The Sleepboxx, a basic mobile hotel
Adhoc, restaurant and hotel real estate brokerage has an unique object for sale: the Sleepboxx, a basic mobile hotel. read more
Adhoc, restaurant and hotel real estate brokerage has an unique object for sale: the Sleepboxx, a basic mobile hotel. read more
Hop In The Spa is the first and only spa in Oregon to bring the benefits of beer inspired ingredients, minerals, and proprietary additives into cedar soaking tubs. Benefits of a spa with hop include improving skin tone, reducing stress, and detoxification, all while enjoying a pint of beer. read more
At Churned Creamery they work with the BGItaly gelato machine to show the freshness and craftsmanship of the ice cream. Besides that, there is a French twist: they also serve the ice cream in croissants. read more
Kauwgom kennen we sinds jaar en dag, in alle smaken en maten. De kauwgom die nu ontwikkeld is, is echter weer iets heel anders: de CowGum. Alles hieraan komt neer op vlees. De smaak, de geur en de kleur zorgen voor een vlees-achtige ervaring en met een reden.
The Belgium café ‘In de Verzekering Tegen De Grote Dorst’ has been chosen as best beer café in the world. The list is compiled annually by RateBeer, one of the most important beer websites of the world. Remarkable detail: the café is only open on Sundays, from 10:00 till 13:30 o’clock. Considering the remarkable name of the café which means: ‘In the Insurance against Great Thirst’, I searched for more information about this Belgium café. read more
The Biēm Butter Sprayer goes from butter stick to butter spray in seconds! The first sprayer that sprays 100% Real Butter. read more
The role of short videos within the Social Media channels increases. YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine, videos are everywhere. With Periscope and Facebook-live, it‘s even possible to stream live. Some companies are taking this video trend to a next level and are using social media to create short films for entertainment or advertising. The name: Social Cinema. read more
Your terrace is just as important as your interior. It is the eye catcher of your company. Theme’s and different styles for your terrace can create an extra experience. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case in all municipalities, some entrepreneurs can only chose between pre-ordered terrace furniture in several municipalities. But despite this fact, you can still do a lot to give your terrace your own twist. If you aren’t stuck to pre-ordered terraces, the ideas below might be nice to apply to your terrace: 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 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! read more
A nice idea, little bread snacks in a cone shaped bag. On the 10th of March DANVO Bakeries launched a new unique innovative snack, the ‘Joepies’. Joepies are one-bite sized bread rolls made of bread dough, supplemented with fresh fruits and herbs. read more
A one-day event in London, Running Pizza. A local running club, Run Dem Crew delivered pizzas from Sodo Sourdough Pizza Café. And the customers could watch the delivering in real-time via Periscope streams. read more
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! read more
Coffeelicous is known in Holland as the winner of the ‘Koffie Top 100’ in 2014. They also own Hightealicious in Dordrecht (the Netherlands) where they serve fancy high teas. As far as we know, this is the only shop in the Netherlands that exclusively serves high teas. read more
Delivery service Deliveroo makes sure to deliver ‘quality meals’. The delivery service distinguishes itself from others by taking over the whole process from the restaurant. Everyone does what he or she does best. The restaurant prepares the meals, Deliveroo delivers and we order and eat it. read more
Soenil Bahadoer created a dish based on Holi Phagwa, the Hindu spring festival. Like the ‘Festival of colours runs’ he creates his dish ‘scallop – pumpkin – Madame Jeanette’ with flying colours. Patrick Meis made the above video. read more

The magazine DER FEINSCHMECKER launched a new restaurant app with the best restaurants of Germany. The app is always actual: openings, closings and for example the switches of chefs are updated daily.

If you’re looking for a job in the hospitality branch in the Netherlands, download the app from ‘Werkenindehoreca.nl’ and receive all jobs on your mobile phone. Available for iPhone and Android.

