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Xpat Interview: Jo Gowie, Former General Manager, Corinthia Aquincum Hotel

Jo Gowie, general manager at the Corinthia Aquincum Hotel, lives in Budapest with his wife and two children.
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Xpat Interview: Dennis Diokno, GM FirstMed Centers

After achieving two degrees, one in Economics and one in German, Dennis Diokno went straight into a Masters program in International Management. Having completed his Masters, Dennis found the U.S. job market slow, so he applied for a Visa and headed to Moscow. It only took him six weeks to find a job, choose a place to stay, and develop a passion for expat living.
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Xpat Interview: Katalin Varga, Former MD, InterClub Hungarian Language School

Katalin Varga was born and (only partly) raised in Budapest. Due to her father's work she spent 6 years of primary school in Berlin, so German became her second mother tongue. After moving back to Hungary at the age of 14 she went to grammar school where she started her English studies, and
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Xpat Interview: Alessandro Farina, Owner, ITL Group Kft.

Alessandro Farina arrived in Budapest in 1992 expecting to stay for one year. Now thirteen years and two businesses later, he finds himself a Budapest mainstay. Through his consulting firm, ITL Group, Alessandro guides and advises Italian investors and businessmen looking to establish themselves in Hungary.
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Scott Alexander Young, Script Writer, Actor

Scott Alexander Young is a Screenwriter, Broadcaster, Travel Writer, and Filmmaker.
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XpatLoop Interview: Chef Károly Czunyi

Chef Czunyi started his career in the summer of ’69 in Hotel Astoria. After going on to lead several restaurants in Budapest, he was asked to be the personal chef of the millionaire Mr Milton Theo in Greece for 5 years.
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