Concierge get help from iPads
1-5-2010
Equiped with the new iPads, concierges from several Intercontinental Hotels can provide the guests with the latest information. Also, by means of visualization, 3D route information and promotional films, the iPads can be an addition for both concierges and guests.
Classy burgers at Burger & Barrel, NY
23-4-2010
When you get an article in Vogue magazine long before the opening in June, then your expected to become a very trendy burger bar in New York. The name is Burger & Barrel and the bar belongs to the owner of Lure Fishbar. Menu: from luxury light burgers to the classic burgers and many salads.
Get a room
4-4-2010
Always wanted to take home the hotel room you stayed in? Now you can. Buy a DIY hotel suite kit and you will be able to buy everything from your hotelroom.
Worlds oldest whiskey
29-3-2010
This Mortlach 70 whiskey from Scotland is officially the world’s oldest whiskey. This whiskey is 70 years old and has an alcohol content of 46.1%. A total of 54 large and 162 small bottles are produced. The large bottles are sold for £ 9,999 while the smaller bottles are solf for £ 2,499.
Digital menu
21-3-2010
Otoucho is a digital menu. With Otoucho guests can interactively browse through the menu at their own table, place orders, call waiters, ask for the check and they have access to services such as games, news and traffic information.
Open source restaurant
24-2-2010
Restaurant Instructables opened in Amsterdam. This restaurant is a so-called “open source restaurant”. This means that of everything you eat in the restaurant, the recipe can be found on their website, as well as an instruction about how to recreate the furniture.
Online marketplace voor hotels and restaurants
23-2-2010
The site www.horecavoorhoreca.nl is a Dutch online marketplace for hotels, restaurants and catering entrepreneurs. Here anything can be offered, from inventory to ingredients.
McDonald’s ‘Easy order service’
21-2-2010
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport in The Netherlands is the first airport in Europe that has two ordering colums at the McDonald’s Restaurant in Lounge 3 (behind the passport check). Guests can use a touchscreen for their orders and pay by debit or credit card.
Restaurantweek during the winter in Boston
19-2-2010
Last March in Boston a “winter” restaurantweek was organised. This restaurantweek wasn’t only meant to eat out good and cheap, one could get discount for cinema- or theatretickets as well.
Meetingspot.nl
12-2-2010
Meeting Spot is the first Dutch demand-driven marketplace to meeting, convention and event venues.