Foodtruck festival Haarlem
25-7-2013
The first edition of ‘Proefpark Haarlem’ will take place on 23, 24 and 25 August in Haarlem, the Netherlands. This festival is focused on food trucks, moving restaurants, chef cooks as artists, local produce and children festivities. Several moving restaurants will offer tastings and visitors are inspired to cook and eat more conscious and adventurous. The program includes cooking battles, cooking demonstrations of famous chef cooks from Haarlem and mini cooking workshops for children.
Douwe Egberts rewards yawns
24-7-2013
Douwe Egberts surprised travelers at the South African OR Tambo International Airport with a cup of coffee in a special way. The coffee machine has a special facial recognition program which treated yawning people with a cup of coffee. Douwe Egberts rewarded more than 210 yawns with a cup of coffee. I would like to see this coffee machine at the train stations in the Netherlands, for sure that I will get a cup of coffee when I am on my way to work! ^Laura
The Paris guide to tourists
17-7-2013
Frenchmen have the image that they are often unfriendly to tourists and that they only speak their own language. The French who work in the tourism industry can now read the book ‘Do you speak touriste‘. This booklet is an initiative of CCIR and CRT from Paris and includes information for taxi drivers, restaurant staff and shop workers how to deal with tourists from different countries. The Dutch people often go on vacation in groups, spend an average of € 139,= per day and approximately 55% of the visitors would love to return within one or two years to Paris, according to the booklet.
Nutella web shop
17-7-2013
Nutella is very popular all over the world, but especially in America. The brand has recently opened a web shop in America where you can buy Nutella-related items, except the hazelnut spread itself! Items like t-shirts, coffee cups and smartphone cases are sold in the web shop. Nutella wants to give the fans the opportunity to prove their love to the brand beyond the kitchen. Up to now, the web shop only sends items within the U.S.
Three-course dessert menu
16-7-2013
Restaurant At Sea in Kralendijk, Bonaire has served their dessert in an original way. The restaurant recently offered their dessert in a three-course dessert menu. People who had eaten elsewhere (at home or another restaurant) and the regular guests could enjoy the dessert menu. One of the courses was a tortellini of chocolate and apricots with in vanilla marinated strawberries and vanilla cream. An nice way to introduce guests with the different kinds of desserts.
High Heel Friday
16-7-2013
A great promotion of the Swissotel in Zurich! During the High Heel Friday women get 3% discount on their bill for every centimeter of heel. An original way to give your guests discount on their bill. So lady’s, put on your highest heels!
Heineken Departure Roulette
15-7-2013
Heineken sends travelers to a destination that they have not planned or paid for. Together with agency Wieden & Kennedy New York, the beer brand challenges passengers to play the ‘Departure Roulette’ at Kennedy Airport. Passengers with their passport and tickets already in their hands, could change their flight to an unexpected destination. The ‘Departure Roulette’ is inspired by the new Heineken campaign that previously sent four men to remote destinations and filmed their adventures, launched by Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam.
40 interactive cheeseburger recipes
15-7-2013
A real cheeseburger lover or need inspiration for cheeseburger recipes? The Cheese & Burger Society offers an interactive burger menu with 40 cheeseburger recipes with beautiful and delicious pictures. The Cheese & Burger Society gives an overview of cheeseburgers made with Wisconsin Cheese. So browse through the different burger recipes! Great way to promote your cheeses, we also really enjoyed the American way of presenting the cheeseburgers. We could do the same with all our Dutch cheeses…..
Hilton cocktails
12-7-2013
Hotel chain Hilton shows how to prepare their cocktails via the Youtube channel. Bartenders from several Hilton hotels in the Caribbean show the secret behind their famous cocktails. What about the Piña Colada in the video above or the Hawaiian Eye Cocktail of the Hilton Hawaiian Village®? Bring the tropical atmosphere of Hilton to your home with these cocktails!
Billboard mini appartments
11-7-2013
The Belgian artist Karl Philips has given billboards an extra function with his project ‘The Good, the Bad, the Ugly’. He renovated old trailer billboards into small apartments. Thanks to the ads on the walls of their temporary house the inhabitants earn some money to live in a billboard. The ads also conceal that these billboards are used as apartments. Earlier we’ve spotted billboards used as a bench, a shelter from the rain or a ramp over stairs.
