At Horecatrends 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 \u2018Trends we spotted this week\u2019.<\/p>\n
This week, amongst others about \u2018female friendly Doritos\u2019, the start-up Robomart and examples of how individuals and countries have responded to the fact that they\u2019re called “Sh**hole countries” by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
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Airbnb is offering adventure seekers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend three days and two nights on board the Alucia, a world-leading oceanic research and exploration vessel used in the filming of Blue Planet II. The vessel is owned and operated by ocean exploration pioneer OceanX and guests will have the opportunity to explore the ocean in one of the Alucia\u2019s two submersibles. Read more at Luxury Launches.<\/p>\n
One of London\u2019s leading restaurants will today start pioneering a new pricing model based on the travel industry today, with different charges depending on the day of the week and time of your booking. Bob Bob Ricard, known for a luxurious dining room where each table has a call-button for Champagne, will offer exactly the same menu, only prices are 25 percent lower for off-peak times such as Monday lunch and 15 percent off mid-peak, including dinner on Tuesdays and Sundays. Book for Saturday night and it\u2019s full price.<\/p>\n
Note from the editors of horecatrends<\/em>: Although we have seen similar initiatives in the past in the Netherlands we didn\u2019t spot it for a while. If you\u2019re still working with the system, would you let us know? We love to hear if it works!<\/p>\n After learning that over half of business travellers feel that their best ideas come while showering, Marriott Hotels is testing a one-of-a-kind technology that allows guests to scribe or sketch their brilliant ideas and send it to themselves before they get washed down the drain. The unique experience will be available to guests for two months at the newly redesigned Marriott Hotels Irvine, California. Although not received with many compliments, especially concerning the use of water, we wonder whether this idea might reach other hotels of the chain.<\/p>\n The ‘world’s first self driving store’, Robomart<\/a>. Customers of robomart simply tap a button to request the closet robomart and once it arrives, they head outside to unlock its doors and shop for the products they want. The device tracks what customers have taken using patent pending \u201cgrab and go\u201d checkout free technology and will charge them and send a receipt accordingly. Check out the model of the Robomart and the images on Designboom.<\/p>\n For its latest project, Sister City, Atelier Ace took another unique approach to hotel design. The concept behind the new hotel, which is planned to open this fall in New York, is all about minimalism.<\/p>\n Billed as \u201can experiment in essentialism,\u201d the hotel draws its inspiration from relaxing sources like saunas, caves and plants. The website says it\u2019s \u201ca hotel distilled to its most beautiful working parts. It gives you shelter when you need it, but helps deliver you out into the wider world, too. Inspired by Finnish saunas, Japanese bento boxes, the rock-cut cliff dwellings of prehistory and John Cage\u2019s 4\u201933\u201d. Sister City considers what\u2019s truly needed for the modern traveller. We hope to publish the images of the hotel when ready!<\/p>\n President Trump\u2019s comments referring to certain nations, including Haiti, as \u201cshitholes\u201d provoked anger and creativity! A couple of examples of how to use a negative remark in a positive way and humor always works!<\/p>\n Fabien Dodard, a creative director at Parkour Studio, has started a GoFundMe campaign<\/a> to raise cash to run \u201cshithole\u201d themed ads for Haiti in the American capital. He wants to run out-of-home and print ads in Washington, D.C., that aim to use Trump\u2019s words against him to boost the image of Haiti.<\/p>\n A bit like the Dutch \u2018Zondag met Lubach\u2019 video, you know the \u2018Netherlands second<\/a>\u2019 one, Namibia made a great video a couple of week ago, presenting their beautiful \u2018shithole country\u2019! Their video<\/a>\u00a0with open air toilets has reached over 500.000 viewers already!<\/p>\n The people behind Beauty & Essex<\/a> have created an extravagant special for this Valentine\u2019s Day. Diners at their New York, Las Vegas, or Los Angeles locations will get a $1,000, over-the-top dessert from chef Chris Santos. Their guests will be served a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ros\u00e9 Champagne alongside three trays, each stocked with sweet treats. One will contain a jewel box filled with doughnuts accompanied by caramel, chocolate, and berry dipping sauces. The next treat will be a box filled with heart-shaped chocolates. The final tray contains amongst other a chocolate sphere. Guests will be requested to take their spoon and smash it and out will fly candy, painted to look like pearls, and buried in the middle will be a .10-carat diamond.<\/p>\n Another example to use in collaboration with jewellers, not just on Valentine\u2019s Day but also for proposals in your restaurant!<\/p>\n Article from a Belgium website so unfortunately in Dutch but we think this item got a lot of attention in the USA and UK as well. Doritos launching a less crunchy, ‘woman-friendly’ version because women ‘prefer to eat polite in public’. That is the announcement that Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo (parent company of Frito-Lay, which makes Doritos among others), has come under fire. With great\u00a0 tweets like: “Good news, ladies. We got a female Colonel Sanders and Doritos that do not crunch, so feminism is canceled. We’ve achieved equality.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marriott Hotels Irvine tests touchscreen shower doors\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Robotics start-up robomart: the supermarket isle on wheels.<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Sister City | Minimalistic zen atmosphere at the newest venture from the Ace Hotel Group<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Who doesn\u2019t want to visit these Sh**hole countries <\/strong><\/h3>\n
An \u2018over the top\u2019 Valentine\u2019s Day dessert for $1,000 <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
CEO under fire after announcement ‘woman-friendly’ Doritos<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n