The atmosphere generated at Hooters is critical to its success, says Alex Hemingway. He is proud of the fact that when it opened the place eraged just 10% female customers.

Thousands of Indians are coming to Budapest each year on corporate incentive tours, encouraged and welcomed by the Budapest Marriott, whose General Manager Rick Enders has even adapted his kitchen for the curry consuming guests. It’s helping to build a social bridge between the cultures.

Despite all the legitimate concerns about the US-Iran nuclear deal, it may be the best that could have been achieved under the circumstances.

For the 15th year in a row, the Seven Meadows’ Land Festival is organized in the village of Õriszentpéter, the center of the Õrség region in southwestern Hungary. The ten-day festival is characterized by 'traditional art and open hearts'.

95-year-old Hungarian swimmer Béla Bánki Horváth won the men's 50-meter freestyle event in his age category at the FINA World Masters Championships in Kazan, Russia this Thursday. Two days earlier, he won the 200-meter backstroke with a new world record.

The National Bank of Hungary has acquired new luxury real estates by buying a villa in one of Budapest’s most expensive 12th district for over HUF one billion forints back in February, and another property in the Castle District of for about HUF 800 million.

“How does a country that up until 25 years ago did not even know what the global market was, make a hit internationally in the wine business?” the question bursts out of me the moment I meet Nimród Kovács, whose great mission is to put Hungarian wines on the world stage.

In June 2015, more than 1 million guests spent 2.5 million tourism nights at Hungarian accommodation establishments. The number of guest and tourism nights grew by 6.7% and 4.9%, respectively, year-on-year. Occupancy ratios also increased.

It pays to belong, AmCham Chief Executive Officer Irisz Lippai-Nagy and President Ferenc Pongrácz tell Diplomacy&Trade. What we have also learnt is that
AmCham is doubling its effort to represent members' interests and to have more impact on certain issues.

There is no better start to an interview than the interviewee asking a question to the interviewer. It instantly provokes a vibrant, open minded and straight forward atmosphere. This is exactly what occurred when D&T sat down to interview Dror Harel, country manager of Air France KLM in Budapest.

The embassy of Afghanistan in Budapest closed effective July 1, citing austerity reasons, the Hungarian news agency MTI quoted the online news portal hvg.hu. The website said the information had been confirmed by Hungary’s foreign ministry.

With three gold, two silver and four bronze collected, Hungary became the 6th most successful nation in the swimming pool at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazany, Russia. Considering other aquatics events, too, Hungary was the 8th most successful country.

On a recent business tour to Singapore a group of Hungarian technological startups were given a chance to attract local venture capital firms and meet high ranking officials of the state administration. The feedback was positive, and preparations are now underway to make business deals in the upcoming months.

Singapore is a good place for Hungarian companies to make money locally and elsewhere in South-East Asia. Diplomacy&Trade asked Miklós Horváth, president of the Hungarian Foreign Trade Association (HFTA) how to prepare successful business deals in this city state.

As Singapore's Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990, Lee Kuan Yew, who died in March 2015 at the age of 91, presided over many of Singapore's advancements including independence from Malaysia in 1965.