It’s cool to be a dishwasher
31-5-2010
Star Chef Jilt of restaurant “De Vlindertuin” in The Netherlands has respect for each link in his company. So he found that the most underestimated place, the dishwashing area, had to be converted into the coolest spot of his restaurant.
Ice cream shop uses RFID
31-5-2010
100 flavors in your assortment, but only 32 simultaneously in your store. How do you make clear to your customers which flavors are available? Izzy’s ice cream provided each ice bucket with a RFID tag, which is read the moment it’s put at the counter. The tag contains information about the taste, production date, and more. The information is directly adjusted on both the ice cream menu and the website. So guests will always know which flavors are available.
Be careful when tanning
29-5-2010
Nivea introduced a sunindicator to responsibly enjoy the sun. This iPhone application tells you how and where you can enjoy the sun best, based on your skin type and the UV strength at your location. In addition, the timer indicates how long you still can enjoy the sun.
Social Media Bars in Johannesburg
29-5-2010
Johannesburg has 2 exclusive bars where online social media are combined with hospitality. You must be invited online to have access to one of the two locations. At the locations one will find touch screens mounted in the tables, on which one can use the internet. But one can also make contact with another tables.
Green Champs-Elysees
28-5-2010
The famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, where normally a thousands of cars a day pass by, has been temporarily transformed into a giant garden. On the day of biodiversity a farmers’ organization has turned the street in a garden of 1.2 kilometers long. Over 800.000 people visited the garden.
Birth tourism in the USA
26-5-2010
According to the constitution, whoever is born on U.S. soil automatically is an American citizen. This causes increasing “birth tourism”. Hotel Marmara is responding to this by offering facilities before and after childbirth. Rooms are rented by the month, including cradles, airport transfers and a gift for the mother.
Hello Kitty wine
25-5-2010
The little cartoon cat Kitty has become a real woman and now has her own wine label. And not without success, this wine is sold in Singapore, USA, Russia and England. The wine comes from the vineyards of Lombardy, a Pinot noir grape, in northern Italy.
Invest in chocolate
25-5-2010
Rather than borrowing money from the bank, Hotel Chocolat wants to borrow money from customers. When you invest in “Hotel Chocolat” shares, you will receive your interest in chocolate. With an investment of £ 2000,= people get a chocoladebox, worth £ 107.70, six times a year.
Decant and pur wine at the same time
24-5-2010
The Italian designers of Acquacalda have the ideal solution for both the decanting and pouring of wine. In addition, the wine is fairly distributed.
Free online music with Pepsi
23-5-2010
Order a Pepsi with your iPhone in restaurants. You’ll save points on your Loot (iPhone App). When collected three points, you can download a song from a database of 250,000 songs. According to Pepsi, this is the first iPhone app that acts as a loyalty program.