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Trends we spotted | Week 18

2-5-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• We love the idea of making a wedding cake on the spot! Spotted in Italy.
• Marriott International has announced it is expanding its lifestyle portfolio by acquiring citizenM.
• The Maybourne Riviera hotel reopens for the 2025 season with new culinary, wellbeing and guest experiences.
• Mandarin Oriental Bodrum is set to host the iconic Gigi Rigolatto pop-up this summer.
• Spotted at Chin Chin labs: vanilla soft serve with French fries and a drizzle of potato peel sauce.
• The first 3D printed Starbucks store has opened in Brownsville, Texas.
• Designs have been revealed for Laheq, the first residential-led development at The Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, developed by Red Sea Global (RSG) and designed by Foster + Partners.
• Starting May 5, McCrispy™ Strips and the all-new Creamy Chili Dip will be available nationwide at McDonald’s USA.
• Domino’s Pizza and Bicky launch spicy Bicky Mexicano® pizza in Belgium.
• Sensory Cooking by Homey’s Tools for Life elevates the cooking ritual with kitchen tools designed by Boey Wang of Studio Boey.

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Trends we spotted | Week 16

18-4-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• Biotech company Tropic created a banana that resists browning, offering major benefits against food waste.
• The Hoxton Edinburgh is set to open this June in the historic Haymarket district. The hotel features 214 rooms, including nine room types with names such as Snug Single, Bunk Room, Cosy, Roomy, Biggy and more.
• McDonald’s Germany has opened a temporary McDonald’s restaurant experience in a Minecraft design in the center of Munich.
• The ‘Broccoli Cheddar Pizookie’ by BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse. A savoury pizookie this time!
• Celebrate burgers and bottomless fun at Red Robin during the National Burger Month with a Bottomless Burger Pass.
• A ‘Pay What You Want’ Food Truck tour on ‘National Tax Day’ by Newman’s Own food and drinks.
• And the Staypineapple hotel brand in the US covered taxes and amenity fees for their guests if they booked on ‘National Tax Day’.
• Energy storage system from Intercel prevents peak load at TommyTomato’s new meal delivery site in Utrecht.
• Gastrovino in the Netherlands opened two new locations in just one week. A store in Leiden and a store and Mediterranean-style osteria in Nuenen!

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Trends we spotted | Week 15

14-4-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• Hedonism Wines creates an ‘eggcelent Easter display’ – they’re definitely ready for the Easter Season. Does your restaurant have Easter decorations?
• The Big Egg Hunt comes to Canary Wharf this Easter – a free art trail organized by conservation charity Elephant Family in collaboration with Clarence Court.
• Duke’s Mayonnaise teams up with chef Mason Hereford. Together they are launching limited-edition kitchen tools. This year a deviled egg tray and a mayo spatula. Inspiration?
• Subway® teams up with Doritos® for another unexpected and limited available footlong innovation: Footlong nachos.
• Berry Espresso, created by Di Pacci Coffee Company. Check out how they create an espresso with a touch of berry flavour in Australia.
• Sproud, the Swedish company behind a range of pea-based milk alternatives, announces the launch of ‘Barista ZERO’ in the Dutch market.
• The Handwritten Collection will open new hotels in Amsterdam, Grand Canal Boutique Hotel, and Le Marin Boutique Hotel in Rotterdam.
• SPROOMZ is the new name for the Dutch mushroom producer Oakfield and they have international ambition.
• And the SALSA SHOP opened their flagshipstore in the Reguliersbreestraat in Amsterdam, it’s their 17^th location in the Netherlands and they also have international ambition.
• As of April 3rd 2025 Mandarin Oriental officially assumed management of the legendary Hôtel Lutetia, unveiling its new identity as Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris.
• Family Style Food Festival, the first-ever festival at the intersection of food and streetwear with a curated lineup of the best chefs, restaurants, brands and entertainment will make its debut in New York City.

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A new sustainable initiative by Bird Brewery | 1 litre of beer = 1 m² of nature

7-4-2025

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A new, sustainable initiative by Bird Brewery: 1 litre of beer = 1 m² of nature. Having planted over 145,000 trees, the focus shifts to preserving fragile, endangered nature. With the help of IUCN NL, local partners worldwide will purchase one square metre of nature for every litre brewed by the sustainable brewery and ensure its continued protection. This is how Bird Brewery – together with its fans – very concretely contributes to a greener world.

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Trends we spotted | Week 14

7-4-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• A new concept from Queensland: Chip N Mix, the world’s first self-serve fry bar. Create your own ‘loaded fries’.
• The “Theatre of Fish” with locations in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, also recently opened a location in Nice, Pesca France. And Pesca Hamburg will follow soon.
• Why top restaurants are adding caviar to their desserts. Inspiration?
• Deep-Fried Cheesecake anybody? It’s no April’s Fool joke as the creator Junior’s Restaurant and Bakery in Brooklyn, New York says.
• ‘60 seconds to napoli’ celebrates 20th store opening in Germany, it’s located in the city of Dresden.
• Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam will undergo elegant transformation, this renovation will be finished by 2027.
• From May 2nd to September 28th, for 20 weeks, a different chef will cook at Erloom restaurant every weekend. This restaurant is located at the Bioboerderij ‘t Schop in Hilvarenbeek.
• A pop-up version of Italian fine dining restaurant Aroma will open in Amsterdam. Location: Antonio Cavoto’s Mangia Pasta in Amsterdam West. Check out the dates in the article.

