10 percent of the hotels in the survey were still closed in September

Association projects 70 percent revenue loss at Budapest hotels this year

For most hotels in Budapest, the loss of revenue this year may exceed 70 percent from last year, while hotels outside of the capital are expected to see their revenue fall by 20-40 percent due to the coronavirus crisis, according to a representative survey ...

2020 hosts Rijeka, Galway may extend into 2021

European Capitals of Culture set to adjust to pandemic

The coronavirus crisis has hit culture sideways everywhere and two places in particular that deserve some sympathy are Rijeka in Croatia and Galway in Ireland, which had planned hard and then looked forward to a whole 12 months in the spotlight as the European ...

New line would be suitable for trains up to a speed of 350 km/h

High-speed rail link next top Slovak-Hungarian transport project

The next most important joint Hungarian-Slovak transport project is the construction of a high-speed railway connecting Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

Record-breaking plans halted by pandemic

Budapest Airport expects 5.5 million passengers this year

Due to the flight cancelations and drop in passenger traffic expected during the remaining months of this year, Budapest Airport has recalculated its annual forecast issued 3 months ago. According to the new projection, the annual passenger number will be no more than 5.5 ...

Millenáris Széllkapu Park opens

New urban green space by Mammut mall

Where once stood two catastrophically ugly buildings – the cheapest of office blocks and a massive rotting concrete factory – now can be found the beautiful Millenáris Széllkapu Park, a green space with a lake, a grove of cherry trees, water spouts and a ...

Vienna's Sigmund Freud Museum reopens after EUR 4m refit

Private rooms accessible for first time

Vienna’s Sigmund Freud Museum reopened on August 29, 2020 following a rebuild (which took longer than planned due to COVID-19) in which it was renovated, expanded and made wheelchair accessible. Sigmund Freud and his family lived at this historic address, Berggasse 19, which was ...

OK, so Vienna is a river city: Hilton Vienna Danube Waterfront

Going with the flow

This is a side of Vienna that we hadn't seen before. On half a dozen previous visits we had been in the iron grip of the Ringstrasse: staying at hotels there and following the sightseeing flock to the opera house, the cathedral, the palaces, ...

An ambitious family holiday drive to the Baltics

Time to take the high roads

How to overcome the plague for a quick getaway and a desirable change of scenery in these close-to-home times? After all, the odds are stacked decidedly against general travel arrangements and summer holidays. Finally, though, the Visegrád Four and Baltic State borders re-opened recently…