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A smile to pay off

D&T
Aug 23, 2015

Singapore Airlines just recently has added a new class, more destinations and upgraded services. The national carrier has unveiled its new Premium Economy Class seats with new in-flight offerings available to customers.

| Nándor Mester

PATEC to expand in Miskolc

D&T
Aug 22, 2015

Automotive component manufacturer PATEC is going to built a new plant in Miskolc. As part of a EUR 5 million project the company will establish a 15,000 sqm production facility which will create some 400 jobs in a region.

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'We make this region visible globally'

D&T
Aug 22, 2015

Peter Straèár, head of GE Central Europe thinks it is the task of his team to make the region, including Hungary, visible within the global company while also promoting the benefits of free trade to stakeholders in this part of the world.

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Cellum to set sail in Singapore

D&T
Aug 21, 2015

Asian expansion creates more business opportunity to the Hungarian based Cellum.
The mobile payment provider has just opened its newest subsudiary in Singapore and planes to capitalize on its strategic location in the region.

| Dávid Harangozó

Curry Diplomacy

Andrew L. Urban
Aug 15, 2015

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.

| Dávid Harangozó

Hungary? Wine? Really?

“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.

Lake Balaton is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hungary. Pictured are people enjoying the lake at Balatonfenyves.e | Sándor Laczkó

Tourism figures keep improving in Hungary

D&T
Aug 12, 2015

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.

| Dávid Harangozó

More connections, comfort and quality service

D&T
Aug 11, 2015

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.

| Can Stock Photo Inc./ Orla

Attracting venture capital

D&T
Aug 9, 2015

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.

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Making money in Singapore

D&T
Aug 8, 2015

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.

Cheese and crackling scones by Fornetti | fornetti.hu

Hungary's Fornetti sold to Swiss firm

D&T
Aug 7, 2015

Hungarian frozen bakery products company Fornetti has been bought by Switzerland’s Aryzta for an undisclosed sum, the financial website portfolio.hu reported former Fornetti managing director József Szabó as saying. Aryzta is to invest into Fornetti EUR 1 mn this year.

| Jacob Crawfurd

Hungary is trending

Andrew L. Urban
Aug 5, 2015

More than just superficially trendy, Hungary is trending – that’s the phenomenon when a topic in online and social media or a stock on the sharemarket shows high levels of public interest and activity.

Tram being assembled in Spain for Budapest | caf.es

The world's largest tram in Budapest

D&T
Aug 3, 2015

Engineers at the Center for Budapest Transport (BKK) have assembled the world's largest tram produced by the Spanish company CAF in Beasain, in the Basque Country province of Spain. Budapest ordered 12 of these 56-meter-long Urbo models.

| Dávid Harangozó

Business conservative who always wants to win

Andrew L. Urban
Aug 1, 2015

From young program coordinating producer on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in Los Angeles to owning and running the iconic, 101 year old Déryné Bistro and Grill in Budapest, is not an average career path. Nor is 41 year old Kristóf Kovács an average sort of tv producer or indeed restaurateur.

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