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 \u2018Trends we spotted this week\u2019.<\/p>\n
This week, among other links to articles about BeerYoga<\/em>, DOT in Groningen<\/em>, a Mo\u00ebt & Chandon vending machine<\/em> and Amazon is testing delivery robots<\/em> in Seattle. We spotted a new street food concept in Paris, Magn\u00e0 Street Food<\/em> sells \u2018Rotolo\u2019 and the \u2018Portoglio\u2019 pizza. And a link to an article about the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants, in January they introduced radical changes in the voting system and judging panels. The 18th edition of The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants<\/em> will be unveiled on Tuesday 25th June in Singapore.<\/p>\n Wouldn\u2019t you like to play a human snack claw machine<\/em>? We would! And what we also like to try is the McFalafal<\/em>, but you can only get it in Sweden at this moment. And how about a scoop of Hellmann\u2019s Mayo ice cream<\/em>, would you fancy that?\u00a0<\/p>\n Click on the title if you like to read the full article. Enjoy reading!<\/p>\n In January Amazon started to test autonomous package delivery with adorable little robot vehicles in a northern Seattle suburb, Snohomish County. The Amazon Scouts are six-wheeled, fully electric vehicles that move at \u2018walking pace\u2019, during the test only during daylight hours on weekdays while accompanied by Amazon employees for safety\u2019s sake. Check out the video and an interesting article about the pros and cons of the use of these Prime autonomous vehicles at the website of Fortune.<\/a><\/p>\n Recently McDonald\u2019s Sweden added a new vegan option: the McFalafel. As the name suggests, it are falafels made with chickpeas and seasoned with cumin, parsley and garlic. A four-piece falafel Happy Meal comes with one of two dipping sauces \u2013 a vegetarian yogurt sauce or a vegan pepper dip.<\/p>\n The launch of Sweden\u2019s first vegan Happy Meal, came weeks after McDonald\u2019s UK launched their vegan Happy Meal<\/a> featuring a vegan wrap.<\/p>\n A video by \u00c0 Table by Demotivateur about rolled and folded pizza! Magn\u00e0 Street Food serves these specialties from Naples in Paris. Julien Serri, brought back from his travels two specialties from the streets of Naples: the rotolo pizza (or rolled up version) and the portoglio pizza (wallet) that the pizzaiolo folds in four, like a cone. It\u2019s a bit more simple to make then the pizza in a cone we spotted back in 2012, Kono Pizza<\/a>! Don\u2019t you think? Magn\u00e0 is located in the trendy 9th arrondissement, 48 rue Notre-Dame de Lorette.<\/p>\n This vending machine has nothing to do with the old-fashioned vending machines hotels used to have next to their icemakers! The Ritz-Carlton, Naples in Florida recently reopened after being shuttered by 2017\u2019s Hurricane Irma, and right there in its lobby, between plinths topped with bouquets of hydrangeas is this very luxurious vending machine: A gold-rimmed 1,000-plus-pound Mo\u00ebt & Chandon dispenser filled with Imperial Brut and Imperial Ros\u00e9 vintages in 200 ml bottles.<\/p>\n The organization behind the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants introduced a raft of changes to the voting system and judging panels in January. In an announcement they revealed that anyone who’s topped the list before will now no longer be eligible for the list but will enter a Hall of Fame style list. \u2018the Best of the Best\u2019. At this list all those establishments that have been voted No.1 in The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants list over its 17-year history. So that means that the previous situation of places like Noma and El Celler de Can Roca topping the board year after year won’t happen again. And a couple of more changes in the article.<\/p>\n A video from Thrillist Food and Drink about a human snack catcher! The \u2018Oishi Snacktacular\u2019 is held every year by the snack company Oishi, at a snack event in the Philippines. We think a human claw machine would be great at local funfairs as well!<\/p>\n Another video by Thrillist Food and Drink, about Hellmann\u2019s Mayonnaise ice cream! We don\u2019t think we would take a scoop of it but for those who love mayo and ice cream, it might work! An idea of an ice cream shop in Falkirk, Scotland! According to the video it must taste like fat and cream, with a eggy, milky aftertaste.<\/p>\n For those who missed it: owner Atilay Uslu of Corendon created a lot of buzz last week with his ‘stunt’ to move a Boeing 747 from Schiphol to the garden of his hotel Corendon Village. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, February 10, 2019 the plane finished his last meters.<\/p>\n It\u2019s going to be a big attraction for those who love to visit this plane! As an former stewardess I know how much fun it is to have pictures taken in the engine, maybe that will be possible as well!\u00a0^Marjolein<\/p>\n We spotted this ‘hype’ on the Facebook page of News Monkey! It was first spotted in Berlin (2016) and soon (March 3) you can also attend an hour of beer yoga at the Palace Yoga in Groningen. You can already sign up via their Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n Their announcement: \u201cIn yoga you should always listen to your body. Sometimes your body wants a workout. Other times it wants beer. Why not both?!Join us on the first Sunday of each month for an all-levels 60 minute hatha yoga class followed by some beer to kick off your Sunday afternoon with a bit of balance! Don’t worry if you’ve never done yoga before – this class will be about having fun while making shapes with our bodies. Also don\u2019t worry if you\u2019ve never drank beer before – Baxbier has a wide variety of beers that you can try after the class, everything from blonde to porter to alcohol free!\u201d<\/p>\n Nice article about DOT (the former Infoversum) in Groningen (The Netherlands) on the website of SIKKOM. There is now a restaurant in it and a dome-bios (a spherical bios). \u201cWith brutal 4K images of space, nature and artsy fartsy things combined with music. Often very instructive, sometimes just plain cool\u201d, according to the journalist from SIKKOM. Read in the link what type of movies will be shown. These films are often accompanied by music, such as with the performance Space & Sound. This is a performance made in collaboration with Marlies van de Weijgaart, scientist at the RUG (University of Groningen). With music by Martin ter Braake (Battage, Hard Boss).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon Scout | Delivery robots tested in suburb of Seattle<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
McDonald\u2019s introduced a vegan \u2018McFalafel\u2019 in Sweden<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Magn\u00e0 Street Food | \u2018Rotolo\u2019 and the \u2018Portoglio\u2019 pizza <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Luxurious Mo\u00ebt & Chandon vending machine | At the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
World’s 50 Best Restaurants | Radical changes for 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
The Human Claw Machine | It turns people into snack grabbers.<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Would you choose a scoop of Hellmann\u2019s Mayo ice cream?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Boeing 747 as attraction at the Corendon Village hotel in the Netherlands<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Bieryoga | Do you already know the beer + yoga hype?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
DOT in Groningen | Space & Sound<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n