351 result(s) for smile
Xpat Interview: Ken Baines, Former-Headmaster, Britannica International School Budapest
- 7 May 2012 12:00 PM
Ken is the former Headmaster at Britannica, Budapest and Hungary. This was Ken's fifth international Headship, having headed Schools in Cairo, Lagos, Amman and Port Harcourt before arriving in Hungary.
Top 10 Reasons to Love Budapest - Part 3
- 13 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Two more things to love as we head into a four-day weekend (during which I still intend to be posting…) here in Budapest!
NAWA Budapest Connect Grannies, Grandads, & Orphans
- 6 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Several times each year, Xpats from the North American Women's Association bring together children (ages 9 to 16) from a Hungarian orphanage and seniors from a local retirement home. This program was created to offer “adoptive” grandparents and their grandchildren something that simple donations would not – love and attention. These events are held in a setting where seniors and orphans can ...
Report: Budapest Bonfire Night Party, 5 November 2011
- 11 Nov 2011 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Over HUF 1.1 million was raised for charity at the 11th birthday celebration of XpatLoop.com in 2011. That's all thanks to 200+ guests; many event supporters; and main sponsors: Vodafone Hungary, Holmes Place Budapest, Qatar Airways.
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 ...
Budapest Bonfire Night: Expats Double Charity Fun + Funds
- 12 Nov 2010 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The international community in Hungary came together last Friday to raise HUF 1.5 million for charity - over twice the amount donated on the 5th of November last year.
Budapest Bonfire Night: 2010 Thanks To All
- 11 Nov 2010 6:45 AM
- community & culture
Dr. Albert Royaards, President of The Smiling Hospital Foundation, sends this message of thanks: ”Countess Éva (Founder of the charity), Stephen Linfitt (Publisher of XpatLoop.com) and I all thank in unison everyone involved. United together we all helped bring smiles to sick children in Hungary. Happiness Helps Healing is our motto, and that goes double for this event!”.
International Wine Festival, Budapest, Castle District, 8 - 12 September
- 8 Sep 2010 4:00 AM
- food & drink
"The Budapest International Wine Festival is one of the most prestigious and popular culture and arts festivals of Hungary, in which numerous wine thematic events are joined and celebrated together.
Urbitális2010 - The Big Budapest Gig, Until 31 May
- 28 May 2010 3:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Urbitális metropolitan festival has been organised in Budapest every May for three years, where civilians, town and environment protection activists and culture makers await the other urban residents with their performances organised at exciting and unusual venues. Talk sessions at cemetaries, railway station dance house, culture pub nights – only now and only with you.
Xpat Interview: Ken Baines, Former-Headmaster, Britannica International School Budapest
- 7 May 2012 12:00 PM
Ken is the former Headmaster at Britannica, Budapest and Hungary. This was Ken's fifth international Headship, having headed Schools in Cairo, Lagos, Amman and Port Harcourt before arriving in Hungary.
Top 10 Reasons to Love Budapest - Part 3
- 13 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Two more things to love as we head into a four-day weekend (during which I still intend to be posting…) here in Budapest!
NAWA Budapest Connect Grannies, Grandads, & Orphans
- 6 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Several times each year, Xpats from the North American Women's Association bring together children (ages 9 to 16) from a Hungarian orphanage and seniors from a local retirement home. This program was created to offer “adoptive” grandparents and their grandchildren something that simple donations would not – love and attention. These events are held in a setting where seniors and orphans can ...
Report: Budapest Bonfire Night Party, 5 November 2011
- 11 Nov 2011 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Over HUF 1.1 million was raised for charity at the 11th birthday celebration of XpatLoop.com in 2011. That's all thanks to 200+ guests; many event supporters; and main sponsors: Vodafone Hungary, Holmes Place Budapest, Qatar Airways.
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 ...
Budapest Bonfire Night: Expats Double Charity Fun + Funds
- 12 Nov 2010 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The international community in Hungary came together last Friday to raise HUF 1.5 million for charity - over twice the amount donated on the 5th of November last year.
Budapest Bonfire Night: 2010 Thanks To All
- 11 Nov 2010 6:45 AM
- community & culture
Dr. Albert Royaards, President of The Smiling Hospital Foundation, sends this message of thanks: ”Countess Éva (Founder of the charity), Stephen Linfitt (Publisher of XpatLoop.com) and I all thank in unison everyone involved. United together we all helped bring smiles to sick children in Hungary. Happiness Helps Healing is our motto, and that goes double for this event!”.
International Wine Festival, Budapest, Castle District, 8 - 12 September
- 8 Sep 2010 4:00 AM
- food & drink
"The Budapest International Wine Festival is one of the most prestigious and popular culture and arts festivals of Hungary, in which numerous wine thematic events are joined and celebrated together.
Urbitális2010 - The Big Budapest Gig, Until 31 May
- 28 May 2010 3:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Urbitális metropolitan festival has been organised in Budapest every May for three years, where civilians, town and environment protection activists and culture makers await the other urban residents with their performances organised at exciting and unusual venues. Talk sessions at cemetaries, railway station dance house, culture pub nights – only now and only with you.


















