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Emile Bootsma, Former GM, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
- 17 Dec 2010 11:00 AM
Mr. Bootsma, a native of the Netherlands, spent two years in the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, managing the 526-room property and almost 900 permanent employees. Prior to China, he managed the similarly important Kempinski property Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich, Germany. He also worked for the Arabella Sheraton in that city as well as Cape Town in South Africa, where he was ...
InterContinental Budapest Fund Raising Helps Red Sludge Victims
- 16 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The tide of toxic red mud burst through the walls of a giant storage reservoir at an alumina refinery in Hungary, and hundreds of families lost their homes, some families even lost loved ones. The InterContinental Budapest organized their fund raising effort in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross to help the victims. Guests and employees of the hotel raised one million Hungarian Forints, ...
Xpat Opinion: Tasting Hungary, One Glass At A Time
- 14 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- food & drink
In early December I was lucky enough to be invited along by my friends at Taste Hungary for a day of wine tasting in Eger. If you are like me, your first taste of Hungarian wine was a mass-produced Bikavér – which you picked off the supermarket shelf for the novelty of the name and region. Once I had relocated to Hungary I trekked up to Eger’s tourist-hungry Szépasszony-völgy which left me ...
Winter Warmers At Hotel InterContinental Budapest
- 4 Dec 2010 12:06 AM
- specials
"Heat up your cold winter days with delicious warmer cocktails in our Corso Bar. Bring your colleagues, friends or family together and try the very best of Grog, Punch and Hot Wine in town. From 28th November - 30th December 2010
Red Sludge Catastrophe Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 1 Dec 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
"This red sludge relief exhibition shows photos, videos, and childrens drawings of the catastrophe. Also on display are protective clothing and accessories used by volunteers who attended the site. Exhibition tickets are 500 Ft, the whole amount goes to the victims in Devecser. The Hungarian National Museum, Múzeum krt. 14-16 Budapest, transfers all donations to the aid account of the Mayor's ...
Xpat Interview: David L. Papp
- 22 Nov 2010 11:00 AM
David was born in 1976 in Esztergom. After completing his telecom and IT studies, he received his International Business Management degree at the Université Paris X Nanterre. He has been working for over 12 years in communications and marketing strategy, and client services management at several Hungarian and international based companies. As a co-founder and CEO, David now leads COMFORCE Zrt., ...
Fully Booked: Xpat Charity Event 'Guy Fawkes* Bonfire Party'
- 7 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to everyone involved with this event, there has been a fantastic response to the invitations sent. The news is all the places are now taken to mix and mingle on Friday 5 November at the InterConti. Registered guests will enjoy a sumptuous selection of 5* food; quality drinks; live music; and many prize opportunities - one lucky guest will drive away with a real Ferrari (experience:) Every ...
Catherine Dickens-Massey, Catherine’s Cottages
- 20 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
A great-great-great granddaughter of iconic novelist Charles Dickens, Catherine is half-English and half-Hungarian.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
Emile Bootsma, Former GM, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
- 17 Dec 2010 11:00 AM
Mr. Bootsma, a native of the Netherlands, spent two years in the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, managing the 526-room property and almost 900 permanent employees. Prior to China, he managed the similarly important Kempinski property Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich, Germany. He also worked for the Arabella Sheraton in that city as well as Cape Town in South Africa, where he was ...
InterContinental Budapest Fund Raising Helps Red Sludge Victims
- 16 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The tide of toxic red mud burst through the walls of a giant storage reservoir at an alumina refinery in Hungary, and hundreds of families lost their homes, some families even lost loved ones. The InterContinental Budapest organized their fund raising effort in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross to help the victims. Guests and employees of the hotel raised one million Hungarian Forints, ...
Xpat Opinion: Tasting Hungary, One Glass At A Time
- 14 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- food & drink
In early December I was lucky enough to be invited along by my friends at Taste Hungary for a day of wine tasting in Eger. If you are like me, your first taste of Hungarian wine was a mass-produced Bikavér – which you picked off the supermarket shelf for the novelty of the name and region. Once I had relocated to Hungary I trekked up to Eger’s tourist-hungry Szépasszony-völgy which left me ...
Winter Warmers At Hotel InterContinental Budapest
- 4 Dec 2010 12:06 AM
- specials
"Heat up your cold winter days with delicious warmer cocktails in our Corso Bar. Bring your colleagues, friends or family together and try the very best of Grog, Punch and Hot Wine in town. From 28th November - 30th December 2010
Red Sludge Catastrophe Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 1 Dec 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
"This red sludge relief exhibition shows photos, videos, and childrens drawings of the catastrophe. Also on display are protective clothing and accessories used by volunteers who attended the site. Exhibition tickets are 500 Ft, the whole amount goes to the victims in Devecser. The Hungarian National Museum, Múzeum krt. 14-16 Budapest, transfers all donations to the aid account of the Mayor's ...
Xpat Interview: David L. Papp
- 22 Nov 2010 11:00 AM
David was born in 1976 in Esztergom. After completing his telecom and IT studies, he received his International Business Management degree at the Université Paris X Nanterre. He has been working for over 12 years in communications and marketing strategy, and client services management at several Hungarian and international based companies. As a co-founder and CEO, David now leads COMFORCE Zrt., ...
Fully Booked: Xpat Charity Event 'Guy Fawkes* Bonfire Party'
- 7 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to everyone involved with this event, there has been a fantastic response to the invitations sent. The news is all the places are now taken to mix and mingle on Friday 5 November at the InterConti. Registered guests will enjoy a sumptuous selection of 5* food; quality drinks; live music; and many prize opportunities - one lucky guest will drive away with a real Ferrari (experience:) Every ...
Catherine Dickens-Massey, Catherine’s Cottages
- 20 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
A great-great-great granddaughter of iconic novelist Charles Dickens, Catherine is half-English and half-Hungarian.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).

















