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3 Feb

Wheeldon: The Winters Tale – Pesti Vigadó – Budapest

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Johan Persson/www.perssonphotography.com

Live broadcast from the Royal Opera House in London!

Pesti Vigadó – Chamber Stage

District, V.,  2. Vigadó Square

Wednesday,  8.15 p.m. February, 28. 2018. 

Shakespeare’s tale of love and loss becomes compelling dance drama in Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet adaptation, with music by Joby Talbot.

Ballet in prologue and 3 acts – including 2 intervals – live in Cinemas

Christopher Wheeldon – Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet, created his adaptation of Shakespeare’s late great romance The Winter’s Tale for The Royal Ballet in 2014. Building on the success of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale received ecstatic praise at its premiere, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for its intelligent, distinctive and emotionally powerful story, told through exquisite dance. It is now widely judged to be a modern ballet classic.

The story follows the destruction of a marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet, through remorse and regret – and after a seemingly miraculous return to life – the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation. With powerful designs by Bob Crowley and atmospheric music by Joby Talbot, The Winter’s Tale is a masterful modern narrative ballet.

Picture caption/credit: Artists of The Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale ©ROH/Johan Persson, 2014

History of the Pesti Vigadó Hall: http://vigado.hu/web/en/history-of-the-pesti-vigado

Source: Pesti Vigadó

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1 Feb

The 7th Finnish Film Days – Budapest

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FINNISH FILM DAYS

February, 7. – February, 11. 2018. February, 2018.

 Toldi Art Cinema

District, V., 36-38 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road

Finnish Film Days offers nine first-class Finnish films presenting some of the brightest talents of Finnish film making. Besides movies and documentaries, the festival program includes two discussions on some of the hot issues of today’s film industry.

As the opening film, an award-winning gem of 2017 –  Euthanizer – Director Teemu Nikki.

All movies are spoken in Finnish and subtitled in English and Hungarian, unless mentioned otherwise.

Pre-sale starts on the spot to-day at the   Cinema. Ticket Prices: 1500/1100 HUF

The Finnish Film Days are organized by Finnagora in co-operation with Toldi mozi, Suomen elokuvasäätiö – Finnish Film Foundation, SzimplaFilm and HTI Travel & Incentives

Screenings:

Wednesday, February, 7. – 8PM Euthanizer (2017)

https://vimeo.com/232008234

Thursday, February, 8. – 8.30PM Lapland Odyssey 3 (2017)

https://vimeo.com/223095930

Friday, February, 9. – 7PM Craigslist Allstars (2016) – spoken in english https://vimeo.com/215657524

8.30PM Star Boys (2017)

https://youtu.be/1bVdG2AduIw

Saturday, February, 10. –  4PM Every Other Couple (2016)

https://youtu.be/1bVdG2AduIw

6.45PM Eternal Road (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZl0lU6DF4

9PM Tom of Finland (2017)

https://vimeo.com/235255000

Sunday, February, 11. – 6PM Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara (2017)

https://vimeo.com/226255329

8PM Miami (2017)

https://vimeo.com/230148478

Source – Finnagora

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31 Jan

The 5th Madách International Theater Meeting (MITEM)

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National Theater

April, 10–29 2018.

14 countries, 26 shows on 3 stages

District, IX. 1 Bajor Gizi Park – Budapest

„I was born to share love, not hate”

Quotation from Edit Kulcsár – festival organiser: “We chose this sentence of Sophocles as the motto for the 2018 MITEM as we believe it to best encompass what the international theater festival of the National Theater will be about this coming spring.”

Participating countries: Belgium, Estonia, Croatia, India, Lebanon, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Ukraine.

Švejk: The return – 7 p.m. April, 10. 2018. and 6 p.m. April, 11. 2018.
Director: Valerij Fokin. Based on the play of Tatyana Rakhmanova
Alexandrinsky Theater – Saintpetersburg Russia
2Hs without break – Main Stage

Georg Büchner: Woyzeck – 8 p.m. April, 11. 2018. and 7 p.m. April, 12. 2018.
Director: Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.
National Theater Budapest Hungary
without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage.

William Shakespeare: III. RICHARD – National Theater Budapest Hungary – 5 p.m. April, 13. 2018. and 3 p.m. April, 14. 2018.
(at the MITEM: Performed in Hungarian, with English subtitles)
3Hs with 1 break – Gobbi Hilda Stage.

Sophokles: OEDIPUS REX 16 – 8 p.m. April, 13. 2018.
Director: Rimas Tuminas
Vahtangov State Theater, Moscow, Russia
Performed in Russian and Greek with Hungarian and English subtitles.
1′ 40″ without break – Main Stage.

