Trends we spotted this week – week 12
28-3-2016
At the redaction of 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 us in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others ‘Tiny Irish pub on wheels’, ‘Gigantic edible Easter bunny’ and ‘Robots to serve fast food restaurants’.
Offer your guests extra service with the ButlerPad
22-3-2016
The ButlerPad is one of the new innovations in the hotel industry. The app, available for guests who stay at the hotel, has to make sure that your guests have everything they need both inside as outside the hotel. Not only the guests who are profiting from the app, but the ButlerPad is also beneficial for hotels.
Trends we spotted this week – week 11
18-3-2016
At the redaction of hospitalitytrends.eu we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about and we use the smaller trends in our blog ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others: an afternoon tea with craft beers at ‘The Modern Pantry’ and sip a Dali, Mondrian or Van Gogh painting at the classy cocktail lounge, the Artesian at the Langham in Hong Kong. Click the title to read the whole article.
A Butter Sprayer
15-3-2016
The Biēm Butter Sprayer goes from butter stick to butter spray in seconds! The first sprayer that sprays 100% Real Butter.
Trends we spotted this week – week 10
11-3-2016
At the redaction of Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about and as from today we use the smaller trends in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others ‘The Peanut Butter Store’, ‘The First Drone Café’ and ‘Dining in the rooms of the Red Light District’. If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!
A creative solution for the waste problem on festivals
10-3-2016
Everyone who ever visited a festival does know the waste problem. In no time the whole festival grounds is covered with empty plastic bottles, little pieces of paper and napkins. ThinkScream has the solution: 15 minutes of free Wi-Fi for those who throw their waste in a special bin!
Hey WhatsApp… can I have two beer and a coke?
7-3-2016
Our colleague David Maartense blogs about using WhatsApp for business purposes in the hospitality industry, which doesn’t happen often. Think for example about making last minute reservations through WhatsApp or sending pictures.
National Social Media Research 2016 of Newcom shows that WhatsApp currently is the biggest social media platform of the Netherlands. A number of 9.8 million of the Dutch people uses WhatsApp, 7.0 million of them are using it on a daily basis.
The digital menu is getting more popular
17-2-2016
It’s getting more popular nowadays to use a digital menu. This was also noted by Vision Multimedia, the company behind Vision Menu. Through crowdfunding they managed to raise enough money to grow both domestically and abroad. But why would you switch to a digital menu?
The KarTent: the disposable festival tent made of cardboard
17-2-2016
Every year one out of four festival visitors leaves their tent behind on several festival campsites all over the Netherlands. The amount of waste that this creates is bad for the environment. The solution is simple: from now on you can camp in a cardboard.
A virtual reality arcade, Escape Room plus!
9-2-2016
This weekend I read an article about ‘Project StarCade’ which will bring a virtual reality arcade to Los Angeles. It will be opening this spring at a yet undisclosed location. This location will be a pilot center before expanding to other locations in the US or in Europe. As we just wrote a whitepaper on Escape Rooms in the Netherlands, it’s intriguing to think about the developments….