Valentine’s Day is all about attention
No red roses, bonbons or discount but attention! That’s what Droste’s attends its guests on with a nice little envelope for your telephone during the Valentine’s dinner.
No red roses, bonbons or discount but attention! That’s what Droste’s attends its guests on with a nice little envelope for your telephone during the Valentine’s dinner.
Since last weekend, you can go bowling in nightclub Trouw in Amsterdam. There are three professional bowling lanes in the basement of Trouw where you can play from February 7 to March 2. Club Lebowski places pop-up bowling alleys at various locations and it took three days to place the bowling alleys at Trouw. During restaurant and club hours guests can throw strikes, spares and gutter balls along with up to six friends. The bowling alleys are open from Tuesday to Saturday for €10,= per hour.
A real bacon lover? Visit the bacon restaurant ‘BarBacon’ in New York City. The restaurant opened last month and is completely in the theme of artisan bacon. The menu includes a variety of bacon sandwiches, salads, bacon chocolate chip cookies and even a bacon whiskey variant. When serving ‘The Tasting’ the guest will receive a selection of four types of bacon and there is a bacon of turkey or vegetarian bacon. ‘BarBacon’ serves local craft beers and whiskeys in combination with various types of bacons. Maybe they can serve a shot bacon liqueur?
‘Pin’ and ‘Interest’, also known as Pinterest. The social online bulletin board where users can share their images has become a lot more popular in the Netherlands the past year. Currently 1.1 million Dutch use Pinterest, compared with 530,000 users a year ago. Pinterest has extended the functions, so there are more opportunities for the users.
The first Dutch hot tub cinema is located in Amsterdam from 6 to 9 March. In the ‘Machinegebouw’ at the Westergasterrein are 21 hot tubs and two cinema screens. You could book a hot tub with five friends and you will get a waiter service, bottle of cava and a private bath robe but it is already sold out. After the movie there is a bathrobe after party with a DJ. The concept is inspired by the Hot Tub cinema in London.
The first crowd funding platform especially for the Dutch hospitality industry is developed: Hospitality Crowd funding Netherlands. The platform helps hospitality businesses to raise capital. Hospitality Crowd funding Netherlands brings investors and hospitality business in touch with each other, so that the Dutch hospitality industry can continue to innovate.
Article by Julia Soldic.
This year the Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab revealed another shocking new ingredient that had awakened the lab’s curiosity. The team had examined the re-integration of animal blood into our food chain.
The Nordic Food Lab was founded in 2008 by the brain and hands behind restaurant Noma, Rene Redzepi. The lab has, ever since, shown the world that the uneatable can be eatable if only your stomach can take it.
The famous Australian chef Justin North opened ‘The Burger Shed’ last year. He is the first of many chefs to develop a gourmet burger food concept. Because of the financial crisis in Australia, many customers choose for the opportunity of dining out inexpensively. ‘The Burger Shed’ is designed by Mima Design based on the concept; an inviting restaurant that expresses quality and affordability. The burger restaurant has brick walls, a concrete floor with elements of wooden pallets, raw materials and industrial lighting. Back-to-basics. The menu of ‘The Burger Shed’ focuses on the use of local and high-quality products. The menu offers four types of burgers (beef, lamb, chicken and Portobello), fish tacos and chicken tortillas.
Tripadvisor gives an overview of 10 jaw-dropping hotel pools around the world. Like the Hanging Gardens Ubud in Bali with a beautiful view over the rainforest or the swimming pool located at the 24th floor of the Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao. The video above shows ‘The Library’ hotel in Ko Samui, Thailand. The name of the hotel pool ‘The Red Pool’ says it all. The pool is not made of the standard blue tiles, but of yellow, orange and deep red mosaic tiles. The pool looks like red blood, but the red mosaic tiles give a warming and special effect. The video is a bit long, but shows the inspiring design of the hotel. Look for the other pools at Tripadvisor.
