#inspectorLeonardo |Stay three months for free in the Leonardo hotels

11-8-2022

As a result of the corona crisis, record after record is currently being broken when it comes to staff shortages. According to figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands, the hospitality industry, with the highest vacancy rate this spring, was the sector with the greatest shortages. In order to attract new staff, Leonardo Hotels decided to throw out the edged rules and procedures and create the ideal hospitality job. As #inspectorLeonardo, you are paid for three months to test all the hotels and F&B concepts of the hotel chain for free, together with a friend.

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Leonardo Hotel Breda City Center welcomes guests after renovation

5-9-2024

In October 2023, Leonardo Hotel Breda City Center started the renovation of the hotel on the Stationsplein in Breda. Now that this transformation has been successfully completed, the hotel is proud to welcome both business and leisure guests in a completely renovated interior, taking the ambience of the hotel to a higher level. The aim of the renovation was to better meet the needs of hotel guests and to offer both hotel guests and local guests more possibilities in terms of events and culinary experiences. Thanks to the renovation, the Leonardo Hotels Breda City Center seamlessly matches the distinctive ‘Leonardo product’ in which the chain wants to receive its guests. The official opening of the hotel and restaurant will take place on 3 October, in the presence of the mayor of Breda, Paul Depla.

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Trends we spotted | Week 24

17-6-2024

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:

• New pizza box bin debuts at Central Park latest attempt in NYC’s fight against rats, an initiative by the Central Park Conservancy.
• A sunscreen smoothie by Vacation ® x Erewhon, if you see the ingredients it makes sense!
• Have a Roll is a concept from Belgium selling all kinds of vegan cinnamon rolls, they now have 2 locations in Amsterdam and Utrecht!
• Recently opened: Holy Macaroni, serving Mac & Cheese bowls in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• In Paris, Cala opens 4th location of their robotic pasta restaurant at Place de la Madeleine.
• Link to an interesting article about ‘sleeptech’ and ‘welltech’ on eHotelier by Adam and Larry Mogelonsky. With the title: ‘Why focus on sleep amenities to grow a hotel’s wellness’.
• Ruby Hotels unveils project in Rotterdam, a conversion of office space into a 225-room hotel.
• Leonardo Hotels enters into an agreement to acquire the Zien Group and its 12 hotels in the Netherlands.
• Celest, the new premium restaurant and cocktai lbar of Magnicity in the Zalmhaven in Rotterdam is going to offer an unique experience based on the novel ‘The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall’ (1835) by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Restaurant De Beren in Den Haag – Ypenburg is now open. Located in the building of Pathé Ypenburg.

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I wish you many employees

29-8-2022

It is an old Jewish saying that means something like wishing someone a lot of worries and a lot of misery but many hospitality companies are currently having a lot of worries due to the lack of employees. Of course, the best approach is to discuss with your team what you can do to make sure those who work for you are staying. We’ve come across solutions such as closing an extra day, adjusting opening hours, but also snatching staff away from other restaurants. And of course making wages more congruent with other industries. Yet there are colleagues who approach it differently, we have made a list of examples for hospitality owners who are having a hard time finding new employees.

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Trends we spotted | Week 23

10-6-2022

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 amongst others ‘tree free paper’, notebooks made from upcycled stone waste. Is ‘Paper / On The Rocks’ interesting as stationary for those hotels who strive to be as sustainable as possible?

Audi USA teams up with three-Michelin-star Restaurant Noma and global nonprofit MAD to spark conversations around sustainability. And the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design opens in Oslo on 11 June, 2022.

You can play ‘feather bowling’ at Randolph Beer bar in Brooklyn. We never heard of ‘Feather Bowling’, or ‘Trabollen’ as they call it in Belgium, did you? Culinary cruise during the hundredth edition of the Dutch sailing event ‘Kaagweek’.

We love the simple idea behind the Pride Wopper of Burger King in Austria (that features a same-side bun for “equal love and equal rights”) but the campaign gets a lot of reactions. The Colombian brewery Dos Tercos prints promises by presidential candidates on beer cans. To remind them of it!

The Apollo Hotels successfully transformed into Leonardo Hotels and their new website is online as well. And TENZING Natural Energy is now also available in the Netherlands, it’s a completely plant-based, low-calorie energy drink with a positive impact on the planet.

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Trends we spotted | Week 40

6-10-2021

At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends daily. 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 sleep-friendly ice cream from Nightfood for the grab-and-go shops in hotel lobbies, a stay in the ‘Nutmobile’ from MR. PEANUT® and Leonardo DiCaprio investing in a Dutch cultured meat company.

‘Change is Brewing!’ is the new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s in America, it remains interesting to read how they also translate their social background into their flavors. And at the Resort World Las Vegas, the art of aufguss, known all over Europe, makes it’s US debut at Awana Spa.

More and more companies are also introducing ‘healthy alternatives’ in their fast food concepts. Like in China where Yum China does this in their more than 6,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell shops. And  Hard Rock International announces its 22nd annual PINKTOBER® campaign.

Another rebranded concept that focuses on staying in a city as if you were living there. YAYS, unlock the neighborhood with locations in Amsterdam, The Hague and Paris. And spotted in America: a limited-edition of Hendrick’s Gin-infused pickled cucumbers from Katz’s Delicatessen.

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