The restaurants, in turn, benefit from increased business and name recognition. 15% of the proceeds from the sales of the card will be donated to the Hungarian Red Cross, to fund that organization’s humanitarian work through Hungary.

“We’re very excited to bring the Haszon Kartya concept to the gastronomy market in Budapest,” said Alex Van Damme, one of the founders of TableFree KFT. “We know the card brings wonderful benefits to restaurants that get to enjoy increased promotion, public exposure, and customer turnover through the TableFree restaurant marketing platform.

We at TableFree are very proud that the Red Cross has accepted to be our charitable partner for this new project. In this way, diners and restaurants who participate in the Haszon Kartya program can take pride in knowing they are supporting a range of worthy causes through the Hungarian Red Cross, which benefit the entire country.”

„It is a great pleasure for us that well known names of the gastronomic market can also join the circle of supporting partners” – emphasized István Kardos, Director General of the Hungarian Red Cross at the press conference in Marriott on Wednesday. “The donations will help us improve food supply of people who lost their homes. As part of our social support system, we provide around 700 000 portions of food a year to vulnerable people. Food prices are increasing year by year, the situation of our social support institutions is getting harder, we have to find alternative methods of financing.“ – the Director General said.

The organizers had nice surprises for the participants of the press conference. György Kozmann, famous Olympic champion in canoeing was present, who took part in a spectacular gastro-show, cooking together with Antal Harsányi and József Tamás, chefs of Marriott Hotel.

About “Haszon Kártya” – benefit card

The Haszon Kartya will entitle the bearer to enjoy discounts of 20% to 50% at Budapest’s top restaurants for a full year from the date of purchase. This means that many diners will recover the price of the card after only one or two meals at participating restaurants, allowing them to save significant amounts of money over the course of the year.

The restaurants that have chosen to participate in the Haszon Kartya program currently include Takebayashi Restaurant, Central Bistro, Spinoza Café, Marquis de Salade, Chez Daniel, Bistro 181 Provence, Don Leone, Mechwart Bisztro, XO Bistro, Vén Hajó, Tacos Locos, Riso, Peppers Marriott, Paris-Budapest Restaurant, Oleo Pazzo Courtyard Marriott, nU Bisztro, Negro Restaurant, Nádor Magyaros Bor étterem, Margit Kert étterem, Krizia Ristorante, Kaltenberg restaurant, Fuji Japanese restaurant, Café Dorottya, Bocanova Étterem, Chagall Café and Restaurant, Borssó Bisztro, and Café Alibi.

These restaurants include some of the top dining options in Budapest, and span most of the national cuisines available in the city. In order to participate, restaurants are required to give a discount of at least 20%, and many restaurants choose to give even larger discounts. Each restaurant receives promotion and publicity from TableFree in return for its participation in the discount program.

Part of the Haszon Kártya income

will get to Hungarian Red Cross, the largest and widely respected civil organization in Hungary.

TableFree Kft. was founded in 2011. Its main web site, tablefree.hu, allows diners to make online reservations at over 130 Budapest restaurants, and sees over 100.000 visitors per year. Its Facebook page has over 15.000 fans. TableFree arranges the popular Ettermi Napok event twice a year.

The price of the card is Huf 5000 as a launch price. People will immediately see that it will only take 2 visits to a restaurant in 1 year and you they are already winning money! And on top of that, every card holder is supporting the Hungarian Red Cross!

More information at: www.haszonkartya.hu and www.voroskereszt.hu

Source: TableFree Kft.