After several years of trend-spotting we’ve challenged ourselves to translate a hospitality trend to a practical promotion. Together with Ice Cream Parlor Mezzo in Amsterdam we came up with the idea to collaborate with the local market vendors. With the ice cream flavours herring, rhubarb and asparagus we’ve made it to national television and gained a lot of local publicity.
From 30 May till 24 June, you can temporarily visit the Magnum cafe in heart of the Marais in Paris. For four weeks, visitors are invited to a unique experience, culminating in sensory pleasures of the experience and to create their own Magnum. Give this creation a name and share it on Facebook.
What to do with the several social media as an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry? Van Spronsen & Partners gives an explanation, only available in Dutch.
Mangusto is a new lunch room and winebar in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From June 15, guests can enjoy the Italian ice cream, paninis or just a glass of wine or prosecco.
Starting today a 3000 square meter urban farm on top of the office complex Zuidpark opened in the Netherlands. This scale of urban rooftop farming is the largest in Europe.
The Bankok University has been renovated to underline the nickname Creative University. The ground floor area is designed as a flexible hang-out space that can be reconfigured for studying alone or in groups, resting and meetings. The mezzanine level is a fun and game zone, it includes a pink polka-dotted Karaoke hut. The game zone includes a huge pool table and a giant dart board. Inside the 6,5-meter high panda is the spiral staircase connecting the ground floor and mezzanine. Students enter the staircase from the backside and exit from the back of the head. The mouth of the panda is a window.
Play with your food! A nice and simple idea. There are drawings of trains, boats, cranes and people on the plate. The plates encourages people to play with their food. The Play with food, Sport plates are designed by the Polish Boguslaw Sliwinski.
Starting today a 3000 square meter urban farm on top of the office complex Zuiderpark opened in the Netherlands. This scale of rooftop urban farming is the largest in Europe.
The Bankok University has been renovated to underline the nickname Creative University. The ground floor area is designed as a flexible hang-out space that can be reconfigured for studying alone or in groups, resting and meetings. The mezzanine level is a fun and game zone, it includes a pink polka-dotted Karaoke hut. The game zone includes a huge pool table and a giant dart board. Inside the 6,5-meter high panda is the spiral staircase connecting the ground floor and mezzanine. Students enter the staircase from the backside and exit from the back of the head. The mouth of the panda is a window.
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.
In 2013 the largest mall in the world will be opened in the city of Tianjin (China). The SM Tianjin Shopping Center will be 530,000 square meters, an area the size of 74 football fields. Tianjin is only 30 minutes by high speed train from Beijing.
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.
The opening of the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore will allow the city-state to tap Asia’s growing cruise industry while it will also provide thousands of new jobs. Situated at the edge of Singapore’s waterfront downtown district, the ultra-modern terminal is expected to latch onto the city’s booming tourism industry, which benefited from double digit growth in visitor arrivals to 13.2 million last year.
This Fonckel lamp is developed by Dutch designers. The lamp is fully adjustable with your fingers. Watch the movie about Fonckel.
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
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