Starbucks interactive storefront

25-10-2011

To launch the “My Starbucks Rewards” program, Starbucks has unveiled four new interactive storefronts in Toronto and Vancouver. In cooperation with The Media Merchants they placed monitors in the storefront where guests discover the rewards by touching the golden stars in an animated interface throughout the display. See the movie for more.

New tea flavours due to Hyves

24-10-2011

Pickwick tea brand again asked 150 thousand fans on social media network Hyves to develop new flavours. Last year, the company did the same and created Dutch Tea. This year three new teas are chosen: Chocolate Mint, the Caramelized Pear, and the Smooth Chai.

Make house wine in your living room

21-10-2011

Making housewine has just become a little easier and can even be done in your own livingroom nowadays. Designer Sabine Marcelis has scaled down the production of winemaking in an all-in-one homebrew installation. The installation requires a little nurture and care.

Malibu snowflakes in your glass

21-10-2011

  • Malibu snowflake bottle

Malibu is celebrating the winter holidays by introducing the new Limited Edition Snowflake bottle. The Limited Edition bottle is a winter variant of the Caribbean rum, it contains real coconut flakes that create a snowstorm in your glass. The bottle is available in November, five MEN_at_WORK clothing stores are Malibu-branded to promote it.

Organic energy drink

18-10-2011

Scheckter’s OrganicEnergy is a new energy drink, developed by using natural ingredients. These natural products like the raw green coffee beans, guarana (seeds), ginseng and gingko biloba, gives this drink your body and mind a natural boost of energy.

Restaurant In de Olie opened her doors

17-10-2011

Last Friday cafe-restaurant ‘In de Olie’ opened her doors officially in Amsterdam. The cafe offers a menu of finger food and tapas, such as Spanish and Italian sausages, manchego cheese and marinated pulpo. The dinner menu consists of a wide range of Mediterranean dishes, like lamb tajine and fish dishes, served with authentic vegetable side-dishes. Also, the restaurant offers several Spanish, Italian and Greek oils, which you can take home bottled. Every Thursday and Friday between 17.00 and 19.00 hrs you can visit ‘In de Olie’ for a ‘Aperitivo’, to enjoy a small bite and drink, whilst enjoying a DJ. Each Sunday afternoon ‘Tapas & Tunes’ takes place; a podium with changing live performances.

Digital bottle message for Burkina Faso

17-10-2011

Spa Reine has started a campaign in cooperation with Unicef.  For every bottle that is sold, Spa donates 4 liters of clean drinking water to the children living in Burkina Fas. Consumers can leave a personal message about this campaign on the website Spahelpt.nl and create more awareness to the campaign.

Wine in doggy bag

14-10-2011

In France there are doggy bags for wine bottles. When a guest in a restaurant doesn’t want to finish the whole bottle of wine but rather take it home, he’ll receive a free specially made doggy bag. These wine doggy bags are used in 45 restaurants in France.

Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange

13-10-2011

Smirnoff organizes a worldwide party in fifty countries at the 12th of November. The vodka brand challenges visitors to come up with original ideas, and create fifty unforgettable nights together. After suggesting an idea in the category music, location, dancing, eating, drinking and ‘other’ people can vote for their favorite idea. The campaign is supported with a video, Facebook page and a website.

Ordering roomservice with a smarthphone

12-10-2011

Hotel-restaurant Villa Ruimzicht, located in Doetichem (in the Netherlands), provides a service where guests order room service by using their Smartphone or tablet pc. Guests can download a free app and scan a QR-code which can be found in the hotel room. A menu appears on the screen in which the guest can order a certain dish or a drink. To offer this service, the hotel uses the ‘Yoursmartbutler’ app, which makes a connection to the register system and communicates the necessary information to the kitchen and to the guest accounts.

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