Taxi hotel room

4-7-2012

An inventive taxi driver from London hopes to make some more money during the Olympics. He transformed his taxi into a hotel room, including a single bed, a small fridge, a radio and iPad. However, the hotel guest should take the working hours of the taxi driver into account.

Bees on the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

3-7-2012

Since this spring, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, houses around 250,000 bees. Not only supply these bees honey in a sustainable way to the restaurant, but also aims to help provide pollination to support the city’s recent campaign to plant a million trees over the next decade. Hotel guests can also book a tour on the roof.

Room for Art at Clarion Hotel Stockholm

27-6-2012

The Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden accepts self-made art as a form of payment for a two person stay overnight. Check the conditions at their site. Although we have seen more promotions like this, we still think it raises more attention then just offering budget deals!

Kikkerpret swimming classes at Kos and Ibiza

27-6-2012

Dutch swimming school Kikkerpret organizes swimming classes at Kos and Ibiza. Children from three to twelve years old can get their A, B of C swimming certificate during their vacation.

BookDifferent

26-6-2012

BookDifferent is a non-profit foundation which operates worldwide and supports many charities. By booking a hotelroom, 50% will be donated to a chosen charity. BookDifferent is collaborating with Booking.com.

Lindner hotel kidnaps holiday

21-6-2012

The Lindner hotels in Germany have ‘kidnapped’ vacations from June 22 till September 7 By the theme: Wir haben Ihren Urlaub. The ‘kidnapped’ rooms are available after the ‘ransom’ is payed. During this period every participating Lindner Hotel has a few rooms for a low fare available.

Around the plate

21-6-2012

At Horecatrends.com we regularly organize trend presentations. Recently we were invited by Our Common Food to inspire the teams. Take a look at the (Dutch) Prezi presentation here.

Hotel for woman only

20-6-2012

The Hostelle woman hotel is built in the old headquaters of the Bijenkorf/Hema. Bianca Brasdorp is responsible for the design of the rooms, she focuses mainly on the age group between 16 and 55 years old. In the hotel you will find graffiti, large QR codes on canvas with information about the art museums in Amsterdam. A Chinese room, a Marie Antoinette room and a pink bathroom with a Hello-Kitty-toilet. In short, a real woman domain.

Conference for hospitality businesses

20-6-2012

The conference Meerwaarde 2.0 is only available in Dutch.

LED dance floor

19-6-2012

Hotel Post Plaza in the Netherlands (Leeuwarden) features this trendy LED dance floor.

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