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 use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, an article about a gin bar in London where the owners claim having the largest collection of gins, and HIHAHUT started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to build more sustainable cabins. read more
Les Mills Live is a collaboration between Reebok and Les Mills, who organize fitness festivals all over the world. They started organizing the festivals a couple of years ago, and today the festivals are extremely popular by thousands of fitness lovers. read more
Yesterday The Localpolitan launched as the newest, customized hospitality service available online. Instead of visiting a travel website looking for content that fits your needs, The Localpolitan aims to turn the process around, and puts the traveler in control of the content they receive. read more
How much fat is in this dressing? How much sugar contains this sugar beet and which melon is better at the moment? SCiO gives you answers to all these kind of questions, SCiO is a small gadget which scans the products you’re about to buy and shows you what these products are made of.
Katy Seibel created a unique way of presenting her cocktail recipes. The 30 drink recipes are presented on classic tarot cards. The tarot cards are hand drawn by Katy herself, each card has key elements of the cocktail recipe in it.
There is a crowdfunding campaign for wireless chargers for the hospitality industry with the possibility of posting your menu or advertisements in it.
“Is it possible to charge my phone behind the bar?”, a question that almost all employees that work in the hospitality industry know. With the numerous apps that are available now a days, batteries die faster than we would like to. This wireless charger for the hospitality industry could be the answer for this problem! read more
This upcoming 21st of May, Justin Brown’s restaurant The Chippy opens in Amsterdam. He will serve Fish & Chips here! Justin Brown is a famous British chef who worked for plenty of famous people, such as Jamie Oliver and Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, besides that he also cooked for stars like David Beckham and Madonna. read more
From today on the Netherlands has a new Ice cream parlor. Today ‘The ice parlor of Breda – Bon Appetit’ opens its doors. The parlor is developed by the entrepreneurs Edwin and Kim van Es, they’re known from the cafeteria Bon Appetit in Rijsbergen.
Restaurant Tante Kee on the Kaageiland in the Netherlands serves a quick lunch for the business market. With their Bento Box they serve five small dishes at the same time in a box, you also get a glass of house wine and coffee or tea. All within 45 minutes. A beautiful and delicious way to treat your business guests in a short time. read more
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 use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, an article about the city of The Hague opening a beach house for travel bloggers and vloggers, Winnetou beer created in whiskey barrels by Oepidus Brewery and Jameson Distillery, and a crowdfunding campaign for wireless chargers in the hospitality industry. read more
Because it is increasingly difficult to get skilled staff, Restaurant The Old Police Station organized a one day HOP Academy for the staff. At this mostly educational day the employees gained knowledge in several areas. A great way to teach your staff the basic knowledge in a way that they communicate the right information to your guests. read more
In March Starbucks announced to donate ready-to-eat meals to food banks from its 7.600 company-operated stores in America through their new FoodShare program. Initially, this will be accomplished through an existing collaboration with Food Donation Connection and a new partnership with Feeding America. read more
Galliano recently announced a new aperitif in their brand: the Galliano L’Aperitivo. With the characteristic light, bittersweet taste of the drink and two recipes (L’Aperitivo with tonic & a Negroni cocktail) it is time to surprise your guests with the most delicious aperitifs before starting dinner.
Time for some summer fun in Rotterdam during the Rotte PICNIC ISLAND. From 1 to 3 July you can enjoy food, drinks, music, art and culture here. All on one of the two temporary islands floating around in the Rotte river. Food will be served among other from food boats.
Hutten Catering has its own ‘verspillingsfabriek’ or ‘waste factory’ since last month. Waste streams of food are being converted to new, tasteful products. With the factory Hutten Catering wants to reduce the huge amount of useless wasted food.
Especially for King’s Day 2024, GiG is launching their hard seltzer ‘GiG Orange Anthem’ with a refreshing orange flavour for the ultimate King’s Day experience. read more
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We have been sharing inspiration on our website since 2007, inspiration that we find in the hospitality industry or by online spotting of what our read more
‘Waternet’ organizes activities on the water in Amsterdam to ask the attention for the importance of clean water in the canals. During Queens day the ‘Emergency Boot’ with toilets was launched. This boot prevented that people would pee in the canals or on the street. Three islands with toilets floated at the center of the water. Useful during the watersport season or when there are events on the water!
‘Waternet’ will do an activation on the canals to launch the ‘canal website’ on Saturday June 15. A photo boat of ‘Waternet’ floats around in the Amstel River in Amsterdam and takes photos of people with their boat. The pictures can be found on the ‘canal website’ and the most popular photo will be enlarged on canvas. The canal website contains tips, experiences, photos but also information about terraces and water events.
A nice and simple Father’s day action of hotel Taj West End Bangalore, India. Followers can share one of their dad’s favorite sayings and quote them with #MyDadAlwaysSays on Twitter. The best quote will win a father’s day lunch in the restaurant.
A bottle of Corona with a slice of the moon? Corona and advertising Carmer-Krasselt have made a large billboard in New York City, where on certain nights in the month the crescent moon look like a slice of lime in a Corona bottle. Great campaign!
