Posted by: Marian Visser van Klaarwater Posted on: Saturday 18 September 2010, 16:33

Register now for the Business Travel Show Discounted pre-registration for the Business Travel Show ends in a weekThis autumn, for the eighth occasion, the largest Hungarian MICE workshop and meeting place for travel suppliers, event and training organisers as well as corporate travellers will be held at Hungexpo s Pavilion G on 20-21 October. Starting from this year, the Business Travel Show (BTS) is organised in cooperation between the founder, Turizmus Ltd, and Hungexpo Co. The number of visitors is certain to increase compared to previous years since BTS will be staged along with Event Expo and the Hoventa hotel, catering and gastro-technology exhibition. Exhibitors will be invited to the traditional gala reception at the end of the first day, where they can meet and contact hosted buyers arriving from various countries of Europe, with the help of the foreign representatives of the Hungarian National Tourist Office. Furthermore, compared to last year, exhibitors receive 50% more space (9 sqm) and pre-registration discounts until 15 September. Further information: Mr Gábor Buzas at buzas.gabor@turizmus.com +36-70-315-7332

Top stories Healing Hungary as new country image? The central message of the country for the forthcoming years will be healing Hungary , announced Mr Balázs Botos, deputy state secretary of the Ministry for National Economy. Hungary has all the potential to render health tourism as a breakthrough point, he added. In the next few years, the Hungarian message will focus on physical and mental health, but with the help of gastronomy, the quality of life and tourism services will also improve . To achieve this, more support should be given to the catering industry, the politician added. In order to improve the possibilities, the demand and the offer should be more balanced. Problems include the lack of restaurants offering traditional gastronomy values, fresh Hungarian ingredients are often missing from the menu and the education system is also out of date.

Budapest Winter Invitation with water productsOrganizers of the Budapest Winter Invitation have coordinated with the Hotel Association of Hungary and many of the hoteliers proposals will be built into this year s campaign, to be launched on 17 September. The Hungarian National Tourist Office is now focusing on sale-oriented campaigns and will double its contribution to the BWI. According to the HAH, a new feature will be put into this year s offer, and the campaign will focus on Budapest as the city of spas. There are also talks about the launch of another winter campaign focusing on provincial hotels and starting in December. Extended contract between Lufthansa Technik Budapest and Budapest AirportBudapest Airport Zrt and Lufthansa Technik Budapest Kft have executed an extension of the lease of one of the largest aircraft maintenance hangar for another 15 years. LTB s expected turnover in the next 15 years is HUF 140 billion, supporting 350 jobs. Lufthansa Technik Budapest specializes in overhauling and maintenance of narrow-body aircraft (D-check), and it commenced its operation at Ferihegy Airport with 240 employees in March 2002. Up to September 2010, LTB implemented refurbishments worth HUF 6 billion on the property leased from Budapest Airport, as a result of which their base in Ferihegy is now capable of performing maintenance of 4 narrow-body aircraft at the same time in two heated hangars with a combined floor-space of 6200 square meters. In addition, LTB has leased 12 700 square meters of concreted apron area as well as 2700 square meters of workshop and office space from Budapest Airport. The maintenance base offers world-class technical services to numerous airlines including minor repairs, troubleshooting in the event of unexpected technical failures, and planned overhauls.

Text: Marian Visser van Klaarwater