Budapest

Awards

PwC welcomes new executive director

Dr. Csaba Polacsek has been appointed executive director of the advisory group PwC Hungary, taking effect on January 11, after...

Hotels

Mellow Mood CEOs named among most influential people in Hungarian tourism

The owners and CEOs of Mellow Mood Group, Sameer Hamdan and Zuhair Awad, were ranked among the 50 most influential...

Awards

Weil Budapest welcomes new counsel

The Budapest office of law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP carried out two promotions at the beginning of this...

Awards

Jeantet Budapest expands M&A team

The Budapest office of Jeantet law firm expanded its team with the addition of attorney Kornél Szabó to help augment...

History

Uber launches petition in Hungary

The Hungarian unit of U.S.-based ride-sharing service Uber is launching a petition among its 110,000 users in the country to...

Conferences

BCSDH welcomes new president

Attila Chikán Jr., CEO of ALTEO Group, was elected president of the assembly of the Business Council for Sustainable Development...

Hotels

Be loyal, be honored

PROMOTION: Hotel loyalty points are becoming increasingly valuable. Hundreds of thousands of people become members in hotel loyalty programs. What...

Food

Industrial production up 9.4% in December

Industrial output in Hungary rose 9.4% in December, as compared to the same month of the previous year, with the...

Tourism

Hungarian tourist numbers in Croatia reach a record 465,000 in 2015

A record number of approximately 465,000 Hungarian tourists spent a combined total of 2.5 million nights in Croatia over the...

History

Cellum and fastacash ink strategic cooperation agreement

Hungarian mobile payment company Cellum and online payment solution developer fastacash yesterday signed an agreement for social media sites and...

Social

Invitel holds InnoMax Klub for third time

Hungarian telco Invitel organized its third InnoMax Klub partner event focused on how change affects our lives and businesses on...

In Hungary

Budapest Taxi teams up with CoinPay to accept bitcoin

Through its partnership with Hungarian start-up CoinPay, Budapest Taxi will be able to accept payments for fares made with bitcoins...

City

State to take over suburban public transport retroactively

The Hungarian state will take over funding for the public transport of Budapest’s agglomeration retroactively from January 1, János Fónagy,...

Food

Analysts: Hungary’s CPI nears 1% threshold last month

Hungaryʼs annual headline consumer inflation is likely to have reached, or even breached, the 1% threshold last month largely on...

Awards

Schoenherr Hetényi Budapest welcomes new attorney at law

Gábor Kordoványi has been appointed attorney at law at the Schoenherr law firm in Budapest after spending nearly ten years...

Budapest

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Art

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

In Hungary

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Budapest Reaches 100 Short CAF Trams as Fleet Expansion Continues

Budapest’s 100th short CAF tram has entered service, marking a milestone in the capital’s fleet renewal program, the Budapest Transport...

Margrethe Vestager to Deliver Keynote at ABSL Forum in Budapest

Margrethe Vestager, former European Commission Executive Vice President and EU Competition Commissioner, will deliver a keynote at the ABSL Forum...

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Pizza Hut to Expand Hungarian Network to 31 Restaurants

Pizza Hut plans to open restaurants in Nagykanizsa and Budapest in 2027, expanding its Hungarian network to 31 locations, local...

Budapest Hotels Outperform Regional Rivals Despite Lower Guest Numbers

Budapest’s hotels delivered some of the strongest results in CEE, posting an 81.3% occupancy rate, and leading the region with...

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Budapest’s Déli Station to Close for Weekend Repairs Ahead of Major Upgrade

Budapest’s Déli railway station will close entirely on Oct. 10-11 for maintenance aimed at eliminating several speed restrictions, Transport and...

Kissmiklos Marks Shift to Fine Art With ‘Lobbyism’ Exhibition at Hotel Clark

Hungarian artist kissmiklos is shifting his creative focus entirely to fine art, marking the transition with “Lobbyism,” an exhibition that...

Tourism Agency Consults 70 Industry Groups on Strategy Through 2036

The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) is drawing on recommendations from 70 professional organizations to develop a sector strategy through 2036,...

Renewing the Spirit of Countryside Wellness Hospitality

More than a year after taking over Sárvár’s Spirit Hotel Thermal Spa, Zoltán Árvai is balancing the traditions of an...

State and City to Renew Budapest’s Danube Waterfront

The gov't and Budapest will form a new 50–50 joint company to develop the Budapest section of the Danube, resolving...

WWII Munitions Removed From Two Budapest Riverside Locations

Military bomb disposal experts removed World War II munitions discovered near Szabadság Bridge and on Margaret Island on Saturday, prompting...

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Wizz Air Ranks Second Among Central European Airlines at Skytrax Awards

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on...