McDonald’s Timetable
20-6-2012
At the main train station Warschau in Poland you can see this McDonald’s Timetable. At the Timetable you can see the departure times of the train and it also tells you how long you should wait in burgers, colas, chips and ice creams. This way you can assess whether you have time to eat something. Watch the video.
Tweet for your Ice Tea
20-6-2012
Bos has launched this ‘The Incredible Sampling Robot’ for its brand Ice Tea. The machine works easy, stand in front of the machine with your Smartphone, tweet via Twitter #BOSTWEET4T and your free Ice Tea is coming.
Conference for hospitality businesses
20-6-2012
The conference Meerwaarde 2.0 is only available in Dutch.
Order Evian water via a magnet
18-6-2012
With this Smart Evian Drop magnet, the residents of Paris can order their boltles of Evian water through wifi. The magnet is developped by the French farm Joshfire. No more carrying heavy bottles from the store, but directly deliver at your door.
De Lunterse boer promo film
13-6-2012
A good example of a hospitality promo film can look.
Paying with fingerprint
12-6-2012
Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel uses all kind of modern techniques to facilitate their modern guests. August 2011 they were one of the first hotels to introduce RFID technique to facilitate easy acces to the Facebookpages of their guests. Now they have rolled out a biometric system of payments utilising PayTouch.
Together dinner via video link
6-6-2012
The Sichuan restaurant chain Hai Di Lao and electronics manufacturer Huawei are working together since September 2011. In the restaurant are interactive screens that enable guests to make contact via a video link with their friends or family in any of the other chains elsewhere in the country.
The Bang! lamp
5-6-2012
Made by Bitplay, it’s a novelty desk lamp that you turn on and by using a pistol-shaped remote control. Aim the gun, pull the trigger and the lamp turns on; do it again and it switches off. The styling and design are pretty conventional, so it looks just like any regular desk lighting furniture, but also fun in a hotel.
Fonckel lamp
5-6-2012
This Fonckel lamp is developed by Dutch designers. The lamp is fully adjustable with your fingers. Watch the movie about Fonckel.
Mayonaise recipes on the receipt
4-6-2012
As part of a recent ad campaign for Hellmann’s mayonaise in Brazil, recipes created to the just purchased ingredients were printed out on the store receipt. This action increased the sale of the mayonnaise to 44%.