Five-star hotel educates local youth
27-11-2013
The Ritz-Carlton is the first five-star hotel at Aruba. Next to the 320 rooms and 450 local jobs the hotel brings education to the island as well. Together with maritime biologist Dr. Richard Murphy from the Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, the hotel developed an innovative environmental curriculum for primary school students. The education modules will be available on the Green Aruba website to learn about the island’s unique environmental assets and how to protect them. The youth is introduced to the ‘Ritz-Calton Succeed Through Service Program’ to enhance their leadership qualities. Though these and other collaborations Prime Minister Mike Eman and Bill Marriott agreed to a long-standing commitment to enriching education on the island and a Green Aruba.
Cooking shop and catering collaborate
27-11-2013
In Oosterbeek (the Netherlands) cooking shop ‘bij )O(dette’ and caterer Sedap Catering joined forces. Visitors can take away an Indonesian meal or dish every Thursday afternoon. With the collaboration both entrepreneurs provide cross-selling opportunities for each other and strengthen their passion for cooking.
Bar Restaurant Level serves mini version of famous burger
25-11-2013
Bar Restaurant Level Rotterdam will present their new sliders during Bubbles & Burgers on November 28. The sliders are a smaller version of the famous Level Burger which was voted as the best burger in Rotterdam. The burger is made of organic beef with bacon, cheddar and tartar sauce. The smaller variant is ideal as a snack that you can combine with bubbles. During the first edition of Bubbles & Burger the gin and tonics are provided by Gin and Tonic Club with jazzy music by a dj in a living room setting.
Partnership hotel and church
22-11-2013
The Bilderberg Parkhotel and the monumental Arminius church in Rotterdam started a collaboration. The Bilderberg Parkhotel is not suitable for organizing conferences and other meetings due to lack of large meeting rooms. Arminius has this space. Through this partnership, the hotel can now offers space for weddings, conferences etc. in Arminius and the guests at the church can use the luxurious hotel facilities such as catering and the ability to stay overnight.
Streetsmart project in Amsterdam
19-11-2013
Sandra Chedi (Amstel Botel) and Bert van der Leden (Supperclub) are entrepreneurs in Amsterdam’s hospitality industry that took the initiative to launch Streetsmart Amsterdam. The initiative asks restaurant visitors to pay one euro on top of the bill to prevent people to get homeless. If the project is successful in Amsterdam it will be deployed nationwide. Check streetsmart.nl for a list of all participating restaurants. For the occasion a book with recipes of chefs from Amsterdam is published as well.
Landal lief! family bungalow
15-11-2013
Landal GreenParks started an unique partnership with baby and children’s clothing brand lief!. At Landal Coldenhove on the Veluwe, two six-person holiday bungalows are decorated in the lief! theme. The lief! family bungalow has space for two adults and up to four children. It is characterized by the colorful atmosphere of lief! with various accessories of the clothing brand. Landal GreenParks introduced a bungalow for the hearing impaired at Landal Rabbit Hill in Nieuw-Milligen as well.
Tilburg Frying
14-11-2013
Tilburg is a town in the South of the Netherlands. On the eve of ‘Tilburg Sings’ Sjors Kleinsman suggested to organize a more appropriate event in the city: ‘Tilburg Frying’. It was a kind of a joke, until he thought: ‘that’s not such a bad idea at all’. A thought for a new culinary event was born, ‘Tilburg Frying’! Best cafeterias of the city, who will present their finest products. Homemade snacks, fresh fries, wonderful sauces etc. Sjors Kleinsman will do everything to make it a real happening.
Starbuck on rails
14-11-2013
Today, Starbucks Coffee Company and SBB unveiled the first Starbucks store on a train – offering travelers a new place and way to enjoy their favourite Starbucks coffee. The first official voyage for the Starbucks train will take place on the train line running from Geneva Airport to St.Gallen in Switzerland on November 21. In a pilot project, two dining cars are changed into Starbucks locations: on the lower deck, a take-away and the coffee is served on the upper deck. And a Starbucks trolley circulates through the train. The design is contemporary and focused on comfort, yet at the same time functional with a color scheme inspired by coffee. The opening of this train coffeeshop marks the rollout of a new B2B model for Starbucks. They will – together with partners – start selling coffee in places like drive-through’s (already active in Germany), shops in supermarkets and department stores (Galeries Lafayette) and vending machines in offices.
Great start of the Restaurantweek in Leiden
11-11-2013
The Restaurant Week in Leiden starts today and runs until November the 17th. Participating restaurants donate one euro per couvert to the charity ‘Het Willem-Alexander Kinderfonds’. But last Thursday (November the 7th) René Redzepi, chef and owner of Restaurant Noma ( Copenhagen), ushered this week by lecturing about his latest book, ‘A Work in Progress’. The event was attended by over 250 foodies and chefs. The happening was a co-creation between LeidsLekkers ( the organizer of the Restaurant Week in Leiden) and Niels Vreeling, who recently realized his dream, Babooka , a quirky bookstore. A relaxed lecture and book signing, during which amongst others, restaurant Kitch& and Restaurant in the Doofpot (one Michelinstar) served delicious appetizers. At the last restaurant, René Redzepi dined before the lecture. According to the owner, Anton Verschelling, the entire kitchen team was very excited to show their skills to the ‘master’. Given the level of their appetizers that were served during the book signing session, this must have been no problem!
For fans of Franch chansons
8-11-2013
Marc Cruellas, de zingende patron van ‘Le Bistrot de la Place’ in Den Haag, treedt elke vrijdag- en zaterdagavond samen met zijn pianist Guillaume Marcenac op in zijn eigen bedrijf. Hiermee creëren zij telkens een Parijse sfeer van ‘Montmartre’ en ‘La vie en rose’ in de bistrot.
Op zondag, 1 december, treden zij echter samen op bij de Franse Bistro Bord’o in Leiden. Tijdens het optreden verzorgt het team van bistro Bord’o een 3-gangenmenu ‘Beaujolais Nouveau’, met typische Franse bistro gerechten. En Marc en Guillaume zingen en spelen alle bekende Franse chansons. Voor de liefhebber hiervan een heerlijke avond! En een mooi voorbeeld van samenwerken!
