Your personal city guide

15-9-2011

The Austrian company Nectar and Pulse offers a new kind of ‘travel guide’. When looking for tips and suggestions of a particular city, they choose a personal guide (as they call it a ‘soulmate’) who gives you tips. This ‘soulmate’ is chosen by similar interests and personalities. This service is currently available for Londen, Vienna and Stockholm.

DrinkWaterBar

15-9-2011

DrinkWaterBar is an idea of Sustainable Dance Club and Project Helder. The goal is to increase the sustainable awareness of using tap water in the hospitality and that it is a good alternative for soda. The value of DrinkWaterBar will be increased by adding flavors, education in water treatment and the experience aspect. Watch the movie.

Fresh fruit hangs in the kitchen

14-9-2011

The fruit basket from Kare Frandsen is suspended from the ceiling. This saves you space on you counter and gives a futuristic touch. An idea for your kitchen?

The 27th letter

14-9-2011

Fair Trade Original introduces a new chocolate character this year, that can be used for the whole family. It’s the letter “&”. On the packing there is space to write a personal message, the Fair Trade qualification benefits cocoa and sugar farmers in Africa and Latin-America. The letter is available from the 15th of October.

Philips internet TV

14-9-2011

Philips has launched the MediaSuite, an internet based television specially for the hotel sector. This tv allows guests to visit the internet without the need of a computer or laptop. The TV offers several applications like Facebook and the weather forecast, but the guests can also browse the internet.

Library at train station

13-9-2011

Recently the first library on a train station (in Dutch Bibliotheek op het station) has opened its doors. This is the first library placed on a train station, specially created for the daily travelers. The travelers can borrow books, magazines and they can go online. In the future more libraries will be opening on train stations in the Netherlands.

New store concept Sluiz in Ibiza

13-9-2011

Sluiz is a new store concept which can be found on Ibiza. This is a warehouse for fashion, lifestyle, living and eating and drinking and is created by the Dutch couple Yvonne and Hans Nuyten. During shopping, an adventured, magical and inspirational feeling will be created.

Bistrot de la Place best French restaurant

13-9-2011

Bistrot de la Place – Chez Norbert in The Hague is proclaimed by the Dutch magazine ‘Leven in Frankrijk’ (Living in France) to Finest French restaurant of the Netherland. This restaurant was chosen of 10 nominees. The restaurant organises on regular base ‘Soirées Chansons Françaises’, where the owners sings French songs, to complete the experience of the evening.

Heinz First Harvest

12-9-2011

There is a clear and professional qualification among the wines. Heinz also has it’s beaujolais primeur now with the ‘Heinz first harvest’. Heinz focusses on the seasons and the freshness of the ketchup with this new bottle. Be quick, there are only 130.000 bottles!

QR-code directs to smoking area

12-9-2011

For the smokers among us it is always a challenge to find a smoking area. The sigaret brand Ronhill comes with QR-codes on their cigarette packs and automaticlly directs the smoker to the closest smoking area.

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