Heves megyei aprónyomtatványok 5/B
HungarHotels is Hungary's largest hotel chain, with 48 hotels, several hundred catering units, and a broad range of international contacts, so that it plays a decisive part in Hungary’s tourism. Outside Budapest, the company has hotels in 14 provincial towns and cities, and along the picturesque north shore of Lake Balaton. That adds up to 5.764 rooms, and 1.783.792 guest nights in the first nine months of1984. The Hotel Hungária which opened in August 1984 in the Austrian capital has turned HungarHotels international. Modernization continues in Budapest too. In 1985, three hotels will reopen after complete reconstruction—the Erzsébet, Béke and Grand Hotel Hungária. The three-star Erzsébet, right downtown, will be open again in May. Actually it has a Viennese namesake, the Hotel Elisabeth, for when originally built they were both named after Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary and Empress of Austria, who was a great friend to the Hungarians. In September the 540-room Grand Hotel Hungária opens after rebuilding and enlargement on Budapest main radial thoroughfare. The visitors’ book of its predecessor, the Hotel Szabadság, shows that guests from 131 countries stayed there. From July, the four-star Hotel Béke will be receiving guests. The hotel is perfectly equipped while preserving its traditional style. There will be 238 air-conditionded rooms, 8 suites, a swimming pool, a sauna and a fitness centre, all on the premises. Club Tihany is the name of a four-star holiday centre to be completed in several stages. It lies on the exquisitely beautiful Tihany peninsula which juts out into Lake Balaton. The first 161 luxury bungalows will be completed by the summer of 1985, each accommodating 2-5 persons and providing them with superb recreation facilities. And in the summer of 1986, a completely renovated Hotel Tihany will reopen with 330 beds and 24 suites. HungarHotels is regularly represented at major international tourist fairs and exhibitions, such as ASTA, the Danube Bourse, the World Travel Market, the Utrecht Fair, Paris Mitcar and many others. Very successful gastronomic weeks and other events are put on worldwide. Lately, the fame of Hungarian catering was further enhanced by Hungarian chefs taking part in the IKAHOGA cookery contest in Frankfurt/Main. The five-member Hungarian team, competing against chefs from 28 countries, came away with two golds and two silver medals, along with the grand prix of nations. In Budapest, HungarHotels’ two tourist service offices have been successfully offering a range of services ranging from reservations, currency exchange and programme organization to conducted tours and organizing congresses. The company cooperates on sales with Stella Expess Reizen, Isaria Reisen, Astro Reisen, Pentatours, the Inter-Continental, Forum and Husa international hotel chains, and the Teletap, Supranational and Utell reservation systems. Supranational Worldwide Hotel Reservations- a unique proposition Supranational is unique among international hotel reservations and marketing organisations in that it is made up of an association of hotel chain partners, each marketing the others in its own country. Each partner represents a different country, so there is little overlap and the system is designed to give the benefit of international marketing without each hotel group having the costly burden of running its own operation abroad. Today there are 17 partners with in excess of 250 hotels in 34 countries offering upwards of 80,000 rooms. HungarHotels is among the members of Supranational Hotel Reservation system too with 10 hotels in Budapest, at Lake Balaton and in the country.. KEEN CUISINE CONTEST Hot and Cold To keep culinary standards high peak and see who’s best, HungarHotels held an all-company contest in November to decide the best hot and cold dish. Teams from all over the country competed at two venues: the Grand Hotel Royal was the headquarters for the cold dish contest, while competitors in the hot dish category tried their skills at the Flamenco. “Prince Philip Slept Here” Hotel Eger accommodates ’84 World Driving Championships The photo above captures the scene: it shows the winning “hot” team busily at work. REINDEER AND REDCURRANTS Finnish feasts in Hungary Fine Finnish foodstuffs, some quite exptic to Hungarian palates, were high on the agenda last October when a very good relationship between HungarHotels and Finland’s Arctia Hotel network brought a 10-member team of Finnish chefs to Hungary to demonstrate their culinary skills in four HungarHotels units, after an “introductory” presentation at the Hungária café-res- taurant, Budapest. The specialities of the visiting Finns went down splendidly with guests at the Alba Regia Hotel in Székesfehérvár, the Lővér in Sopron, the Park in Eger and the Stadion in Budapest. Finnish seafood like smoked fish salad was at least as much on demand as the dishes made with reindeer meat, and cake flavoured with Í11, wild iedcurrants of the Finnish forests. The mood and experience were made completely and genuinely Finnish by a 6-man band that performed sweet Finnish music on instruments that included the Finnish zither, and the “kantele”, famous from the Kalevala epic. INDOOR TENNIS OPPOSITE FLAMENCO HOTEL On-spot pro Shop A new indoor tennis court in a fine park just opposite the lakeside Hotel Flamenco, in the Buda Part of the Hungarian capital, provides a new treat for tennis fans. Constructed by an Austrian company for Flamenco owners HungarHotels, the two synthetically covered (Rotsprint) courts are open all the year round between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The courts are equipped with all facilities, including a serving device, changing rooms, showers, a buffet, a terrace, and a pro shop for sports goods. A coach or a tennis partner can be provided on request. In the nearby Flamenco itself there is a swimming pool, sauna, solarium and keep-fit equipment too. Other sports opportunities: jogging, bowling and riding. New publications by HungarHotels In 1984, HungarHotels published the latest of its series of hotel brochures, including its Tariff for 1985, and also the HungarHotels programme booklet, containing a rich assortment of tours. We will be pleased to send these free on request. In the hot days of August ’84, VIP guests from all over the world, including HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, frequented and enjoyed the services of the Hotel Eger, one of the prime links in the HungarHotels chain. The occasion was a unique sports events, for the 7th World Driving Championships were organized by the host country in the picturesque Northern Hungarian village of Szilvásvárad. The beautiful, agile horses and finely decorated carriages of 47 competing teams from 12 European countries and the United States took part in the fourday contest, which blended spectacle, thrills and above all skills into a superb experience for a multinational crowd. Of course, much attention was paid to how Prince Philip himself competed as member of the British driving team. The big news for most spectators on the last day, was that both the individual and team events had been won by the Hungarian drivers, continuing a worthy tradition of success. The Hotel Eger made several contributions to the success of the championships. It provided lunches for 240-300 guests in a marquee set up just by the venue for the main events. Every evening, the hotel’s team served dinner with wine tasting in a place called “The Valley of Beautiful Women”. They also organized garden parties in Eger for the guests, and dinners with game dishes on bill of fare. The highlight was a reception, given in honour of HRH Prince Philip, President of the International Equestrian Federation. ®HungaiHotels newsletter/ PATISSERIE GETS FACELIFT AND OLD NAME BACK “Wilhelm Tell in Budapest” was the title of an article in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung last May. A paper known to be on the serious side was in a lighter mood when it reported on a sweet theme. It has welcomed the news that one of Budapest’s most prestigious patisseries had returned its original name of “Gerbeaud”, after its founder, the Swiss-born pastrycook Emile Gerbeaud. The background to the news was that the managers of the now state-owned patisserie had received permission to use the old name again - from Gerbeaud’s descendants. The baptism came after a major reconstruction inside and out, leaving the premises in their original beauty. NZZ’s reference to Wilhelm Tell was brought about by a statuette of the Swiss liberation hero, which has been placed in one of the display windows, just as it stood in good old Emile’s time. Gerbeaud, in downtown Budapest, now welcomes visitors who approach through the thoroughly reconstructed Vörösmarty tér, which exhales a fin- de-siécle atmosphere, with specially designed old-style paving flags, wrought-iron lamps, flower pots, and best of all - no vehicles!
