At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu 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 \u2018Trends we spotted this week\u2019.<\/p>\n
With this week links to articles about the announcement that a visit to an indoor restaurant, gym or theater in New York will only be allowed for those vaccinated as of August 16. All in a dramatic step to fight rising Covid-19 cases.<\/em><\/p>\n Alain Ducasse and Albert Adri\u00e0 to open an 100-day trial restaurant in Paris and more and more luxury brands are accepting cryptocurrency. The Dolder Grand hotel in Switzerland and BitLux private jets have teamed up for the world’s first crypto-based luxury travel partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels have teamed up to create Panera Brand, boasting nearly 4,000 locations and 110,000 employees across 10 countries.<\/em> All three brands are owned by Luxembourg based JAB Holding Co.<\/em><\/p>\n Interesting development: startup Cecilia, the interactive bartender for airports, VIP lounges, stadiums and venues or even hotels. Cecilia mixes 120 cocktails per hour! And an article about 3 robots that can tap beer: Ebar, Revolmatic and Macco Robotics. In the article a video from Ebar. <\/em><\/p>\n The Raffles Hotels & Resorts continues global expansion with new openings in 2021 and beyond. With this year their second hotel \u00a0in Dubai, Raffles The Palm. Check out the other openings in the article. <\/em><\/p>\n IKEA in the USA is going to sell candles that smell like Swedish meatballs and another great example of how to use TikTok. The chef of the Italian Embassy in London, Danilo Cortellini spotted pasta chips and decided to upgrade the recipe! <\/em><\/p>\n Klimato from Sweden lets restaurants calculate their CO2 emissions per dish, interesting development! And we spotted shampoo bars, a completely plastic-free alternative in bars. A \u00a0distinctive, sustainable alternative for your amenities! <\/em><\/p>\n For fans of the series La Casa de Papel, Netflix and Fever created the immersive experience that is located in the French \u2018La Monnaie de Paris\u2019, the institute of the French currency. <\/em><\/p>\n Click on the title if you like to read the full article. Enjoy reading!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From dining to working out, many indoor activities will require the shot to enter. Check out the entire article at Robb Report, link in the title. Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York announced that all customers and employees at indoor restaurants, gyms and theaters will require proof of vaccination for entry. Other cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have reinstated mask mandates recently, but New York becomes the first city or state government to enact this kind of vaccine mandate in the United States. De Blasio said the policy goes into effect on August 16, but enforcement will begin September 13.<\/p>\n In the Netherlands the governmental support for closed businesses has been well organized, but we are reaching the limit to that support. Who is going to be responsible for the next rise of the Covid 19 cases here? Aren\u2019t we all? We completely understand that owners of restaurants, bars, theaters, gyms and all other businesses that have been closed, choose to welcome everybody, vaccinated or not. And we think that all people are allowed to make their own choice to either get vaccinated or not, as are entrepreneurs. In countries where the support from the government is not evident, we have spotted restaurants welcoming vaccinated guests only, to protect their staff and other guests, for example Danny Meijer in New York<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Here in the Netherlands we need to limit the possibility of spreading the virus as well, we don\u2019t want to close all businesses again this fall and winter, and the support by the government isn\u2019t endless. Let\u2019s hope that mandatory measurements aren\u2019t necessary. Let\u2019s all be tolerant to those who choose not to take a vaccine but also to those entrepreneurs who refuse to serve guests that aren\u2019t vaccinated.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n The last couple of weeks we spotted more and more hospitality companies that allow their guests to pay with cryptocurrencies. Hotels in the luxury segment, Recipe box service, \u2018On The Table\u2019 and more. Now we spotted the famed Grand Hotel Dolder in Switzerland that accepts this currency, more remarkable is the fact that the privat arir charter firm BitLux has 50% of its bookings paid with this currency. The five-star Zurich mainstay has partnered with private air charter firm BitLux to allow travelers to foot the bill for both their flights and stays with digital currency. The partnership comes as BitLux has seen 50-percent of its 2021 charter flight bookings so far made using cryptocurrencies, and is being launched not long after the Dolder Grand began accepting crypto as a payment option.<\/p>\n Culinary legends Alain Ducasse<\/a> and Albert Adri\u00e0<\/a> have announced they will be opening a 100-day trial restaurant together in Paris later in the year. The world’s most decorated chef, Ducasse, will join forces with Adri\u00e0 – one of Spain’s most creative forces, recognized by TIME magazine as one of the 13 most influential people in the world of gastronomy – to open a restaurant in Paris towards the end of the year. Sounds like a must visit for foodies! More at the website of Fine Dining Lovers, link in the title.<\/p>\n Last week we went to France for a long weekend and where we have become fully accustomed to shampoo, body wash and conditioner in large bottles in recent years, we got plastic mini bottles again this time. During a discussion about plastic in shampoo we came across these shampoo bars<\/a>. A completely plastic-free alternative, no idea whether these ‘bars’ are already available in a small format, but it is a distinctive, sustainable alternative for your amenities and a Dutch product! Watch the video below, text continues after the video.<\/p>\nNew York Is the first US city to require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
The Dolder Grand hotel in Switzerland and BitLux private jets have teamed up for the world’s first crypto-based luxury travel partnership<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Alain Ducasse and Albert Adri\u00e0 will open an 100-day trial restaurant in Paris<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Sustainable, plastic-free shampoo bars \u2013 alternative amenities?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n