The ‘Pilot store’ opened last April at shopping mall Hoog Catharijne Utrecht. The ‘Pilot store’ is a temporary store where consumers can test products. When consumers order a sandwich they are asked to participate in a taste test. If they cooperate, they will get their sandwich for a reduced rate. Consumers aren’t required to cooperate with the test. Based on the results, the producer will improve the tested products before they will be available in the supermarket. Consumers can influence the products that will be available in the supermarket. The store will be open until July 13.
It happens to everyone.. you are too late because you were stuck in traffic. A new app that can prevent you from being too late. The ‘NeverLate’ app sends you a message, when you should leave for your appointment. The app has access to your agenda and calculates road constructions, accidents and any other unforeseen aspects to estimate the travel time.
Domino’s pizza is testing to deliver pizza’s via a helicopter drone ‘DomiCopter’. The ‘DomiCopter’ delivers the pizza in a heat wave bag to keep the pizza hot. The drone can travel hundreds of meters without refueling and is environmentally friendly. The ‘DomiCopter’ is created by drone specialist AeroSight, Big Communications and T+Biscuits. The ‘DomiCopter’ is a prototype but might be used more in the future.
Ice cream shop ‘eyescream and friends’ serves ice creams in a funny and visually appealing way. The ice cream (available in seven flavors) is served in a tray with two containers for toppings, like cookies, jams, chocolate sauce and caramel. Two sugar candy eyes are added for a creative twist and to bring the ice cream alive. There are pictures of little funny dolls to reflect the ice cream flavors. These characteristic ice creams are fun for children! The first ice cream shop was opened in Barcelona in September 2012 by Joad Lopez and Federico Mendoza.
Café ‘The Ground of Alexandria’ is located in an old pie factory from the early 1900’s in Sydney. ‘The Ground of Alexandria’ has a coffee research center and a garden with vegetables, fruit and herbs. In the coffee research center they experiment with different roasting profiles and techniques based on individual types of coffee and beans. Several classes are organized for people of all ages to learn more about the journey of coffee and food from seed to plate. A bakery is located in the café where they make fresh bread and sweet pastries every day. The café has an extensive coffee menu and serves a rustic menu of sustainable ingredients, mainly from their own garden. ‘The Ground of Alexandria’ is nominated for the ‘Restaurant and bar design award’.
On June 16 it is Father’s Day again. The steakhouse ‘Midtown Grill’ of the Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam organizes a nice photo shoot. Fathers with sons can take a picture in cooking clothes, surrounded by cooking utensils in the kitchen of Midtown Grill. They will pose with the famous dish of the restaurant, the sea salt grilled T-bone steak of 3.5 pounds. After the shoot they can eat the dish together.
On a regular basis we hear that the ideas we show at our website are too far from the daily reality of the restaurant or hotel entrepreneur. There is too little time to bring ideas, with your own twist, in practice. We recently visited Paris and at two restaurants we had the opportunity to enjoy one dessert for the whole table. A giant profiterole filled with ice-cream and topped with chocolate at Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie. Not a great dessert in looks but delicious chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. Based on the sharing part I made a ‘Meringue Peche Melba’ this weekend, fresh peach and raspberry combined with meringue and fresh strawberry sauce and ice-cream, for 4 persons on one plate. And if you prepare this dessert on the table, by breaking the gigantic meringue, your dessert becomes even more spectacular! This idea is based on the video of the dessert for the whole table of Alinea, Chicago. Watch the video once again on what they do with the chocolate ball! This is an example of how you can use ideas and make them your own, enjoy being creative! Your guest certainly will with a dessert like this! ^Marjolein
Just to show you how immense popular the éclairs are at the moment in France. In February we already reported about the savory eclairs being popular in Paris. This time we spotted them during the Rolland Garros French Open. French sportswear brand Lacoste celebrated its 80th anniversary during this tournament with limited-edition éclairs by French bakery Fauchon. More iconic French brands were invited to participate at the event and each came up with a unique product inspired the Lacoste crocodile logo.
PSFK placed great pictures of the new NY Library in Harlem where teenagers can interact, play video games, eat snacks, and hang out without having to worry about parents’ or elders’ eyes watching. Harlem’s Hamilton Grange branch is home to this full-floor 4,400-square-foot hangout space specially dedicated to teenagers. There only two librarians on watch from one end of the room. The space includes a 20-foot-diameter glass wall where they can play Wii and Guitar Hero available with special speakers preventing much of the noise from filtering out. The NY Public Library also provides summer readings for kids. Watch the movie for this hospitable gesture to kids. Getting the kids back into the library and sharing reading experience online.
More information at New York Libraries.
The ‘Croque Monsieur’ Rap By Wordburglar pays homage to the classic French sandwich. The YouTube video features a lot of Croque Monsieurs. Wordburglar is far from the first rapper to express his love of food, though. Check The Huffpost Taste for a list of food raps. And we would like to suggest a rap to pay homage to our classic Dutch ‘Bitterbal’.