American top chef Grand Achatz has made a new movie. We came across it on the Twitter from Gastronomixs. We would love to go and eat at his restaurant whenever we visit Chicago. See also other clips as – Course comprised of 86 individual components – and – edible helium balloon.

Gastronomic safaris by boat, walks in Nordic Noir Copenhagen, concerts in warehouses and pop-up restaurants. All this during the Wondercool festival – Copenhagen’s cultural month of February. It’s a festival of music, art, food, design, architecture and fashion.

KRNWTR thinks it’s time for an app that maps tap water in the hospitality branch. Still you can’t order a glass of tap water everywhere. With this app you can see where they serve tap water and where they don’t. You can indicate where you’ve got tap water as well. Through crowd funding KRNWRT is trying to realize this app. You can invest from €2,50. Look here for more information.

Women-only venues in the big cities are rising. Bar/restaurant SofaKingcool in London will become “women-only” themed and is renamed to KC’z Bar from February 1st onwards. Networking is the main purpose, but also the demand for an after work hangout place. It’s by women for women and it’s not just for gay women.

McDonald’s in Australia, better known as Macca’s, introduced a new iPhone app. With the app ‘TrackMyMacca’s’ the guest can see where the ingredients originate from and what happens before they are served. Another example of transparency at McDonald’s. In Canada they’ve created a YouTube movie about the difference between the hamburger in an ad and in your own box. There is also a ‘behind the scenes‘ about the French fries.

We think that it would have been nice if all restaurants near of the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht served these cookies with their coffee and tea during the KamaSutrA convention was held last weekend. Or do you dare to serve them with Valentine’s Day? The cookies are here for sale.

In Amsterdam Purewtr/Pro from entrepreneur Stijn Weijns soon starts with the construction of a swimming pool in a “sustainable” hotel. After having built small pools for individuals the last years, the company now wants to expand to project development and designing public swimming pools. In the pools of Purewtr there is not a drop of chlorine or other chemicals. They use plants such as the yellow iris, the schoenoplectus acutus and the small-leaved lily to clean the water. The water quality is high and the pools uses 70% less energy than regular pools.

Valentine’s day 2013 is approaching, so Marjolein van Spronsen has highlighted a few potential actions. Check the article for inspiration for your café, restaurant or hotel (use Google Translate) What are you going to organize for your guests?

The FabCafe in Shibuya, Japan is an innovative workshop/cafe hybrid that offers its clients laser cutting services and cups of coffee. The ‘Fab’ in its name stands for fabrication. Clients are invited to bring Adobe Illustrator files into the cafe, then the laser cutter will cut out of paper, felt, acrylic, wood and other materials. FabCafe, which is operated by digital media production company Loftwork, was designed by Naruse-Inokuma Architects. Read more about it at The Pop-Up City website.

An unique eyecatchers for every terrace or doorstep. A LED writing board for every message. The texts are easy to adjust or to renew. Look for more information at the website www.ledreclamebords.nl

At the AirBnB in Potts Naturpark Brauerei in Germany you can spend the night in a beer barrel bed! The ultimate hotel room for a beerlover invites guests to snooze in a giant 19th Century beer barrel that has been converted into cozy sleeping quarters. another barrel has been converted into a barrel sauna.

After a alcohol black-out Dhairya Dand from the MIT Media Lab has developed ice cubes that react to the music and drinking speed. The LED ice cubes changes color from green, orange to red if the drinking speed is to high. The chip inside the cubes is even able to send text messages to friends if the drinking continues.

At Whichaway Eco Camp explorers get the chance to experience the Antarctic comfortably, and sustainable. Guests can stay the overnight in one of six tents. The tents look like oversized golf balls. The frameless structures are made of aerospace composite panels that slot together to have the strength of a normal building and the mobility of a tent. Each tent has an en-suite bathroom and a desk. The camp consists of two more tents where you’ll find the dining area, library, kitchen and communications area. See more pictures in the Daily Mail article and a video about a trip to Whichaway Eco Camp.

