Canadian Pacific Holiday Train | From coast to coast for the homeless
27-12-2016
It’s an annual tradition. For the 18th year, The Canadian Pacific’s annual Holiday Train will travel across Canada and the northern United States to raise money, food and awareness for food banks and hunger issues while hosting free concerts along the way.
Trends we spotted this week 51
23-12-2016
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 amongst others an article about Amaranth an alternative to wheat and rice that is becoming more popular. Restaurant Taiko in the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam introduced a Japanese style gin. In London The Distillery Portobello Road Gin Hotel & Bar is soft launching. In Amsterdam we will be getting a new restaurant, The Avocado Show.
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Blink | The ultimate custom designed pop-up hotels
22-12-2016
Blink and you’ll miss it, the statement of Blink. Blink from travel experts Black Tomato provides the ultimate custom designed pop-up hotels for guests in search of rare, one-of-a-kind travel experiences. The kind traveling you’re looking for if you get bored and have a high level of ‘been there, done that’. Blink is a new travel service that offers the most personalised luxury travel experience imaginable; the chance to design your own pop-up hotel room or room at private and untouched locations. As they’re working with a lot of tents it better to speak of glamping.
Workout-powered gym boat to cruise the Seine in Paris
22-12-2016
We think it would be great to have a workout-powered gym boat in the canals of Amsterdam as well. But for now the International design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati has teamed up with fitness equipment manufacturer Technogym, architecture group Terreform ONE and the urban regeneration institute URBEM to present the Paris Navigating Gym. This will be a fitness vessel that moves along the Seine River by harnessing energy from the workouts of their passengers.
Hotelnacht 2017 | Inspiring initiatives by the hotels in Amsterdam
21-12-2016
Already the fifth edition of the Hotelnacht! (Dutch, meaning hotelnight) Because there are so many great Hotelnacht parties, Hotelnacht diners and touristique activities organized, we thought we had to write about it again. The people from Amsterdam can again enjoy a great weekend holiday in their own city in the weekend of January 14-15 against reduced prices.
#WhopperExchange | Exchange unwanted holiday gifts for a Whopper
20-12-2016
On December 26th between 10.30 am and 5 pm, exchange any unwanted holiday gift for a free Whopper sandwich at the Burger King restaurant located at 910 Arthur Godfrey Road in Miami Beach. Another way to celebrate the second Christmas day we celebrate in the Netherlands and a great way to get a lot of exposure with their #WhopperExchange for their Burger King restaurant.
Playing curling during the Christmas dinner
20-12-2016
Is curling boring? Doubtful. Amsterdam offers plenty of possibilities in the upcoming weeks to try out this Olympic sport. For example Bowery Restaurant at the Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Rooftopbar Floor17 on the Ramada Apollo Hotel offer people the possibility to get familiar with the sport!
Pay @ Pump | Barclaycard launches “world’s first” contactless beer pump
19-12-2016
The first of its kind, the self-pouring beer pump allows drinkers to pour their own pint of ale and pay with a touch of their contactless card or device in just 60 seconds. Pay @ Pump has been designed to help pubs and bars speed up service in response to a quarter of Brits saying that queuing for drinks is the worst part of a night out. Average waiting time at the bar during the festive party season is 12 minutes per order. Pay @ Pump is designed to help reduce queuing time especially during busy period like Christmas.
Gin is still gaining popularity; ‘Gin Taylor’ creates British Airways own gin
19-12-2016
Gin is still gaining popularity, British Airways is proving this with the launch of the specially made tipple – British Airways Gin. The gin will only be served to the airline’s First customers, from the bar of the prestigious Concorde Room at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
Trends we spotted this week 50
16-12-2016
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 2 small articles; a recipe to use chickenpea liquid, aka Aquafaba and bacon-flavoured mushrooms. In the Dutch article a couple of unique items from Dutch hotels and restaurants for the auction of 3FM Serious Request.
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