Create ambiance with iGlowbes
6-5-2013
Create more ambiance to your taste with the string lights and pendant lamps of iGlowbes. The lightning is available in more than 60 colours and the pendant lamp in five dimensions, so fitting into any interior. Great for restaurants, hotels and events to match the colours to the interior or the theme of the party. You can hang the lights, but they are also great as decoration on a table or in a vase. The lighting is hand made of polyester in Thailand, which makes each ball unique. Are you planning to open a pop up store? iGlowbes likes to take care of the lighting and create the atmosphere. Interested, please contact us via tip@spronsen.com or contact@iGlowbes.com. We will place your pop-up store with the decoration on Horecatrends.
Call of the Mall
6-5-2013
At the shopping mall, Hoog Catharijne, and the adjoining Central Station Utrecht the ‘Call of the Mall’ will be held this summer. In the hallways, on the walls, on roofs and other “hidden places” visitors can see art from more than 25 artists from home and abroad. Artworks Call of the Mall is organized by the ‘Stichting Kunst in het Stationsgebied’ in cooperation with the city of Utrecht. Artists will try to catch the digital and technical changes of our times in the mini-society of ‘Hoog Catharijne’ and at the same time show the visitors the consequences.
From launderette to local pub
3-5-2013
No more waiting for two hours until your laundry is finished in an boring launderette… Two young advertisers Dries Henau and Yuri Vandenbogaerde launched the new concept the ‘Wasbar’ in Gent last October. The concept is simple, the ‘Wasbar’ is a combination of a launderette and a pub. While you have to wait for your laundry, you can drink something, eat breakfast or lunch, browse on the web, meet friends or even have your hair cut. On some evenings you can eat tapas and concerts are organized. What started on a small scale, turned into a great success. They soon will soon open a second location of the concept in Antwerp and a third in Leuven. There is also a request to franchise.. Look also at the launderette in Amsterdam.
Dining at a 13 Michelin starred restaurant
3-5-2013
Dining at a 13 Michelin-starred restaurant…? Last Sunday April 28th Harrods organized an exclusive lunch in ‘The Georgian Restaurant’ prepared by the seven sough-after Michelin-starred Italian chefs. Carlo Cracco, Gennaro Esposito, Massimo Bottura, Enrico and Roberto Cerea, Davide Scabin and Luciano Monosilio cooked each a creative contemporary Italian dish for the seven-course ‘Identità London 2013’ menu. The sum of these chefs brings a total of 13 Michelin stars.
Toast en become Facebook friends
2-5-2013
For years we’ve been making friends in the same way and make a toast. Now toasting has received an upgrade.. Toast with the Budweiser beer glass en become automatically friends on Facebook. Budweiser introduces the new beer glass ‘Buddy Cup’ with a chip that picks the signal of the nearest ‘Buddy Cup’. To connect the cup with a Facebook account, you need to scan the QR code at the bottom of the cup with a smartphone. When you toast, the red light will turn on and the toast is confirmed with a friend request on Facebook.
Cooks in the supermarket
1-5-2013
Last month the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo opened the largest supermarket of the Netherlands in Breda. ‘Love for food’ is the main theme of the supermarket. Besides the biggest assortment of the Netherlands, Jumbo Foodmarkt focuses on tasty, healthy and inexpensive food. At the Foodmarkt café consumers can consume a cup of coffee or a fresh meal. Every day there are cooks who prepare the most delicious dishes inspired by the Dutch, Italian and Asian cuisine. These dishes can be consumed in the café or taken home. A totally new development within the retail market.
Queens day with a meter KING
29-4-2013
To celebrate the abdication on 30 April, peppermint brand KING developed a KINGsize peppermint roll. The peppermint brand wants the keep the Orange fans waiting for the balcony scene and inauguration fresh.
A shot of glazed donuts or bacon
29-4-2013
Start the day with a good shot of breakfast-infused liqueurs. Mama Walkers brings you freshly-made breakfast cocktails. Relax with one anytime, day or night, because breakfast isn’t just for morning anymore.. Mama Walker’s presents a menu of 70 proof breakfast-inspired liqueurs – Glazed Donut, Blueberry Pancake and Maple Bacon.
Shaken and stirred with Barefoot wines
25-4-2013
The Californian wine brand ‘Barefoot’ introduces refreshing cocktail recipes for the summer, like the ‘Down the Aisle’, a cocktails made of the White Zinfandel Rose. The cocktail is refreshing and is a mix of pears, pineapple and strawberries flavor. The ‘Beachcomber’ cocktail is made of Pinot Grigio, a cocktail with fresh lime, green apple, pineapple and coconut milk flavor. These fresh cocktail recipes will get you in the mood for the summer… There is also a online contest where people can suggest cocktail recipes based on Barefoot wines, the winner will get a cash prize.
Cornetto Lick Challenge
24-4-2013
Cornetto has launched a funny campaign: the Cornetto Lick Challenge. If you’ve got a talented tongue, you should probably join to the new Cornetto Lick Challenge, where you can compete for tongue supremacy amongst your friends. Your tongue gets different challenges like weightlifting, bowling and taekwondo. Participants battle with Nick Afanasiev (the longest tongue of 8,9cm) in order to win the challenge.
