Arq Hotels | Boutique hospitality

7-2-2025

Traditional hospitality and innovative technology. Small-scale luxury and personal attention. With the launch of Arq Hotels, the Netherlands’ newest boutique hotel group is a reality. What started with the acquisition of the Paleis Hotel (Palace Hotel) in The Hague in September, grew into a collection-of-two earlier this month with the affiliation of Kloosterhotel de Soete Moeder (Convent hotel The Sweet Mother) in Den Bosch. Thus Arq Hotels doubled in size in a short time – and it doesn’t stop there. The group’s focus is on growth, with a portfolio of 20 boutique hotels as its ambitious goal. It is headed by Nicoline Montanus, who worked for Eden Hotels for many years.

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The limited edition [ yellow tail ] & Domino’s Red Blend | The perfect sip with every slice

6-2-2025

A new favorite pizza beverage pairing is here! [ yellow tail ], America’s best-selling imported wine, recently announced that they are teaming up with Domino’s, the largest pizza company in the world, to deliver a flawless pizza night pairing experience – the Limited Edition [yellow tail] & Domino’s Red Blend. Uniquely crafted to provide the perfect sip with every slice, this special wine release is guaranteed to pair with everything cheesy, making your pizza delivery nights extra easy.

Inspiration for restaurants and wine shops to collaborate to create the perfect pairing with the most famous dish of the restaurant? And of course a great collaboration in time for Valentine’s Day!

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Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | Crusty Slices, Puffle Bees and HOTBOXXX

4-2-2025

Every day we spot fun, new concepts. This week, we spotlight three new concepts in Germany! Crusty Slices in Aachen, Cologne and Frankfurt, is a fun concept that sells croissant dough slices with pizza toppings, sold in pretty boxes. They are growing fast in Germany, and are looking for franchisees. There are also franchise opportunities at Hanover-based HOTBOXXX, where you get your food out of the wall. Unusual though, you can also pull an entire menu out of the vending machines. And, of course, a few Dutch specialities. Puffle Bees is a concept that has been in Berlin since 2021, they too serve hybrids like the croffle (which they thus call the Puffle) and Egg Drops. They will soon open their second branch in Hanover.

We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!

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Trends we spotted | Week 05

3-2-2025

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• We came across a Swiss-based company, KITRO which is tackling the global issue of food waste.
• An interesting article on eHotelier – The Hotels Network launched Swaps, personalized hotel website experiences.
• Collaboration between two iconic hotels – Iconic Tuscan hotel, Il Pellicano travels to Claridge’s Restaurant for week long residency.
• Great Valentine’s Day inspiration from the Belgian Otomat chain – candlelight dinner with a firestarters matchbox and, of course, heart-shaped pizzas.
• On the Instagram account of restaurant and lunchroom Da Kepello in Panningen, we came across another dessert board! Also great way to serve desserts for Valentine’s Day.
• Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Oude Gevangenis Alkmaar opened last Saturday, February 1^st. You can spend the night in a former prison!
• Ruby Hotels will open its first project in Hungary at the end of 2026! The Budapest project is located in the iconic Corvin Palace, Budapest’s oldest department store and a listed building from 1926.
• In March, Cinema Culinair will descend on Antwerp and Ghent with its film-food events from the 12^th until the 30^th of March. Enjoy both the film and the food from the film!

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A new culinary hotspot in The Hague | Restaurant Suus in hotel De Plesman

31-1-2025

In March, The Hague will gain a culinary hotspot with the opening of Restaurant Suus. Established under the striking copper roof of the pavilion connected to hotel De Plesman, Suus offers an inspiring environment where authentic dishes and a warm atmosphere come together. Inspired by the story of the Plesman family, the restaurant is the perfect meeting place for friends, family, private dining and business meetings. It’s a place where you enjoy delicious dishes prepared with local and high-quality ingredients. Hotel De Plesman is located in the historic former headquarters of the Dutch airline KLM, Albert Plesman was the founder of KLM and Suus was his spouse.

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‘Salad AI’ recipe generator of Just Salad | Personalized dining experience

30-1-2025

Just Salad, the fast-casual restaurant chain committed to making everyday health and sustainability possible, recently announced the launch of its newest ordering feature, ‘Salad AI’, a cutting-edge personalization tool designed to transform how customers discover and enjoy their perfect meal. Through personalized survey results, Just Salad’s AI tool provides mobile app users with tailored ordering recommendations to best match their culinary preferences, setting a new standard for digital customer engagement.

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Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | Petit and Bakery Heemelrijck, the SKEWER BAR and Restaurant Paarl

28-1-2025

Every day we spot fun, new concepts. This week: the SKEWER BAR in Rotterdam, where you can enjoy meat, vegetables and tofu skewers. An authentic street food restaurant specialising in dishes from the Changsha region in China. In Amsterdam, restaurant Heemelrijck has opened a new restaurant, Petit Heemelrijck, and bakery Heemelrijck with a new Wentelteefjes (French toast) to go concept. A new concept with a 75-year family history! And in Sassenheim, the South African pop-up restaurant Paarl opened in the third quarter of 2024. They treat you to a shared dining menu with all kinds of South African dishes such as biltong, braai, boboti, samosas and so on.

We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!

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Trends we spotted | Week 04

27-1-2025

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. With this week links to articles about:

• Spotted at the Sigep in Italy where the product won 2 prizes: The Proissant. A protein croissant of the San Giorgio Italia Bakery House.
• To welcome the Year of the Snake, the fashion designer Shuting Qiu created an original artwork especially for Maison Hennessy. #ChineseNewYear
• With the aim to strengthen the connection between wine and gastronomy, Wine in Moderation announced a partnership with JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs.
• A small and quick coffee fix by Mamonaku Kohi in the Philippines – linked to an article about micro spaces popping up in cities.
• Mövenpick debuts in Poland with 2 hotels: Grand Hotel Wrocław, Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karpacz and expands with 5 more hotels in the European market.
• A new franchise lunch restaurant will open in Bryant Park in New York City this spring, Toastique. We love their name, some more details about this concept in the US.
• Het Zalmhuis treats its birthday guests, free dinner for those celebrating their birthday at this restaurant in Rotterdam this year.
• At restaurant 10WILLIAMST. in Sydney you can enjoy all their desserts – with a ‘spoonful’.

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Star chef Enrique Limardo cooks at Hilton Amsterdam in honour of the Chocolate Festival

23-1-2025

From a special cocoa menu to a full evening with star chef Enrique Limardo himself. Hilton Amsterdam has been a partner of the annual Chocolate Festival Amsterdam for 12 years. This year, the hotel is organising a number of culinary experiences and events focusing on the versatility of cocoa. For this, they joined forces with Venezuelan star chef Enrique Limardo.

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Beet Great | Natural Energy Soda

23-1-2025

Beet Great is a natural energy drink made from red beetroot juice and pomegranate juice. Red beetroot provides more energy. Many (top) athletes have known this for years and drink beetroot juice to improve their performance. Research has shown that beetroot causes your muscles to acidify less quickly during exercise and that your body also recovers faster after exercise. Only benefits you would think, but even avid athletes often drink it with their noses turned up because they don’t like the flavour of red beetroot juice. Beet Great changes that! As they say: 100% delicious, the energy comes from the beetroot, vegan, gluten-free and no caffeine added.

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