Coca-Cola Colombia, has created Ice Bottles. The bottles where introduced in Cartagena, sunny Colombia. A red Coke-logo band lets you hold the frozen bottle without chilling your hand too much. With only leaving the band with the logo behind, an innovative and environmental friendly packaging! Remains the question about hygiene. Agency: Ogilvy Colombia.
The official twitter stream of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Tweeting for global travelers, collectors of #RCMemories and lovers of #luxury. We do not often see examples of hotels using the ‘promoted by’ opportunity via Twitter. Recently we spotted the above mentioned tweet promoted by @RitzCarlton: ‘Travel inspires the most treasured memories. Share yours on @twitter & @instagram with #RCMemories. We can’t wait to see what you discover‘. They gather photos taken by their guest at #RCMemories at Twitter and Instagram. Thus the story of vacationing at the Ritz-Carlton locations worldwide are told through pictures by their guests. Great marketing campaign! And inspiration for each hotel or restaurant. As to come up with a hash tag for your own business is easy. Getting your guest to send in pictures is a challenge! We contribute to the #RCMemories by placing the picture of the Bathmenu from the Ritz-Carlton in Kuala Lumpur. Also shown in our booklet ‘Royal hospitable gestures‘.
McDonald’s has taken a fresh approach with their most recent advertising campaign called “Think With Your Mouth”. Created by New York-based ad agency Translation, the outcome is a series of 20-second videos, which all feature a Big Mac as the centerpiece. Each of the videos has a distinct style with the goal of appealing to a different segment of Internet users. With this tactic they aim to increase the number of people who are likely to click on any one of the company’s videos, thus increasing the effectiveness of the ad campaign.
The Ibis hotels introduced their most comforting hotel bed ever with this ad. More information at #ibisbunnies and if you like them at Facebook you can even see more exclusive behind-the-scenes YouTube videos.
Johann opened the ‘Saint Jean’ bar in the center of Berlin in January. The bar is mainly focused on long drinks with the not so usual gin or vodka and a broad selection of whiskeys and tequilas. Saint Jean has a robust, neutral look without too many details. The bar is made of wooden planks this gives it a tough look. Great inspiration to make a bar out of waste wood or an old wooden floor.
Accor Hotels introduces an iPad-app for the business traveler. The app ‘Away on Business by Accor’ offers business travelers a planning tool and it gives tips. Travelers can book a hotel room at a Accor Hotel through the app, but it also offers suggestions for restaurants and attractions, manages travel costs and you can import and personalize a planning. The app includes practical tools, such as the weather forecast, a map of the public transport and a LinkedIn conncection search in the area.
Everybody has heard of swimming with dolphins, turtles and other marine creatures. But the Bahamas is the only place where you can swim with pigs. In the Netherlands you see the pigs at the farm but at the Bahamas they swim around. What animal could we swim along in the Netherlands… with cows?
German artist Tobias Rehberger has made a copy pop-up bar of his favorite bar ‘Bar Oppenheimer Frankfurt’ in Hotel Americano New York . The pop-up bar has exactly the same proportions as the original bar in Frankfurt and contains the same furniture and details. The only difference is that each area of the pop-up bar is converted with black and white stripes and shades of red and orange. Tobias Rehberger is known for stripe patterns in his works. Earlier we saw the retro and striped pop-up bar in Venice at Cool Hunter.
The Whoopie Pie is not well known in the Netherlands. Whoopie Pie consists of two small cases in the form of a cookie with in between a filling. It looks like a macaron made out of cake. The ‘Whoopie’ shop in New Zealand sells freshly baked Whoopie Pies, Pops and Cakes. The Whoopie Pies are available in a lot of flavors, like rosewater, mint chocolate, walnut espresso and hazelnut. ‘Whoopie’ also makes special Whoopie Pies for events as birthdays, weddings or valentine. The shop also serves Whoopie shakes, sundaes, coffee and hot chocolate. If you like sweets, you should definitely visit the ‘Whoopie’ shop.
The sun is finally shining and it is lovely weather to drink something at a terrace. Gallo Family Vineyard bonds the summer feeling with their new wine ‘Summer White’. ‘Summer White’ is a lighter, floral wine with notes of apple, juicy pear and citrus. Crushed ice and a lemon slice in the wine give extra refreshment. A fresh wine to serve at a barbecue or with a picnic.
Champagne and caviar is a known combination at many upper class bars. ‘Bubbledogs’ in London is a champagne bar that does not combine champagne with caviar. Instead of caviar they serve culinary hot dogs. They offer a wide range of pork, beef and vegetarian hot dogs, from simple to luxurious. According to the owner you don’t need excessively fancy food to bring out the best of drink. The Champagne bar offers 35 seats and has a robust yet elegant look. A nice hotspot in London!
‘The Food Line-up’ and ‘Ome Ad’ organize the ‘Main Course’ festival on 14, 15 and 16 June in Amsterdam. This three day festival includes food trucks, cooking islands, theater, acts, music and DJs. Visitors can cook together with ‘Ome Ad’ at the different cooking islands. And at the food trucks of ‘The Food Line-up’ visitors can have a peek inside the trends or cook with the caterer. There is a full program of food games, live music and during the ‘Cook off’ they will cook with food that would otherwise end up in the trash.
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