Hotspot in Leiden: De Buurt

6-7-2016

  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP
  • De Buurt LeidenPhotocredits: Buro JP

Dutch city Leiden has a new hotspot in the city for the upcoming three months. De Buurt (the neighbourhood) recently opened next to Leiden Central station. A place where art, culture, food and fashion meet. lees verder

Trends we spotted this week – week 26

1-7-2016

  • Trends in het kort

At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, world’s longest tunnel slide, moringa superfood and a new creation by Sergio Herman.

If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading! lees verder

Glass slide at a height of 300 meters

27-6-2016

The highest building of Chicago has a new crazy attraction, the ‘Skyslide’. At a height of at least 300 meters they developed a glass slide with a length of 14 meters. lees verder

Saunagondel

10-6-2016

Saunagondel, the mobile four-person electric sauna designed by industrial designer Toni Egger and communication expert Felix Tarantik. It  was introduced at the world’s largest fair for design in Milan, Italy in April 2016, the “Salone del Mobile”. lees verder

Youth Food Movement asks for food education

9-6-2016

The Youth Food Movement thinks it should be mandatory to educate every child of the Netherlands about food. Awareness of food, harvest, learning to cook and healthy food at all schools. From the idea of having the right on good, healthy food and that they deserve to learn at an early age what is healthy. You can sign the petition at their website and join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #voedselonderwijs. We support this initiative and are convinced that there are a lot of chefs that could help with cooking classes on schools. lees verder

Innovations for bicycle tours

1-6-2016

Dutch people often jump on their bikes and go for a small tour. The network of cycling routes are continually improved. Fietsnetwerk.nl complements the Dutch cycling route system. Lately, the 1000th cycling node owner joined the Fietsnetwerk.nl network. As a result, hospitality businesses and attractions are more visible and accessible, which is beneficial for cyclists. Fietsnetwerk.nl uses the latest innovations to make sure cyclists get the right locations, on the right time in the right places. lees verder

La Cité du Vin: Wine theme park in in France

31-5-2016

In Bordeaux, France a new theme park will be opening on June 1st. In La Cité du Vin, which means “the city of wine”, both children and adults will have fun! lees verder

Skyline Chicago – cable car plans revealed in Chicago

12-5-2016

At the website of Designboom we spotted the initial plans for a network of cable cars connecting Chicago’s city centre. Will these Skyline cable cars replace the hop-on hop-off busses in Chicago in the future? It could become Chicago’s unique feature like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the London Eye. lees verder

Scary cakes that nobody wants to eat

6-5-2016

Looking for an original cake for your birthday? Katherine Dey can help you with that! This nurse from New York has a very special hobby. She makes scary cakes based on her experiences as a nurse. lees verder

Co-creation affects the guest journey

3-5-2016

Lennert Rietveld senior counsellor at van Spronsen & Partners hospitality consultancy gave an inspiration session last month about co-creation. In this blog an insight into this session; which shows that the focus during events is shifting to influencing the guest journey!

The inspiration session for 80 event organizers showed powerful examples of co-creation. The presentation focused on compelling examples from entrepreneurs working together to improve the visitor experience. Everything is evolving around the guest journey. A good example is the initiative of the Dutch amusement park the Efteling to develop an app in co-creation with a Belgian company. They offer their visitors a lot more experience around their visit of the Efteling through ‘mixed reality’ and smartphones. Brilliant for kids, for example at the route app a witch voice gives directions.

A couple of other examples from the inspiration session around co-creation:

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