Wine tasting with QR codes
12-4-2011
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For the first time, the QR-code is used in the wine industry. This new mobile technology is applied at Wijnen & Likeuren Dulst, Blanden (Belgium). The try-out wines come with a QR code which can be scanned with a smartphone. The code links directly to a website where all information about the wine is readable on the screen of the phone: Where is the wine produced? What is the composition? How long can I store the wine? Next to which dish can I serve this wine best?
Wine tasting via Twitter
6-4-2011
In 2008 we saw serveral organized events on Twitter, like a winetasting, organized by Bin Ends Wine in the United States. Three weeks in advance you have to order the wine, before participating on the winetasting. Nowadays more and more events are organized on Twitter, like Twiners (dinners), Twirrels (drinks) and Tweetjams.
Innovative hospitality concepts map
5-4-2011
The hospitality is a dynamic, creative industry. There are daily reports of new concepts or awards for new companies and entrepreneurs. But where exactly are those companies? Branche organisation, KHN does put these companies together with you on this map.
Green London city guide
1-4-2011
Greentraveller produced in association with VisitEngland a guide to Green London. A handy pocket-sized map that features eco-friendly restaurants, hotels, cafes and attractions in the capital. Copies of the leaflet are available free of charge at eight Tourist Information Centres in and around London and the leaflet is also downloadable as a pdf.
app for German cities
7-3-2011
Storytude developed, in addition to WHAI WHAI’s mobile guide, location-based stories of several German cities. Each chapter will be associated with a spot in the city. From April, Storytude will publish stories about Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne.
What happens when? project
11-2-2011
A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.
Ark Hotel
12-1-2011
The Ark Hotel by Remistudio is an eco-friendly design for a hotel that is resistant to weather and completely self-sufficient. Wind turbines and solar panels provide energy, and rainwater is collected for use in the hotel.
Camping theater
11-1-2011
This mini-movie theater offers seating for 8 adults or 12 children. The LED projector is powered by solar energy.
Lech am Amstel
11-1-2011
Restaurant Pasta e Basta, Brings Lech, Austria to the Amstel-river wit the pop-up restaurant Lech am Amstel, in cooperation with Amstelhaven. The restaurant serves Austrian dishes and the mulled wine is not lacking.
Church, brewery and restaurant by Jopen Beer
5-1-2011
The brewery Jopen in Haarlem has a new home. It is not just a church where a brewery is located, but it’s also a restaurant and a grand café. This allows guests to whitness the brewing process with their own eyes, during their meal or while enjoying their drink.
