Make a cup of coffee with your smartphone

6-12-2011

Scanomat created the Topbrewer. With this coffee machine you can make your coffee with your smartphone, from behind your desk. You will never have to wait for coffee anymore. Besides the modern design, the Topbrewer has a self cleaning function. Watch here a movie about the Topbrewer.

Booking website with friends finder

2-12-2011

InBed.me is an online platform where you can book a hostel or Bed & Breakfast to stay on your next trip, and also connect with other travelers that will be staying in the same places during your trip there. You’ll be able to connect, share tips and plan activities together with other travelers and the website is connected with social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Collaboration BISHA Hotel and Lenny Kravitz

30-11-2011

Kravitz Design Inc., lead by Lenny Kravitz, will collaborate with BISHA Hotel to envision an exclusive floor in the hotel, inspired by music, art and travels of Lenny Kravitz. In this way the BISHA Hotel hopes to set a new standard for an elegant and personal boutique hotel and to become internationally known.

Low budget campaign Hans Brinker hotel Amsterdam

11-11-2011

The budget hotel Hans Brinker in Amsterdam placed a movie on Youtube in which he challenges his fans and enemies. When a movie is uploaded and tagged with ‘Hans Brinker Budget Hotel’. You can win 10 euros, which is the value of half a night at the budget hotel. There are no set criteria for the form or content, there is no connection needed between the product and movie. They just want as many views as possible through social media. When uploaded videos are watched over a 1000 times, the uploader receives the price.

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Fairmont teams up with Le Labo

8-11-2011

The luxery hotel chain Fairmont, which operates 60 hotels around the world, announced a partnership with the New York parfumer Le Labo, concerning the in-room amenities. Le Labo’s Rose 31 will form the base of these packages. The “warm, spicy floral and woodsy” products in these packages will include shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion and soap products.

LEED Platinum certificate is goal Hotel Williams

4-11-2011

The historic buildings of South Williamsburg (New York) are soon be put in shade by an ultra modern tower. Oppenheim designed the Williamsburg Hotel to achieve Leed Platinum certification, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED provides a precise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. The hotel wants to realize this by making use of insulation, rainwater collection and renewable energy among other things, by means of solar panels, wind turbines and a geothermic pump.

‘Wordfeud’ the battle in Hotel Casa 400

3-11-2011

De digital version of the game Scrabble, named Wordfeud, is a real hype. The game offers users the opportunity to battle online against another player, with the possibility to chat. Hotel Casa 400 sees this as an opportunity to organize ‘Wordfeud the Battle’ on Thursday 17 November. Guests can register through the Facebook page of the hotel: facebook.com/hotelcasa400amsterdam

Menu for the future gourmets

2-11-2011

Grand Hotel Heiligendamm in Germany now provides a new menu for future gourmets; high quality baby menus. One can choose from a wide range of meat, vegetables, side dishes and sweet ingredients. All ingredients are organic and the menus can be ordered for free, as well in the restaurant, the bars as from the hotel rooms.

Easy Butter

2-11-2011

The Easy Butter enables us to easily use and grate fresh and cold butter directly out of the fridge. The Easy Butter is a true butter rasp with which one obtains an easy spreadable butter. In addition it can be used as decoration.

Hotel De Roode Leeuw celebrates 100 years

24-10-2011

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hotel the Roode Leeuw (Amsterdam) there was a photographer next to the entrance in the weekend of the 15th and 16th of October. Everyone who passed by was asked for a photo in ‘traditional Dutch clothing’. The photos are placed on Facebook, two people can win a night in a double room at the hotel or a dinner for 2 persons in the hotel restaurant after tagging themselves in the photo.

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