Late 2013 Maison F opened in Paris, a high-end restaurant specialized in French Fries. They serve the fries with all their dishes. As guest you can choose the size (7 or 10 mm), with or without skin and the taste of the day fries. Clotilde Dusoulier, food blogger from the website Chocolate & Zucchini has eaten fries made of saffron risotto with her duck fillet. The fries are served with dishes that are prepared with products of the best craftsmen. They also have a bar with an extensive cocktail menu. Nice to visit when you’re in Paris!
Master croquette maker Piet Brink from ‘Van Dobben’ travels to Sotsji to make croquettes and ‘bitterballs’. He expects to make an average thousand per day that are sold in the ‘Holland Heineken Huis’. It was hard to arrange the paperwork for the import of frozen croquettes, this way the producer bends a problem into an opportunity.
Bidroom is a commission free booking website where hotels can offer rooms via a reversed auction. The guest selects a city and a room (3 to 5 stars and choice between single, double of triple) and within 24 hours hotels can make an offer, while the prices of competitors are visible. In the future Mark Bradshaw (CEO), Michael Ros (COO) and Casper Knieriem (CFO) want to generate revenue from advertisements.
In 2014, 2015 and 2016 Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the weekend. This means that you have three opportunities in a row to use all your Valentine’s weekend ideas! We gathered some fun suggestions for you here.
Last Sunday Joris Bijdendijk (Executive Chef Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam ) organized a Lobster Night for the hospitality industry in Amsterdam at Restaurant Bridges. The goal of the night was to create more bonding between the Amsterdam hotels, restaurants and cafés. For € 35,- (drinks excluded) invited guests could indulge themselves with unlimited lobster and selected wines by ‘Kwast Wijnkopers’. Chef and DJ Ron Blaauw arranged the musical context.
Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Jonathan LeijonhufvudThe Golden Egg Bar is the latest restaurant design by BAM (Ballistic Architecture Machine) and located in Beijing. The design is a blend between Chinese elements and a typical American dining from the fifties. The polished Egg functions as a bar and service counter. The extraordinary combination of contemporary Sichuan cuisine and fifties dinner culture creates a vibrant and convivial dining atmosphere.
Approachable inspiration, trends and highlights from 2025 that can be easily applied to your own business in 2026. A whitepaper to scroll through when you read more
We’ve been enjoying glorious summer weather for a few weeks now, and the popular seasonal drinks are already known. Mocktails, cocktails, spritz variations, rosé, and read more
A solution to track foods expiration date by using a graphical visual was introduced by TO-GENKYO studio design.. The new label design changes its color based on the level of ammonia the food emits as it ages. After it has passed its expiration date, the bar code is no longer readable, making it impossible to sell.
Do you want to tap your own draft beer but is there no space left in your kitchen? Replace your fridge with a 50s-style Northstar refrigerator wich comes with a build-in beer dispenser.
In August 2007 we wrote about the Wrangler laundry service at Lowlands Festival. Visitors could wash their dirty clothes for free and were notified by text message when the job was done. With a bright new festival season approaching, we are curious who will provide a clear spark of fressness at the festivals this year!
In september 2007 we also wrote about the machine that mixes fresh fruit drinks on the spot. The manufacturer has added new machines to the assortment and the post mix concept is still relevant in terms of space saving and economical packaging.
One of the trends we wrote about in September 2007, was ordering food by text message. It was possible to order and pay at 500 restaurants with a Gomobo account without standing in line. Nowadays there are interesting alternatives available on the iPhone. You can order and pay with the (Dutch) MyOrder app.
How is life when you are an autocompleter at Google? Google is making fun of us on the first of April! Watch this funny movie.
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Now it is possible to communicate with animals, according to Google. Nice attempt of Google, but this is obvious we are dealing with a joke. Watch the movie.
Heineken developed in cooperation with Philips the Heineken Senseo Bierpad. A special version of senseo; Philips SENSEO® Hot ‘n Cold® is required. Are you interested? Sorry, it is an April Fool’s day joke.
