Hospitality, Culture and Regeneration: Urban Decay, Entrepreneurship and the ‘Ruin’ Bars of Budapest

Peter Lugosi, David Bell and Krisztina Lugosi
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Peter Lugosi: Peter Lugosi is in the School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Dorset House, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK, plugosi@bournemouth.ac.uk
David Bell: David Bell is in the School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK, d.j.bell@leeds.ac.uk
Krisztina Lugosi: Krisztina Lugosi is in the School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Dorset House, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK, krisztina.lugosi@ntlworld.com

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 14, 3079-3101

Abstract: This paper considers the relationships between hospitality, culture and urban regeneration through an examination of rom (ruin) venues, which operate in dilapidated buildings in Budapest, Hungary. The paper reviews previous work on culture and urban regeneration in order to locate the role of hospitality within emerging debates. It subsequently interrogates the evolution of the rom phenomenon and demonstrates how, in this context, hospitality thrives because of social and physical decay in urban locations, how operators and entrepreneurs exploit conflicts among various actors involved in regeneration and how hospitality may be mobilised purposefully in the regeneration process. The paper demonstrates how networked entrepreneurship maintains these operations and how various forms of cultural production are entangled and mobilised in the venues’ hospitality propositions.

Date: 2010
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