Hospitality - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:11:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png Hospitality - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 New Dimension to Budapest's Culinary Landscape https://dteurope.com/hospitality/new-dimension-to-budapests-culinary-landscape/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:25:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80711 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 […]

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]]> At TRIBE Budapest Airport Meetings Are Designed Around Business’s Most Valuable Resource: Time https://dteurope.com/hospitality/at-tribe-budapest-airport-meetings-are-designed-around-businesss-most-valuable-resource-time/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:40:51 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80077 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, […]

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]]> Radisson Individuals Added to Danubius Hotels Portfolio https://dteurope.com/hospitality/radisson-individuals-added-to-danubius-hotels-portfolio/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:14:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80786 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 […]

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]]> Strong Forint Turning the Hotel Industry Upside Down https://dteurope.com/hospitality/strong-forint-turning-the-hotel-industry-upside-down/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 08:09:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80368 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 […]

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]]> Cova Opens in Budapest https://dteurope.com/hospitality/cova-opens-in-budapest/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:02:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80297 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 […]

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]]> 50 Bn Invested in Developments at Danubius Hotels https://dteurope.com/news/50-bn-invested-in-developments-at-danubius-hotels/ Mon, 11 May 2026 13:48:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79605 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 […]

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]]> Hunguest Hotels Wins Tender to Operate Hotel in W Hungary https://dteurope.com/hospitality/hunguest-hotels-wins-tender-to-operate-hotel-in-w-hungary/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:23:44 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=78373 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 […]

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]]> From Munich Airport to Budapest: A Career with Purpose https://dteurope.com/hospitality/from-munich-airport-to-budapest-a-career-with-purpose/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:36:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=77230 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 […]

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]]> Consumers in Hungary Gave Tips of over 8% This Year https://dteurope.com/hospitality/consumers-in-hungary-gave-tips-of-over-8-this-year/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:27:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=77052 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 […]

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]]> New Marriott Sales&Marketing Director in Budapest https://dteurope.com/hospitality/new-marriott-salesmarketing-director-in-budapest/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:55:18 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76635 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 […]

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]]> Budapest Hotel Market to Beat Pre-Pandemic Record in 2025 https://dteurope.com/hospitality/budapest-hotel-market-to-beat-pre-pandemic-record-in-2025/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:27:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76176 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 […]

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]]> Hunguest Hotels to Sell Two Hotels in Austria https://dteurope.com/hospitality/hunguest-hotels-to-sell-two-hotels-in-austria/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:03:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76116 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 […]

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]]> Hungarian Recipients of the World Travel Awards 2025 https://dteurope.com/hospitality/wta-awards/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:53:40 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76038 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 […]

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]]> Danubius Hotels: New Director of Business Development https://dteurope.com/hospitality/danubius-hotels-new-director-of-business-development/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:15:47 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75945 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 […]

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]]> 42 Hungarian Hotels Listed in Michelin Guide Selection https://dteurope.com/hospitality/42-hungarian-hotels-listed-in-michelin-guide-selection/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:21:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75674 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 […]

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