A handy home tap system that does not longer require a tapmachine and costs less than € 10,=. Of a 4-liter tap system, 16 glasses of 25 cl can be tapped.
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Trumer Beer Machine is inspired on the Rube-Goldberg-Machine, a mchine which makes a complex action of a simple action. Recreate the brewing process in a new way. Watch the movie.
Greentraveller produced in association with VisitEngland a guide to Green London. A handy pocket-sized map that features eco-friendly restaurants, hotels, cafes and attractions in the capital. Copies of the leaflet are available free of charge at eight Tourist Information Centres in and around London and the leaflet is also downloadable as a pdf.
Butler For Hire’s service in the Netherlands offers a new service, the picnic butler, from April to August in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. When booked, a butler is sent to the park to set up the picnic, included with crystal glasses, picnic rugs, china crockery and pillows. Once the picnickers are ready to go home, a phone call to Butler For Hire signals it is time for the butler to return and clean up.
In preparation for the annual Tomb Sweeping Day in China, shopkeepers in the Guangxi region are working on the freshly cooked five-color glutinous rice to worship their ancestors. The colored rice was dyed in the liquid from soaked colorful plants such as purple sweet cane and maple leaves. Coloured rice is a much better option to enliven your plate than the usual plain old white rice.
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The latest marketing ploy of Kraft is Mac and Cheese TV. This commercial is unique because it’s inspired by real life tweets of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese fans. These Mac and Cheese TV commercials are a game changer for interacting with loyal customers.
The Norwegian company Figgjo has developed a new range of plates specifically made for use in canteens and restaurants. Now, these plate are usually pretty dull and uninspired. Figgjo has played around with the colour and shape, but without prejudice to the stacking capability or durability requirements.
A container rebuild to a restaurant or a coffee bar, we have seen before. The SushiBOX is a new example, located in Texas. The compact eatery fits inside a 20 inch shipping container that has three sides, which can unfold to create open awnings.
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McDonald’s promotes his famous McNuggets and its range of dip sauces by using the elevator to create illusion nuggets that were dipped into sauces. Watch the movie.
Organic marketer Eosta, brings a new innovation into the markt. It is a cucumber, which has an orange colour inside and tastes like a melon. The cucumber is preservable up to 10 days. This seems to be a perfect april fool…
Golf Digest wanted to remind golf enthusiasts that they can improve their game with the magazine. So how can you disrupt the region’s biggest golf to get attention?
The Lynx Effect in the UK has lounged a campaign that has taken viral concepts to another level with their latest brand: the Lynx Fallen Angels Ambush. Various angels fell at the Victoria Station in London from the sky, onlookers tried to connect with the beautiful “virtuous” creatures on the screen.
The free Yorder app let sports fans order food and beverages from their seats, so they don’t have to get up and miss any of the game. The operator Bon Appetit will send a worker to the fan’s seat with the order in 15 to 20 minutes.
At Taoyuan International Airport (Taiwan), waiting passengers can now borrow iPads and eReaders to keep their passengers entertained. The e-library has four hundred titles in its collection, available in English or Chinese, which can be read in the airport, but not taken away or downloaded onto the user’s own device.
In the marketplace Nehru Place, in Asia, is the pub First Floor located. Despite of zillions of shops, the people did not spend their time in the pub. The marketplace is infested with billboards, but the people have learnt to ignore them. So First Floor got Human Direction Signs ‘drunk’. They were pretending to be happily passed out at various spots with the distance and direction to the pub. According to First Floor they saw a 62 % increase in customers.
As a way to thank the Ben and Jerry’s customers for their support and to celebrate 33 years of Ben & Jerry’s, the Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops all over the world, are happily giving the ice creams away!
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There is no shortage of imagination in applying the Japanese technique of folding (origami) toilet paper: tolegami presents itself as a variant of origami. The tolegami is already prominent in some hotels, the tolegami takes various forms in order to customize the toilet paper.
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