Trends we spotted | Week 31
6-8-2021
At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about hotel Paradiso, the new cinema hotel in Paris. Each room is a cinema with screens and 10,000 movie titles. We love to order room service here, dialing 007 of course. And AI software company Acelerate provides next level of service for restaurants and ghost kitchens.
Leap™ is created by Beyond Leather based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their vegan leather would be a great product to create aprons from to use in a sustainable restaurant! MeaTech, a technology company specialized in cultured meat, announced the launch of cultivated pork development.
Our Dutch painter Van Gogh is very popular digitally at the moment, with the ‘Beyond Van Gogh’ show in Anaheim, the ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ in Hollywood and the same immersive in London as well.
Los Angeles brunch dons Eggslut are set to launch a brand new restaurant in Shoreditch this summer and what better way to celebrate than by creating a rather imposing-looking edible breakfast cloud.
In July SMiZE Cream by Tyra Banks launched with nationwide shipping and the grand opening of its first-ever ice cream shop location in Los Angeles. Do you know the meaning of SMiZe? We didn’t!
In Hong Kongthe first CBD spa, Cannable opened . Here they offer an array of CBD-infused treatments to promote comfort and peace of mind. And also in Hong Kong ‘Dang Wen Li by Dominique Ansel’, check out the images of the Peanut Beef Satay and the sea salt croissant in this article.
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‘Chick-in’ and enjoy a staycation at the House of Harland
6-8-2021
KFC is offering fans the opportunity to book an exclusive one-night KFC themed staycation in the House of Harland. Located in London, each room is filled with delicious details, from a private cinema room, to a Finger Lickin’ ‘Press For Chicken’ button and Hot Winger Arcade Machine. It’s no secret that 11 herbs and spices make things all the more tasty, so in celebration of the lucky number, House of Harland will be open for 11 nights between the 18th – 29th August. And because they love a theme, rooms are available to book exclusively on Hotels.com from 11am on 11th August for just £111 per room per night (see what they did there!?), with 100% of proceeds going towards the KFC Foundation.
We’ve spotted hotel takeovers like this before, including one by Nutella in Nappa Valley, the Taco Bell hotel in Palm Springs, and even a Barbie® House on Airbnb. To celebrate Barbie’s 60th Birthday! It remains a fun way to work together and usually it is combined with a good cause.
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A new Italian Fine Dining Restaurant in the Netherlands | Restaurant AROMA
3-8-2021
Disclaimer: this article is more interesting for Dutchies.
Opening – Top chef Jacob Jan Boerma has sold his 3-Michelin star restaurant De Leest to Jan Leune, a Dutch entrepreneur from Italy. Together with chef Pasquale Carfora and hostess and wine connoisseur Elisa Leune, Jan Leune opens his new Italian Fine Dining Restaurant AROMA. Jacob Jan Boerma will remain involved as an advisor for the time being.
Restaurant AROMA will probably open in September, we wish the chef, Elisa and Jan Leune lots of success at this special location. Judging by the experience of Pasquale Carfora, gained, among other restaurants in restaurant La Pergola (***) in the Hilton Waldorf Astoria in Rome, the Netherlands is getting a top culinary Italian restaurant. We’re curious! And if you are still looking for a job in the kitchen or waiting staff, they are still looking for people.
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MOOY Bakery in Antwerp | Your ‘stairways to sweet treat heaven’
3-8-2021
Disclaimer: this article is more interesting for Dutchies and those living in Belgium.
Opening in Antwerp – With MOOY Bakery, the popular pink lunch spot ‘MOOY Food & Drinks’ is introducing a completely new concept across the street from the current store. Here they serve milkshakes, cupcakes, cake slices and fancy sweet & savory toasts! All sweet tooths can gather here! Owner Yana Lamon starts with one establishment, with the aim of being able to expand it later or even develop it as a franchise concept. The stairway to sweet treat heaven? You can climb it from this summer at the Lombardenvest 33 in Antwerp.
Looking at the images, the concept reminds us a bit of the very popular and Instagrammable EL&N cafes in London. And if MOOY Bakery will be as busy as this chain is in London, it can expand quickly! Nice to visit if you go shopping with friends in Antwerp. The cake slices look deliciously sweet!
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Trends we spotted | Week 30
30-7-2021
At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about the Why Waste series of Massimo Bottura & Co on Fine Dining Lovers and in August a Monopoly-inspired bar will open in London, in the same building as Monopoly Lifesized.
European fintech giant Revolut is jumping into the travel industry. The London-based firm launched a new feature recently called Stays, which lets users book hotels and other accommodation through its app.
In Paris opened Pinky Bloom at 68 Avenue de New York. A very Instagrammable concept with flowerly decorations and lots and lots of pink! Even in their menu! And Teriyaki Madness opens a restaurant in Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta. They now have 99 locations in the US and 2 in Mexico.
Recipe box service, ‘On The Table’, has recently announced their partnership with digital payment blockchain platform Utrust, making them the first UK food delivery provider to accept cryptocurrency alongside traditional payment methods.
Eli’s Cheesecake in Chicago celebrates ‘national cheesecake day’ with citywide treasure hunt and free cheesecake! A great way to celebrate a lot of things! Check out how in the article. And At Dominique Ansel’s Workshop you can buy eight varieties of croissants and follow a workshop in the test kitchen! , including one stuffed with Black forest ham and fontina cheese, and topped with melted Gruyere; rethinking the breakfast sandwich!
