The interior design of citizenM Shanghai, Hongqiao

12-2-2019

A new location for citizenM, they opened in one of the most up-and-coming business areas of Shanghai: Hongqiao, in the Minhang District. Concrete designed the interior of the freshly built 303-room citizenM hotel. It’s the brand’s second location in Asia (after Taipei North Gate). It is also a second collaboration between citizenM, Shun Tak, China Resources with the creative direction by Concrete. read more

Trends we spotted | Week 6

8-2-2019

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, among other links to articles about the culinary development in the East of Europe according to Michelin and would you eat squirrel? Furthermore, a link to an exhibition about manhole covers in Tokyo and a new platform foodies should definitely check out, maned Njomly! And London has the first underground farm, the Growing Underground! By the way would you like to eat a polenta dish right from the table?

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Jutter Speijs | The unmanned shop-in-shop solution for the hospitality industry

8-2-2019

Should the minibar belong to the past? It does according to Jutter Speijs. Jutter Speijs offers an unique “Food Market”-retail concept for hotels. The unmanned food markets of the company can be placed in the lobby of a hotel and the guests can decide themselves what they will take up to their room, which makes the minibar unnecessary. Jutter Speijs is already active in several hotels in the Netherlands and hopes to expand locally and abroad this year. read more

Trends we spotted | Week 5

1-2-2019

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, among other links to articles about the fact that the owners of Eleven Madison Park in New York will open their first restaurant in London, Davies & Brook at the Claridges’s Hotel and about Stixfresh sticker, which increases the freshness of fruit. Also a link to one of the most Instragrammable chapels in Las Vegas and Ferran Adrià will reopen his famous restaurant El Bulli: not as a restaurant, but also as a knowledge center elBulli 1846. Other news for foodies: great images of the plates at the Bocuse d’Or 2019 the team of Denmark won! And we have read a Dutch article about TerraCycle that is eliminating the idea of waste by recycling the “non-recyclable”. In 2020 the  Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam American will open and today, February first, a dog restaurant will open in Antwerp! Also in this list of links: gravy candles from KFC and Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks, is exploring an independent 2020 presidential bid.

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Trends we spotted | Week 4

25-1-2019

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, among other links to articles about the Japanese tama konnyaku ‘screaming’ balls and about the Instagrammable ‘The Knot Churros’ in London. In Paris, an Eataly will open in the coming spring and an interesting article on how our eating habits and times evolve. And in addition to that about reading books in the Happy Meal of McDonalds in the Netherlands and an interesting post by René Redzepi on Instagram in which he will show how they deal with diets and allergies at Noma. Starbucks will start delivering in America via Uber Eats and have you ever eaten a Japanese-Italian mash-up dish like Karaage Tortellini?

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Trends we spotted | Week 2

10-1-2019

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others, a link to an article about a great marketing example from a new designhotel in Eindhoven, The Match. Here you’re advised to ‘check in and stay out’. Links to articles about the sustainable exotic Kudadoo Island Resort at the Maldives and about a Culinary Agenda for January. Inspiration from London, with a great collaboration of Indian restaurant Bombay Bustle and a yoga institute. And are you a pizza and game lover? Then you must play the Monopoly Pizza Game!

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Happy holidays | Christmas decorations 2018

20-12-2018

We are in the dark days before Christmas, with real Dutch weather. A little bit of once or twice and mostly wind and rain. Time to create a ‘Christmassy’ restaurant! In September we always give an overview of what we have spotted in the previous Christmas period for inspiration. Below our colleague Max van Oeveren has made a list of small examples up to the great Christmas tree at Claridge’s Hotel in London and special Christmas decorations, as inspiration for hotels, restaurants, bars and of course for at home.

This is the last article on Horecatrends for this year. We wish you a warm, cozy holiday season and lots of inspiration and happiness in 2019. For those who have to work in the hospitality industry, we wish you many nice guests!

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Horecatrends | Tips for Culinary videos worth watching – week 50

10-12-2018

YouTube has been a source of inspiration for spotting trends the past few  years. Every day, thousands of movies are uploaded with new and interesting content. We too sometimes use videos as a source of inspiration to write about. With this week again a selection of videos that Mike Adam thinks are cool to watch. Amongst them a video about the top female chef Ana Ros who introduced fine-dining in the rural countryside of Slovenia, a video about how veganism could change the world and one which gives some insights in the most luxurious hotels of Paris. read more

Trends we spotted | Week 49

7-12-2018

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others, a link to an article about the second barbecue restaurant for Black Smoke, now in Antwerp and Rotterdam. Check out the video over the Harry Potter make-over at Changi Airport which we spotted at Facebook and in Shanghai the new M&M’s World will open! A development in the world of guides: Michelin has bought Tablet a hotel booking platform from New York to lead their digital transformation. Also great images of the new CitizenM in Copenhagen at the website of concrete Amsterdam. By the way, have you ever tasted Dutch wine? Well this year it’s better than ever!

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Trends we spotted | Week 48

30-11-2018

At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others, a link to an article about the collaboration between the Dutch department store the Bijenkorf and the Pulitzer Hotel with as result a great Christmas tree. Although we have to admit the Churchill Arms in Kensington Christmas decoration beats everything! And we wished we were living London, we would love to try the ‘Bumper cars on ice’ at the Elephant & Castle rink! The Angad Arts Hotel has yellow, red, green and blue mood rooms and Dominique Ansel the Cronut® creator, will host online masterclasses. Wouldn’t you love to learn how to make some of his creations? And a couple more links to articles about the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for a chef and would you like to sit at a ‘Chatter & Natter’-table?

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