Montblanc stationary is partnering with the St. Regis Washington DC Hotel and Thornwillow Press on a pop-up hotel lobby store for Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration. Fans of the Montblanc brand assembling in Washington DC for the upcoming inauguration will be able to purchase leather goods, cuff links, timepieces and signature writing instruments in a new pop-up location. Obama fans can also purchase the official medallion set for $7,500. Those on a tighter budget can get an official inauguration souvenir pen for $30. In an added interactive element, visitors to the pop-up store will be encouraged to use Montblanc stationery and pens to write letters to the president that will then be hand-delivered to the White House by the St. Regis Hotel’s team of butlers. We never heard from a pop-up store in a hotel lobby, inspiration for other hotels and shops.

Based in New York, Chefday hosts step-by-step videos of top chefs from the city – like Jehangir Mehta from Iron Chef America and Michelin-starred Chris Leahy – which are free to watch. If you decide to cook the meal yourself, you can order all the necessary ingredients to be delivered. Through a subscription option, customers will receive a recommended recipe via email every two weeks, which they can view before opting to order the ingredients, choose another recipe or skip until the following fortnight. In addition, Chefday donates one meal for every dish ordered to the Food Bank for NYC. They combine healthy recipes from well known award winning chefs with the possibility of directly buying all the ingredients. And all foodies know that can be an issue!

In eighteenth-century Oslo, criminals were brought to justice on a tiny islet, “Thief Island”. Today, Tjuvholmen – now a peninsula – is home to one of Scandinavia’s most exciting urban renewal projects. Business, art and nightlife, are all combined, it also became a dazzling showcase of contemporary European architecture. In the center of it all is The Thief, an upscale waterfront hotel. The first Design Hotel in Norway. Check out the pictures at the website of Design Hotels.

February 2011 we’ve spotted cats in a coffee bar in Japan. Recently Bright came across this crowdfunding project for a cats Café in Londen. When will the first Cat Café open in Amsterdam? Guests can relax with a drink and a cat to cuddle. And for childern who aren’t allowed to have pets this café will be paradise.

Hema steps into the coffee branch with coffee and cake for €1,=. Lunchroom Cappuccino from Rotterdam will launch a counter offensive on 11 and 12 January with the act #tijdvoorkoffie (Timeforcoffee). By every cup of coffee customers get a free Unox sausage.

In 2007 we spotted pay by text message and the app MyOrder. This year the app developed more options for the consumer and the entrepreneur. The app becomes a digital wallet for consumers and a new sales channel for the entrepreneur. Through your mobile you can open the menu card, order and pay directly. Rabobank works together with MyOrder. The app introduced lots of new features, for more information take a look at the website MyOrder.nl or the campaign movie from Rabobank look here.

Faktum in Göteborg (Sweden) launched a new initiative for homeless people. There are ten places where homeless people have slept that everyone can book like a hotel. One night costs $10 and the money will be spend on help for homeless people. It’s a way to collect money, you don’t sleep in one off the places yourself.

Instead of a dartboard a large scrabble game at the wall of your pub. Considering the popularity of wordfeud it might be a way to attract enthusiastic players. Even big chess board for at the wall are for sale.

At the shop / restaurant ‘Meneer Paprika’ in Haarlem, The Netherlands, everyone is welcome for breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake and 3D printing. Recently, the store 3DSVP opened in the same space. Gadgets, jewelry etc. all roles from the first 3D printer in a shop in the Netherlands. 2x inspiration: Catering + indoor another store and 3D printing. Have you ever thought about molds for dessert etc. with logo, using 3D printing? On the internet there are companies where you can place this taskl.

Recently a friend told me her experience with the new glutenfree pizza from Domino’s Pizza. She came across the pizza during her holiday. And with 2 daughters with celiac disease she loved to try it. Fortunately one daughter could try it and the other was warned by Domino’s Pizza about the level of ‘gluten free’. Great example of transparency and so important in cases of gluten free products! ^Marjolein