Tapwater in hotels and restaurants
8-3-2010
With the website www.drinkkraanwater.nl Tom Niekamp and Tetsuro Miyazaki are trying to get attention for drinking tap water. Tap water is much better for the environment than bottled water. It saves mountains of waste, and is cheaper. Especially for the hospitality industry it will be difficult to join this trend, as they make money selling bottled water. However, according to the men is also a way for the hospitality entrepreneurs to demonstrate their ‘green’ business.
McDonald’s introduces Dutch burger
5-3-2010
McDonald’s has a new burger since March 2nd: The Dutch Deluxe. Research showed that guests increasingly value the bun, and therefore the burger has a wheatbun. Check out the ad on Youtube!
Cubin waste container
2-3-2010
Cubin is a disposable waste container that can be placed on the table. If guests leave a table, the container and all its contents can be discarded.
Nice marketing idea by icecreamshop
24-2-2010
A Korean icecream shop has created a playful action for his 37th anniversary. On the paper packaging of the ice cream cones is a image of a head, making the ice cream the hair of the head. The inside of the package contained a coupon for a haircut.
Online marketplace voor hotels and restaurants
23-2-2010
The site www.horecavoorhoreca.nl is a Dutch online marketplace for hotels, restaurants and catering entrepreneurs. Here anything can be offered, from inventory to ingredients.
McDonald’s ‘Easy order service’
21-2-2010
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport in The Netherlands is the first airport in Europe that has two ordering colums at the McDonald’s Restaurant in Lounge 3 (behind the passport check). Guests can use a touchscreen for their orders and pay by debit or credit card.
Advertisement on beerpints
21-2-2010
The Hamburger Inn in Ohio has found a creative way to generate additional income. Both the glassware and the menus contain ads from local businesses.
Restaurant for sale?
21-2-2010
Restaurant Klein Paardenburg in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel caused a stir by sending a mailing with the picture above included. Many regular guests contacted the restaurant immediately to ask if the restaurant was for sale. It was a promotional stunt, in cooperation with a real estate broker offering 3 -, 4 – and 5 – course menus. The restaurant itself was ofcourse not for sale.The stunt was created by Lennert Rietveld, Van Spronsen & Partners horeca-advies.
A Piagge Ape as winebar
17-2-2010
This moving winebar is part of Vini Del Monde, which does import Italian wines. This unique converted Piagge Ape can is also available for events, celebrations and parties serving the finest wines.
Domino’s Pizza switches to electric scooters
15-2-2010
After a successful trial in Rotterdam, Domino’s pizza only wants to use electric scooters for pizza delivery within two years. The scooters are less polluting and more quite. The only problem now is that the battery runs-out rather quickly.