Bertolt Brecht: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE 16 – 7 p.m. April, 14. 2018. and 7 p.m. April, 15. 2018. – Director: Michael Thalheimer
Berliner Enseble, Berlin, Germany
Performed in German with Hungarian and English subtitles.
1′ 50″, without break – Main Stage

THE CHERRY ORCHARD – 9 p.m. April, 14. 2018.
Director: Yaroslav Fedoryshyn
Outdoor performance – FREE ENTRY
Voskresinnia Theater, Lvov, Ukraine
Open space performance, Nathional Theater, in the front of the “Ship”
1H without break – Theater’s garden

Günter Grass: THE TIN DRUM 14 – 8 p.m. April, 16. 2018. – Director: Oliver Reese
Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, Germany
Performed in German, with Hungarian and English subtitles.
1′ 50″ without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

Alice – Upon the book of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll – 8 p.m. April, 17. 2018. – Director: László Bocsárdi
Tamási Áron Theater and SZempöl Offchestra’ co-operation, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles.
1′ 45″without break – Main Stage

Mudar Alhaggi: YOUR LOVE IS FIRE – 4 p.m. April, 18. 2018. – Director: Rafat Alzakout
Theater un der Ruhr – Collective Ma’louba, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Performed in Arabic with Hungarian and English subtitles. 1′ 30″ without break – Kaszás Attila Stage

William Boyd: LONGING – Director: Elmo Nüganen – 7 p.m. April, 18. 2018.
City Theater, Tallinn, Estonia  Performed in Estonian, with Hungarian and English subtitles. 3′ 5″ with 1 break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

BODY REVOLUTION / WAITING – 5 p.m. April, 19. 2018. – Toneelhuis, Antwerpen, Belgium. Performed in Dutch, French, English, Arabic, with Hungarian and English subtitles – 1H without break – Kaszás Attila Stage

Alexander Ostrovsky: THE STORM – 7 p.m. April, 19. 2018. – Director: Andrey Moguchy
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT), Saintpetersburg, Russia – Performed in Russian with Hungarian and English subtitles. – 2′ 15″ with 1 break – Main Stage

Roberto Ciulli – Matthias Flake: CLOWNS 2 ½ – Clowns in Storm 12 – 9 p.m. April, 20. 2018
Director: Roberto Ciulli. Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Performed in German with Hungarian and English subtitles. 3′ 10″ with 1 break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

MAY HE RISE AND SMELL THE FRAGRANCE  – 5 p.m. April, 21. 2018. – Director: Ali Chahrour – Ali Chahrour Társulata, Bejrút, Libanon. In Arabic with Hungarian and English subtitles. 1H without break – Kaszás Attila Stage

TSESHO – WHAT’S THAT? Puppet cabaret – 8 p.m. April, 21. 2018. – Director: Troitskyi Vlad – CCA “Dakh” & Teatr-Pralnia/Laundry Theater, Kiev, Ukrajna. Performed in Ukrainian and English with Hungarian subtitles. 1H without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

József Katona: Ban Bánk – 3 p.m. April, 20. 2018. – Director: Attila Vidnyánszky. National Theater – Budapest- Hungary. 2′ 20″ without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

PINOCCHIIO  – Director: Antonio Latella – 7 p.m. April, 22. 2018.- Carlo Collodě’s novel by Antonio Latella, Federico Bellini, Linda Dalisi – Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa, Italy – In Italian with the Hungarian and English subtitles. 2′ 50″ with 1 break – Main Stage

Jalila Baccar – Fadhel Jaïbi: VIOLENCE(S) – 7 p.m. April, 23. 2018. – Director: Fadhel Jaïbi
Tunesian National Theater, Tunis, Tunesia – Performed in Arabic with Hungarian and English subtitles. 1′ 50″ without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

Pierre Beaumarchais: The Marriage of Figaro – 7 p.m. April, 24. 2018. -Director: Sardar Tagirovsky – National Theater Budapest Hungary with 2 breaks – Main Stage

LOVE SONGS BEYOND SPACE AND TIME – BY BAULS OF BENGAL – 6 p.m. April, 25. 2018. – Director: Parvathy Baul – The Group of Parvathy Baul – India – 2Hs without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

Matei Vișniec: MIGRAAANTS – Or There’s Too Many People on this Damn Boat – 4 p.m. April, 26. 2018. – Director: Zalán Zakariás – Tomcsa Sándor Theater – Odorheiu Secuiesc Romania – Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles. 1′ 50″ without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

