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Club Akvárium In Budapest Opens On 30 March
- 21 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
1500- and 700-capacity concert halls, music bar, bistro-restaurant and grand terrace: Club Akvárium is all of this in one, opening to the public on March 30 in Erzsébet square, Budapest. On the opening day, symphonic concerts will be presented by Ghymes at 10 AM and Magashegyi Underground at 9 PM.
Corinthia Hotel Budapest Honored In The 2014 Tripadvisor Traveler's Choice Awards
- 19 Jan 2014 5:00 AM
- specials
On 24 January 2014 Corinthia Hotel Budapest today announced that it has been named as a winner in the Luxury, Top Hotels and Romance category in the 2014 Traveler's Choice awards. In the 12th year of the awards, the world's most outstanding properties were identified in the categories of Top Hotels, Bargain, B&Bs and Inns, Family, Luxury, Romance and Small hotels. Traveler's Choice award winners ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Getaway From Budapest To Baku With Wizz Air
- 25 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
Set between Europe and Asia, Baku, the capital of energy-rich Azerbaijan, is enjoying an economic and architectural boom not unlike that of the oil rush a century ago. Three vast towers fashioned in tapering flames, a handful of new five-star hotels, a carpet museum designed to resemble a rolled-up rug, these are only some of the flagship projects currently being unfurled beside the Caspian Sea.
Hungary Launches Bid To Co-Host 2020 UEFA European Football Championship
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
Having consulted with the Government, the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) is applying to provide one of the venues for the 2020 UEFA European Championships, announced Chairman of the MLSZ Sándor Csányi on Tuesday. At a press conference held jointly with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini, Mr. Csányi said that the ...
Hungarian Gov Pays Compensation To Families Of 2008-2009 Roma Murders
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In 2008 and 2009, under the previous socialist Government, a series of nine attacks was committed against people of Roma origin in which six people were murdered, generating deep shock throughout the whole of society and leading to accusations that police had failed to protect a minority group.
Tina Liu, General Manager, Le Méridien Koh Samui
- 6 Aug 2013 12:00 PM
Tina has been with Starwood Hotels & Resorts for over 10 years. She described how her career began as a Front Office Manager at the Sheraton Grande Bangkok in 1998 with an interim period during her move back to the United States to work with a prestigious hotel in the heart of New York City for 3 years.
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- current affairs
On 2 August 1944, three thousand Roma people were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. What happened on that day only became fully known to history several decades later. 2 August was declared International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day by the World Romani Congress in 1972. On this day, we remember the tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma people who were murdered throughout Europe ...
Permanent Exhibition Opens In Corinthia Hotel Budapest
- 1 May 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
In 2013, Corinthia Hotel Budapest celebrates the 10th anniversary of its reopening. The hotel was originally built in 1896 to commemorate the Hungarian Millennium, and in the course of a long and exciting history it has undergone many trials. The legendary building can thank Malta-based Corinthia Group for its rebirth, when in 2003 the new owner restored the hotel to its original magnificence.
Club Akvárium In Budapest Opens On 30 March
- 21 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
1500- and 700-capacity concert halls, music bar, bistro-restaurant and grand terrace: Club Akvárium is all of this in one, opening to the public on March 30 in Erzsébet square, Budapest. On the opening day, symphonic concerts will be presented by Ghymes at 10 AM and Magashegyi Underground at 9 PM.
Corinthia Hotel Budapest Honored In The 2014 Tripadvisor Traveler's Choice Awards
- 19 Jan 2014 5:00 AM
- specials
On 24 January 2014 Corinthia Hotel Budapest today announced that it has been named as a winner in the Luxury, Top Hotels and Romance category in the 2014 Traveler's Choice awards. In the 12th year of the awards, the world's most outstanding properties were identified in the categories of Top Hotels, Bargain, B&Bs and Inns, Family, Luxury, Romance and Small hotels. Traveler's Choice award winners ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Getaway From Budapest To Baku With Wizz Air
- 25 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
Set between Europe and Asia, Baku, the capital of energy-rich Azerbaijan, is enjoying an economic and architectural boom not unlike that of the oil rush a century ago. Three vast towers fashioned in tapering flames, a handful of new five-star hotels, a carpet museum designed to resemble a rolled-up rug, these are only some of the flagship projects currently being unfurled beside the Caspian Sea.
Hungary Launches Bid To Co-Host 2020 UEFA European Football Championship
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
Having consulted with the Government, the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) is applying to provide one of the venues for the 2020 UEFA European Championships, announced Chairman of the MLSZ Sándor Csányi on Tuesday. At a press conference held jointly with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini, Mr. Csányi said that the ...
Hungarian Gov Pays Compensation To Families Of 2008-2009 Roma Murders
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In 2008 and 2009, under the previous socialist Government, a series of nine attacks was committed against people of Roma origin in which six people were murdered, generating deep shock throughout the whole of society and leading to accusations that police had failed to protect a minority group.
Tina Liu, General Manager, Le Méridien Koh Samui
- 6 Aug 2013 12:00 PM
Tina has been with Starwood Hotels & Resorts for over 10 years. She described how her career began as a Front Office Manager at the Sheraton Grande Bangkok in 1998 with an interim period during her move back to the United States to work with a prestigious hotel in the heart of New York City for 3 years.
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- current affairs
On 2 August 1944, three thousand Roma people were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. What happened on that day only became fully known to history several decades later. 2 August was declared International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day by the World Romani Congress in 1972. On this day, we remember the tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma people who were murdered throughout Europe ...
Permanent Exhibition Opens In Corinthia Hotel Budapest
- 1 May 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
In 2013, Corinthia Hotel Budapest celebrates the 10th anniversary of its reopening. The hotel was originally built in 1896 to commemorate the Hungarian Millennium, and in the course of a long and exciting history it has undergone many trials. The legendary building can thank Malta-based Corinthia Group for its rebirth, when in 2003 the new owner restored the hotel to its original magnificence.