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 […]
Hunguest Hotels, a unit of listed holding company Opus Global, will sell two of its hotels in the Alps in Austria and purchase 8,000 square meters of land for development purposes in Bükfürdő (W Hungary), the company said on Wednesday. The moves dovetail with the company's portfolio cleaning strategy initiated in 2021, focusing on acquiring […]
The finest travel brands from across Europe have been honoured at the World Travel Awards in Sardinia, Italy. The industry elite gathered at Forte Village Resort on the idyllic Mediterranean island for the WTA Europe Gala Ceremony 2025 to discover who had been crowned the best of the best. The Hungarian award winners this year […]
From mid-October, László Csapó will take up the position of Director of Business Development at Danubius Hotels Plc. His responsibilities will include the strategic and operational management of the group's expansion projects. He has more than twenty years of experience in hotel sales, asset management and business development, the company says in a statement. “Throughout […]
The first domestic Michelin key hotel ratings are in: 13 establishments have been awarded the keys, considered the most valuable recognition in the hotel industry – the Michelin star of the hotel industry – two of which have earned two keys, while 29 hotels have been included in Michelin's prestigious list of recommended locations, according […]
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest has announced that its 'Kempinski The Spa' has been honored with the esteemed title of 'Hungary's Best Hotel Spa' in the World Spa Awards 2025. Spa Manager Katalin O’Nagy conveyed her profound appreciation for this honor by stating that "we are privileged to receive this recognition for the fifth time in […]
The Aria Hotel Budapest, one of the world's most renowned luxury hotels with a musical theme – each of the four wings dedicated to one of four major genres of music: classical, opera, contemporary and jazz –, celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2025. To mark the occasion, a grand birthday party was held, opening the […]
Star chef – and ‘chef of the stars’ – Wolfgang Puck opened his Hungarian Spago restaurant on the ground floor and terrace of Matild Palace in Budapest four years ago. The anniversary was celebrated with a very special Culinary Retrospective event, where the star chef himself cooked, having brought his team from LA. With him […]
The performance of the hotel market in Central and Eastern Europe, and within that, Budapest, exceeded all preliminary analyst expectations in 2024. The sector's growth is likely to continue this year, with the number of international guest nights by the end of the year exceeding the previous record set in 2019, CBRE told MTI on […]
Yulia Selyukova arrived in the Hungarian capital last November to take over as General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest after her predecessor, Thibaut Drege returned to Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, now as General Manager. She talks about her career and the hotel chain that provided her with tremendous support […]
AccorInvest has changed its name and corporate identity and is now operating under the name Essendi, including in Hungary, the hotel operator announced to MTI. French-owned Essendi operates 576 hotels in 24 countries under international brands such as ibis, ibis Styles, Mercure, and Novotel. It has ten hotels in Hungary in its portfolio. At the […]
TRIBE Budapest Airport Hotel has opened in the immediate vicinity of Terminal 2 at Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Rooms at the four-star hotel have been available for booking since mid-May, according to an announcement made at a press conference on Tuesday. The investment costs of the TRIBE Budapest Airport Hotel, developed by WING, are being […]