August Kitzberg: THE WHEREWOLF – 7 p.m. April, 26. 2018. -Director: Sergey Potapov
R.A.A.A.M. Theater – Tallinn – Estonia – Performed in Estonian with simultaneous interpretation in Hungarian and English. – 2′ 25″ with 1 break – Main Stage

Compania Sincara (after Cervantes): DON Q – Fragments of a Knight’s Tale – 5 p.m. April, 27. 2018. – Director: Rico Dietzmeyer / Compania Sincara – Compania Sincara Cammerspiele Leipzig Germany – Performed in German with Hungarian and English subtitles. – 1′ 10″, without break – Kaszás Attila Stage

Danilo Kiš: A TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH – 8 p.m. April, 27. 2018. – Director: Aleksandar Popovski – Novi Sad Theater Novi Sad Serbia – Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles.
1H 30″ without break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

Homer: THE ILIAD  – 7 p.m. April, 28. 2018. – Director: Jernej Lorenci – Slovenian National Theater (SNT) Drama Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Theater, Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubjana, Slovenia – Performed in Slovenian with Hungarian and English subtitles. – 3Hs with 1 break – Main Stage

Anton. P. Chekhov: IVANOV – 6 p.m. April, 29. 2018. – Director: Eimuntas Nekrošius
Croatiian National Theater Zagreb – Performed in Croatian with Hungarian and English subtitles – 3′ 30″ with 1 break – Gobbi Hilda Stage

Tickets: jegy@nemzetiszinhaz.hu

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30 Jan

Hungary’s history upon an oyster egg by Ms Kati Zsigóné

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The Country’s Oyster Egg is a storytelling egg that presents the Hungarian history.

Ms. Kati Zsigóné –  special and valuable eggshell designer. In 2009, in Dubai  was chosen the world’s top five best egg decorators!

Ms. Kati Zsigóné  is the best of the kind egg folk art producer in Europe.

Showed on Tuesday at a press conference the “Country’s Egg” – Ms. Kati Zsigóné folk artist, “The Queen of Egg Decoration” – “The Bunny  on Hungary”. She is also chosen member of the British Encyclopedia.

The Oyster Egg tells us it clearly and intelligibly folk art through figures, motives, images, signs.

Has been completed the Country’s Egg! It is a unique piece of work of art, this craft wonder which was first shown to the press staff at the press meeting this Tuesday.Said by the artist, no intention to present it elsewhere. Her main intention is to offer this Oyster Egg to the Hungarian State, to enrich Hungary’s treasures and artistic values.

The ostrich egg were from an ostrich farm on Hungarian soil. The extra-large oyster egg was selected by the own hand of the Hungarian folk artist.

It communicates the past and present of Hungary in 79 stages and thoughts. Worked for one year to create on this special oyster egg the Country’s Egg. During the creation 11 different techniques were used, which are unique in the world as well. In addition to others, gold carvings, golden horseshoe carvings and miniature points can be seen. The motifs, images and signs on the Country’s Egg,  showing through our ancestors, tell us the history of the Hungarians.

 

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30 Jan

Giorgio Pressburger (1937-2017) – document screening – Italian Cultural Insitution

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Monday, 6 p.m. FEBRUARY, 5. 2018.

Special event screening – remembering Giorgio Pressburger (1937-2017)

Mauro Caputo’s: Message for the Century 2013.

Federico Fellini Hall – Italian Cultural Institute

District, VIII. 8. Bródy Sándor Street – Budapest

Participants in the film: Viviana de Grisogono Pressburger, Mauro Caputo and many other shows the adventurous life of a recent writer, director, playwright and journalist, one of the most prominent figure in Italian and international cultural life through the major historical events that have changed the history and which personally affected the protagonist with great influence on his life and his works. There are historical events in the movie, such as the Second World War, the Jewish Holocaust (Shoah), the 1956 Hungarian revolution, the Cold War, which Pressburger speaks about in Trieste through a long interview at nice place venues as: at the Rossetti Film Festival where he began his theatrical directorial career and in the cafeteria “Storico Caffè San Marco”, where he recalled with his friend Claudio Magris the past times and their fruitful cultural cooperation. Fifty minutes of the film features film details, contemporary photographs and newspapers featuring Alfredo Lacosegliaz‘s sensational music and Claudio Magris’s friendly contribution.