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Trends we spotted | week 13

31-3-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• Have more plan(t)s for dinner! The Sustainable Plant FWD restaurant week will be held from April 5 to 12 in Amsterdam.
• Jade Frommer, co-founder of the Ephemera Group, is shaking up the fast-food industry in Paris with the launch of pop-up restaurant, called 6,90. And their main course is available for just €6.90.
• KFC® USA is dropping an all-new “Dunk It Bucket” – the brand’s first new bucket in nearly a decade – featuring also-new Mashed Potato Poppers.
• Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, the #1 best-selling gelato brand in the U.S., is raising the bar of its unique Layers line by introducing the Bakery Collection. They created ‘The Dipped Whisk’ in collaboration with Dominique Ansel.
• McDonald’s – A Minecraft Movie Meal and Happy Meal are available at US restaurants nationwide for limited time starting April 1. 
• Kimpton teams up with Tiny Zaps for exclusive tattoo pop-up series for ‘Tattourists’ at 5 locations in the US.
• Schmarrnsinn is the first pop-up Kaiserschmarrn Café in Frankfurt, kaiserschmarrn with all kinds of toppings!
• There’s a pub in Ireland with your name on it! A worldwide search by Heineken® to find a new owner to keep the family tradition of the McLoughlin’s alive.
• nhow Hotels launched ‘dance nhow, change now’.
• The Dutch Bird Brewery launches exclusive Easter beer Kakelfris.
• Restaurant Vestdijk47 in Eindhoven tackles food waste and receives Orbisk certificate for 16 per cent reduction in eight months.

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Hans im Glück opens first Dutch restaurant on the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam

28-3-2025

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On Thursday April 17, the first Dutch location of the ‘Better Burger’ chain, Hans im Glück, will open on the bustling Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam. This full-service hospitality brand, which was founded in Munich in 2010, now has 83 restaurants in Germany, 10 in Switzerland and two in Austria. About three-quarters of Hans im Glück’s locations are run by franchisees and franchise opportunities are also coming up in the Netherlands. At this concept, guests can enjoy premium burgers and delicious food, special drinks and good company, all until after midnight.

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Trends we spotted | Week 09

3-3-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• A cake collab by Claridge’s ArtSpace Café and The Connaught Patisserie. Simple and easy collab to create but if the cake ‘Gâteau des Amis’ is easy to make? We doubt it but it looks delicious!
• Zoocade, is the first holographic zoo in the US, located in Austin, Texas.
• TeamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will open to the public on April 18 within the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi.
• Set-jetting is popular, for example the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok and the Four Seasons are attracting fans because of the HBO series The White Lotus.
• On March 7 restaurant La Forêt Secrète par Jean Imbert will open in the Disneyland Hotel Paris.
• Crystal Lagoons Eco-Heated lagoons technology – repurposing waste heat from data centers to naturally warm the lagoon year-round.
• Restaurant merch – the pizza chain Otomat from Belgium created limited edition t-shirts, inspired by their iconic pizzas.
• The Special Beer Festival by Brouwerij (Brewery) Homeland will be held in the ‘Scheepvaartmuseum’ (our National Maritime museum in Amsterdam) on March 7 and 8.

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Trends we spotted | Week 07

17-2-2025

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• At Marian’s Restaurant in NYC on Greenwich Avenue, they serve a Jello Negroni next to their Negroni. Spotted on Instagram.
• With the highly anticipated release of Paddington in Peru, Corner Bakery Cafe® invites guests to enjoy the perfect pairing – the Teddy Latte and Teddy Milk.
• The rebranding of the former Eden Hotels has begun, Designhotel Maastricht is now called Leonardo Boutique Hotel Maastricht City Center.
• Restaurant Elements at the sustainable Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort in Aruba has been renovated by the Dutch interior design agency FG Stijl.
• The Dutch National Week Without Meat & Dairy (March 3 to March 9 2025) takes a local approach in its already eighth edition.
• McDonald’s Germany sought to engage young people and politicians in conversation during their Burger Dialogue.
• For those who prefer a bottle to a can but only have cans in the house: the Can Caps.
• a&o Hostels officially open the doors of a&o Firenze Campo di Marte in Florence.
• Radisson Hotel Group continues its growth in Europe with the opening of two new hotels: Radisson RED Galway in Ireland and the Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa in the UK.

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Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | CHÀO Pizza, ELEVATE COFFEE LAB and Chuan Yue

11-2-2025

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Every day, we spot fun, new concepts. This week CHÀO Pizza in Bussum, they serve Neapolitan pizzas with eventually an Asian twist, created with pizza dough that has to proof for at least 24 hours. Sounds really tasty, don’t you think? In Amsterdam, ELEVATE COFFEE LAB, a quiet, experiential coffee space, opened late 2024. The dimensions of coffee are explored from different angles, different brewing methods, origins and experimental techniques. And you are able to enjoy a totally different experience at Chuan Yue in Rotterdam, where you enjoy dishes from Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine in a cheerful interior. You can even enjoy karaoke there.

We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!

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