Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest has announced that 'Kempinski The Spa' has once again been crowned ‘Hungary’s Best Hotel Spa’ at the prestigious 2026 World Spa Awards. Reflecting on the distinction, Spa Manager Katalin O’Nagy shared her heartfelt gratitude: ‘To be honoured with this accolade for the sixth time is a profound privilege. This achievement stands […]

Twelve Hungarian hotels are included in the Michelin Guide Global Hotel Selection this year, Michelin Guide says in a press release. The Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest and the Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, received a two-key rating. Ten other hotels are listed with one Michelin key, all of which were already on […]

Founded in Milan in 1817, Pasticceria Cova is one of Italy’s historic luxury brands, combining craftsmanship, hospitality and timeless elegance. Today, as part of the LVMH Group, the Milanese Maison is present in several international markets, while continuing to represent a distinctive part of Italian cultural and entrepreneurial heritage. The CEO of Pasticceria Cova, Paola […]

One of Budapest’s most distinctive rooftop bars, ‘The Duchess’, located on the top Matild Palace, is once again preparing an exclusive experience for the evening of August 20. During ‘The Higher, The Better’ event guests can mark Hungary’s national holiday high above the city, against the spectacular backdrop of the Danube, with a specially curated […]

Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Budapest has become one of the Hungarian capital’s most iconic luxury hotels. This June, the hotel’s offerings were enriched by adding one of the most ancient and prestigious Milanese Maisons, the Cova patisserie and ristorante, creating a meeting point of café cultures and providing guests with enhanced experience. As […]

Companies invest significant resources in improving efficiency: processes, costs, teams and tools are constantly optimized. Yet one area is still often overlooked: the way meetings are organized. The real cost of a meeting is rarely the venue, catering or technology. More often, it is time. A two-hour meeting is almost never just two hours. Travel, […]

Danubius Hotels is adding the Radisson Individuals brand to its hotel portfolio under a franchise agreement signed with the Radisson Hotel Group, the company said on Wednesday. The 126-room Hotel Erzsébet, recently fully renovated, will continue operating under the name Hotel Erzsébet City Center Budapest, a member of Radisson Individuals, from the end of the […]

The significant appreciation of the Hungarian currency, the forint by more than 10%, which began after the April parliamentary elections, poses a serious challenge to the Hungarian hotel industry: while the euro was trading above HUF 400 last summer, the exchange rate is now hovering around HUF 350. Executives at both Danubius Hotels and Hunguest […]

One of the most ancient and prestigious Milanese Maisons officially opens in the Matild Palace hotel in Budapest, in the heart of Europe, according to a press release issued this Wednesday. Founded in 1817, Cova has represented for over two centuries the excellence of Italian elegance, craftsmanship and refined hospitality. The Maison was born in […]

Over the past five years, Danubius Hotels Plc. has spent a total of HUF 50 billion from its own funds on refurbishing its hotels, and the renovations are far from over. The hotel chain has 4,046 rooms across 16 hotels in Hungary; 70% of which have been completely renovated and are ready to welcome guests […]

Hunguest Hotels has won a tender to operate the four-star Gotthard Therme Hotel in Szentgotthárd (W Hungary) for five years, parent company Opus Global said on Friday. With the addition to the portfolio of the 148-room hotel, near the border with Austria, Hunguest Hotels manages 23 properties. The tender to manage the hotel was called […]

In December 1993, Stephan Interthal accepted his first Kempinski GM position at Munich Airport. Some four years later he moved to Budapest for his first tenure to take over as General Manager of the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest – a role he held until mid-2004. In late 2014, he returned as Area General Manager to […]

According to bank card usage data, Hungarian consumers gave tips of 8.12% at domestic restaurants this year, Teya Hungary told MTI on Tuesday, based on data from POS terminals it operates at 2,000 restaurants. The service provider, which operates card acceptance terminals for a total of around 20,000 businesses in Hungary, reported that looking at […]

Marriott International has announced this Wednesday the appointment of Isabelle Salau as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Budapest Marriott Hotel, Millennium Court, Marriott Executive Apartments, and Dorothea Hotel, Budapest, Autograph Collection, which form part of Marriott’s expanding footprint in the city. The statement released says Isabelle brings over 20 years of international commercial […]

Budapest's hotel market is expected to beat its pre-pandemic guest night record in 2025, property consultancy CBRE said in an analysis on Wednesday. Guest nights at Budapest hotels rose 5.2% year-on-year to 6.2 million in January-August, while guest numbers climbed 7% to 2.6 million, CBRE said. Including other tourism accommodations, such as short-term rentals, guest […]