Pressburger’s previous films: The Clock of Monaco, The Fragrance of Time of Fables, Behind the Dark, Calderón.  Awards: Campiello Prize at Selección Especial del Jurado, silver tape for documentaries: Career Award. Markings: Premio Campiello

The screening is in original language with english subtitles

Enter: Free, but mandatory reservation is needed: iicbudapest@esteri.it

 

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29 Jan

Music pearls – Matthias Church – Charity Concert for the Affiliates Association

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Tuesday,  February, 13. 2018.

7.30 p.m.

Four fantastic artists for a good cause – Szabolcs Szamosi -organ and his friends: Márta Sebestyén – vocals, László Dés- saxophone and Sigmund Groven – harmonica  charity concert  at theMatthias Church organized by Philharmonic Hungary. The proceeds of the concert are offered for the benefit of the Affiliates Association.

The Affected Parent Association has undertaken the support of its cancer, leukemia and healing children and their parents, their families and their effective advocacy. The latest initiative of the association is the Chain of the Affair, a necklace of pearls that show the stalls of the treatment of children. Each pearl symbolizes an injection, blood sampling, and examination. This is a unique chain of artists, who symbolize courage, strength, endurance, and their musical pearls.

Tickets  price: 5 900HUF  and are available at Filharmónia Hungary’s Budapest office – District, IX,  10-12.  Páva Street and/or  through the http://www.jegymester.hu

Further information:  +36 1 302 4961

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27 Jan

The 68th India Day in Budapest -2018.

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On the 26th of January is a milestone of India celebrating from 1950 when laid the foundation of the largest democratise of the World. India in the last decade was witness the fastest growing economics in the World.

The event started with the two countries anthem, and ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Ambassador Rahul Chhabra , and presentations by VIP personals. More than  350 guests attended the  celebration.

Thereafter, spoke about highlighting the strengthening of bilateral relations, even tough the two country is divided by two continents. These are especially in the field of Economic cooperation, education exchange programs. India and Hungary is engaged in promoting excellent relationship within culture exchanges. From India over 300 student exchanges to Hungary and 35 Hungarians are studying at various fields in India.

After the official presentations was brought the glimpses of Indian classical traditional music and dance that is the art of dance full of poetry, cross exuberant joy.

Introducing the dancers was from Amrita Shergil Cultural Center by Indian Cultura and Traditional Yoga Expert  Ms. Ankita Sood (deputed by Indian Government as Yoga & Teacher of Indian Culture to spread Yoga Awareness across Hungary & Bosnia.) … Dancers: Ms Saumya Shukla, Kathak Teacher & Performer – Amrita Shergil Cultural Center with Ms Vishakha Kumar Bisht & Shreya Seshan.

Flower Children, Indian Parent’s children staying in Hungary and are regular kathak students at the center: Aadvita,Hridaya, Neetika, Karnika, Snikita, Aananya, Utsav, Srinidhi (All these  children are regular kathak students at the center).

Pt. Rajesh Gangani on Tabla (Teacher & Performer)

Mr Szabolch Tóth on Sitar  (Teacher & Performer)

A grand Reception/Dinner was organized at Hotel Kempinski Corvinus -Budapest, whereas followed by serving of a sumptuous Indian dinner. More than 350 guests attended the function.

A peek into the evenings Indian classical traditional dancing:

 

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27 Jan

VOODOO PAPA & DONGÓ / RIPOFF RASKOLNIKOV DUO

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February, 2. 2018.

8 p.m.

Voodoo Papa & Dongó
Blues, gospel, country, Hungarian folk

Fonó Music Hall

Dstrict, XI.,  3. Sztregova Street – Budapest

 

Szert Zsigmond and Fejér Simon Pál’s harmonica, drum, guitar and voice – seem offhand like the usual line-up for a band. But when Hungarian folk music’s iconic figure Szokolay Dongó Balázs joins their duo, a special blend of electric blues and Hungarian folk is born in a new formation: Voodoo Papa & Dongó.

Ripoff Raskolnikov … At the age of 18 Ripoff Raskolnikov set out for the world and travelled all over Europe as a street musician. From the beginning European folk music interested him, then gradually he became more and more influenced by songwriters with roots in American folklore, such as Bob Dylan, Tom Waits or even the music of the Rolling Stones. This iconic stage personality played in Hungary the first time in November 1987. Since then he has performed here countless times. Hungary is even one of his homes. His last album “Odds And Ends” was released in 2016. His songs cover the complete spectrum of human emotion: love, journey, everyday problems, desire, loss, quest for beauty and hunger for life. This evening he performs in a duo.

Source: Fonó Music Hall

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25 Jan

The Babadook – psychological horror/drama – Premiere Pólus Cinema – Budapest

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The Babadook was initially not a strong commercial success in Australia and was given a limited release in art house theatres.