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Trends we spotted | Week 29
23-7-2021
At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about a cake ATM in the Harrah’s Hotel and Casino and the posthumous film ‘Roadrunner’ about the life of Anthony Bourdain that has been shown in theaters nationwide since July 16 before heading to streaming on HBO Max and CNN.
Comfort food in a cone, Van Leeuwen ice cream and Kraft debut ‘mac and cheese’-flavored ice cream, inspiration for other ice cream parlors? And in Paris the Dream Factory will create immersive cinema, with as credo, ‘stop watching, start living’!
Board game Monopoly will come to life in a brand new immersive show launching in London on 14 August 2021, at Monopoly Lifesized. And we will get a ‘Fabrique des Lumières’ in Amsterdam, this new digital art center will open its doors in April 2022.
Just Salad introduced the Zero Foodprint Salad to support regenerative agriculture and Yard Bar in Austin is also a dog park, our ‘office friend’, dog Jimmy, would love to play there!
The first branch of fast food chain Chick&Cheez opened in Liège, serving original recipes fried chicken and sauces based on cheese. A new challenger on the fast food market in Belgium. And from 2024 the French startup Midnight Trains will start offering ‘hotel rooms on rails’ to travel by night from Paris to different European cities. Comfortable and a more sustainable way of travelling within Europe.
Deliverect launches their ‘Hidden Gems’ contest to support small and midsize restaurants, find out how you can participate.
New urban location of restaurant chain Hudson in The Hague South
22-7-2021
Disclaimer: this article is more interesting for Dutchies
Opening – The Hague South is pleased to welcome the largest restaurant of the Hudson family. The tenth branch of this successful dining sensation inspired by American cuisine opens here. Where Barn47 used to be – known as a popular event location – you will now find a restaurant where you can go all day for every restaurant moment. Whether it’s a play date with your girlfriend and your kids, or a drink after work with colleagues.
Already the tenth location of this popular and fast-growing restaurant chain since 2009. Hudson The Hague South is also their largest location! The urban vibe of New York has spread through the Netherlands, they started in the Statenkwartier in The Hague, and have restaurant in Zoetermeer, Leiden, Almere, Voorschoten and Rotterdam! Popular amongst locals and expats.
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Tavolino’s summer terrace with ITALICUS | Capri by the river in London
20-7-2021
This Thursday 22nd July, Tavolino, the Italian restaurant in the heart of London Bridge, will launch their summer terrace in partnership with award-winning modern Italian Aperitivo ITALICUS. The 100-seater terrace will be transformed into Capri by the river, with dishes and drinks inspired by the Italian coast.
Another example for a partnership to create a summer terrace, we spotted a couple of those summer terraces in London and Amsterdam as well, like pop-up Piazza by the Pier and café Bloesem! We wonder when we will see cocktails with this aperitivo ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto at the terraces in the Netherlands. You can serve ITALICUS as a Spritz or a Negroni Bianco, or create your own cocktail with it. You have to visit the summer terrace Tavolino in London to try the The Alba Chiara blends ITALICUS cocktail or The Dolce Nuvola, sounds delicious to match their Amalfi lemon meringue!
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Illuminarium Experiences in Atlanta | A ‘VR, without the glasses’ experience
16-7-2021
Recently opened Illuminarium Experiences in Atlanta, its first venue worldwide. It opened July 1st on Atlanta’s BeltLine with WILD: a safari experience, immersing guests in the splendour of Africa’s most exotic animals. This new tech-driven entertainment experience enables visitors to see, hear, feel, smell and affect experiences they only dream about through state-of-the-art technologies. Following Atlanta, Illuminarium will open in Las Vegas at AREA 15 in January 2022 and in Miami, at Mana in the Wynwood Arts District, in fall 2022. Other North American locations under consideration are New York City, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles and Austin, with plans to create a global footprint in the world’s leading international destinations.
It made us think of experiencing the art of Vincent van Gogh at the L’Atelier des Lumières in Paris or the art at the NXT Museum in Amsterdam. But then it would be more like immersing yourself in experiences like the Safari or their next experience the ‘SPACEWALK’. A new way of visiting exciting places or would you prefer to immerse yourself in their nightlife experience?
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Trends we spotted | Week 28
15-7-2021
At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about naughty treats, like dick- and vagina shaped waffles, spotted at La Quequetterie in Paris and Zizi Factory in London. And Ralph’s Tavern in Worcester, Massachusetts accepted Monopoly money!
The recently opened Restaurant Matū in Beverly Hills exclusively offers 100% grass-fed Wagyu beef, not a steakhouse but a real steak restaurant! And a great ad from Visit Norway: ‘You don’t need to be a billionaire to visit space’.
The Uffizi museum has moved to Elba Island, with their first exhibition is about artworks that narrate Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. A celebration of the bicentenary death of Napoleon by the Uffizi Diffusi project.
Happy hour at the SPA at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas is a bit different then you might expect, inspiration for wellness centers. And opening later this year in Barcelona, the three-story restaurant Jacqueline, concept inspired by the muse of Picasso. We’re curious!
Eco-luxury oasis 1 Hotel Toronto will open in downtown Toronto on August 4. The mission-driven, sustainable, luxury hospitality brand is now accepting reservations. And an article about foraged cocktails, rewilded bars turning to nature for their cocktail inspiration. With inspiration from Visit Sweden.
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