Showhero Hotel | 60 people with disabilities running a hotel in Alkmaar

30-1-2017

  • Showhero Hotel

On the 27th, 28th and the 29th of January a team of 60 men and women with disabilities provided the guests of the King’s Inn City Hotel in Alkmaar in the Netherlands a warm welcome. Under the guidance of the foundation Showhero and the regular staff of the hotel, the participants took care of all the tasks in the hotel and provided a good dose of entertainment.

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Té Tonic® | Spice up your life

30-1-2017

  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic
  • Te Tonic

Infuse your gin or vodka in order to obtain subtle notes between different aromas and flavours. Allow your guests to create their own Gin and Tonic botanicals or choose their own Té pyramid-shaped silk botanical flavour. lees verder

Trends we spotted | week 4

27-1-2017

  • Trends in het kort

At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week amongst others, swimming without getting wet and the new InPaella concept by Quique Dacosta.

If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading! lees verder

iLost.co | Website for lost & found

27-1-2017

A centralized and standard platform for lost and found gear. In the Netherlands the iLost.co crowdfund was backed with €238.000,= last year and are rapidly expanding their iLost network. lees verder

World’s highest cinema | Cinema at ordinary places like the tip of The Shard

27-1-2017

  • World's Highest Cinema
  • ‘s Werelds hoogste bioscoop
  • ‘s Werelds hoogste bioscoop
  • ‘s Werelds hoogste bioscoop
  • ‘s Werelds hoogste bioscoop
  • ‘s Werelds hoogste bioscoop

 

The tip of The Shard in London will be the location for a pop-up cinema for three nights. The building is 69 floors which probably means it will be the world’s highest cinema. A ticket for one of the nights will be quite expensive. On the other hand, in return you will get a complete luxurious night out! It’s courtesy of the Extraordinary Travelling Film Show that shows movies at ordinary places. lees verder

Smart beer tap | Serves a perfect beer with one single touch and improves efficiency

26-1-2017

Pubinno is a fast-growing technology startup developing Taptronics, world’s first plug&play, smart beer tap that serves a perfect beer. Taptronics combines robotics, data analytics and sensor fusion to increase keg efficiency up to 20%. It can serve any type of beer at the ideal temperature with the optimal amount of foam. lees verder

KFC China | Ordering food with help of facial recognition tech

25-1-2017

One of the Chinese KFC’s in Beijing uses facial recognition tech in order to help customers choose their meal by mood, age or gender. The device is created by search engine company Baidu. We wonder what it would recommend us! lees verder

Childhood memory | Sneaking a few spoonful’s of raw dough

25-1-2017

  • Cookie DoughPhoto by Dina Joanna Coloma
  • Cookie DoughPhoto by Dina Joanna Coloma
  • Cookie DoughPhoto by Dina Joanna Coloma

Who doesn’t have this childhood memory? Sneaking a few spoonful’s of raw dough when your mom or grandmother was baking cookies. Remember sneaking too much until you were sick? Nowadays you can buy ‘raw cookie dough’ in the supermarket in America and this week a ‘ready-and-safe-to-eat raw cookie dough’ restaurant will open in Greenwich Village in New York. According to owner Kirsten Tomlan a place where you can enjoy ‘raw cookie dough’ mixed with ‘normal cookies’ and many more ingredients. Please be aware of this lesson from grandmothers: “don’t let your eyes be bigger than your stomach otherwise you will be nauseous!” lees verder

Bakery Victor Driessen | Pick up bread at the jewelry store

24-1-2017

  • Foto door Ivo KnubbenFoto door Ivo Knubben

The Hague’s best bakery Victor Driessen is coming to you this year, his products can be picked up at his own pick up points.

In the beginning of 1900 it was a famous streetscape. Victor’s grandpa started delivering the breads of the Driessen family by literally jumping on his cargo bike. Bakery Victor Driessen relives old times, there is only a small difference. lees verder

Edible Cinema | Food as extra experience during the movies

23-1-2017

During the events of ‘Edible Cinema’ guests get a package of food before the movie starts. The small dishes in the package are numbered and you are not allowed to eat them until the numbers correspond with the numbers shown in the movie. This way, aroma, texture and taste create a more unique experience during certain scenes within the movie. lees verder

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