First feature film from director Jennifer Kent.

A brief insight into the film… “Amelia Vanek is a troubled and exhausted widow who has brought up her six-year-old son Samuel alone. Her late husband, Oskar, was killed in a car accident that occurred as he drove Amelia to the hospital during her labour. Sam begins displaying erratic behaviour: he becomes an insomniac and is preoccupied with an imaginary monster, against which he has built weapons to fight. Amelia is forced to pick up her son from school after Sam brings one of the weapons there. One night, Sam asks his mother to read a pop-up storybook:” Mister Babadook” …

The film was primarily shot in Adelaide, South Australia, with most of the interior shots filmed on a soundstage in the Australian city

Wish to know more, catch up with the movie at the premiere screenings of the film to be held on January, 31. at 7.30 p.m. in Pólus Cinema.

District, XV., 131 Szentmihályi Road – Budapest.

The film will be shown in Hungarian at other cinemas from the 1st of  February, in the original language with Hungarian subtitles.

The film’s global premiere was in January 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival. The film then received a limited theatrical release in Australia in May, 2014, following a screening in April, 2014 at the Stanley Film Festival. In Singapore, the film was released on September 25. 2014. The film opened in the United Kingdom for general release on October, 17. 2014, and in the United States on 28 November, 28. 2014. After the international premiere, many critics cried the horror film of the year.

Horror film lovers …  with some delay coming to Hungary, but that does not go away from the fact that it is a complex, mature, and intelligent film that was very much in need of the horror genre.

Will be on show in Budapest in Pólus Cinema, in Csepel Kultik Cinema and in Art + Cinema, and will be screened at most county seats throughout the country: Budapest Boulevard Cinema 02.02.07. 2018.
Pápa, Petőfi Cinema 02.01.-02.07.2018.
Komárom, Jókai Cinema 02.01.-02.06.2018.
Ajkai Cinema 02.02, 03, 05, 07.2018.
Hódmezővásárhely 02.02, 03, 05, 07.2018.
Cinema of Szentes 02.02, 03, 05, 07.2018.
Pécs, Uránia Cinema 02.02, 03, 05, 07.2018.
Salgótarján, Apolló Cinema 02.08, 09-12.2018.
Szeged, Downtown Movie Theater 02.08.2018.
Sárospatak, Patak Cinema 02.09.2018.
Sátoraljaújhely, Latabár Cinema 02.23.24.2018.
Balassagyarmat, Madách Miniplex 01, -07.2018.
Berettyóújfalu Károly Makk Film Theater 02.05-07.2018.
Celldömölk, KMKK Art Cinema 02.05-08.2018.
Kiskunhalas, Halasi Cinema 02.02.03.03.05.2018.
Jászberény Lehel Film Theater 02.08-14.2018.
Szolnok TiszapART Cinema 02.22-28.2018.

The film is supported by the Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

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24 Jan

Hungexpo Travel  Exhibition – 2018 – Budapest

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District, X., 10. Albertirsai Road

March, 1-4. 2018.

Hungary’s number one tourism fair, as always, will be held in the early spring period at the Hungexpo Budapest Fair Center.

For 50 years, Hungexpo Ltd. has been a key figure of the Central-Eastern European exhibition hosting market.

In 2018, will continue the series and will focus on travel-related subject matters, the development of personal relationships and alternative information acquisition methods.

The other significant goal of the Travel 2018 event is increasing the number of visitors by focusing on experiences, accordingly present interesting opinion-shaping travel-related events, travel methods and trips full of ideas for the general audience. Opinion-shapers and bloggers with a sizeable audience will make appearances on stage in front of the general audience in travel-related subjects. Throughout their lectures will conjure up the experience of vacationing and limitless freedom for visitors.

The first day of the Travel 2018 exhibition will be devoted solely to tourism experts. The themes are focused on the subject of digital tourism, providing Hungarian digital start-ups with a chance to introduce themselves as well as to summarize the experiences on the use of social media tools for tourism purposes. Will also be devoting special attention to the situation of the labor market in the tourism industry.

Also on Friday, we’ll be awaiting visits from students attending specialist training. For the first time this year, on this day we’ll be establishing a Professional Student Project  with the Metropolitan University as our partner. The students will be developing various tourism themes over the course of a semester which they can present to professionals at the Travel 2018 exhibition. The event is a superb forum and also a test of sorts during which we’ll be connecting employers with employees. The Job Fair hosted on Friday serves the same purpose.

Basic source: Hungexpo

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