuriyama, Former General Manager, Sheraton Pattaya

Mr. Kuriyama spent total of 13 years learning in hotel operations in which 10 years were at resorts in Hawaii. He started as an intern in the PR department at Sheraton Waikiki, and went on to hold various positions within the Rooms and Food & Beverage Division in different hotels.
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