Trends we spotted | Week 04
27-1-2025
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:
- Spotted at the Sigep in Italy where the product won 2 prizes: The Proissant. A protein croissant of the San Giorgio Italia Bakery House.
- To welcome the Year of the Snake, the fashion designer Shuting Qiu created an original artwork especially for Maison Hennessy. #ChineseNewYear
- With the aim to strengthen the connection between wine and gastronomy, Wine in Moderation announced a partnership with JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs.
- A small and quick coffee fix by Mamonaku Kohi in the Philippines – linked to an article about micro spaces popping up in cities.
- Mövenpick debuts in Poland with 2 hotels: Grand Hotel Wrocław, Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karpacz and expands with 5 more hotels in the European market.
- A new franchise lunch restaurant will open in Bryant Park in New York City this spring, Toastique. We love their name, some more details about this concept in the US.
- Het Zalmhuis treats its birthday guests, free dinner for those celebrating their birthday at this restaurant in Rotterdam this year.
- At restaurant 10WILLIAMST. in Sydney you can enjoy all their desserts – with a ‘spoonful’.
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Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | Nume, Bardo and De Oude Melkfabriek
7-1-2025
Every day we spot fun, new concepts. This week: Bardo in Apeldoorn, a restaurant with a French, chic but also natural ambiance. Owners Yves Jaartsveld and Monique van Helsdingen aim to keep it very personal and offer their guests a beautiful experience. In Arkel, De Oude Melkfabriek (The Old Milk factory) opened in October 2024, where you can eat out and attend culinary workshops on Persian cuisine, by chef Abbas. And in November, Nume New York Bistro Amsterdam opened in The Manor Hotel. You pronounce it as ‘New Me’!
We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!
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Chipotle X Strava | Introducing ‘The City Challenge’ to kick off 2025
6-1-2025
Chipotle Mexican Grill recently announced that its partnership with Strava, the app for active people with more than 135 million users in more than 190 countries, is back and bigger than ever in 2025. Chipotle is launching its first-ever international Chipotle X Strava challenge for participants to compete to win free Lifestyle Bowls for a year, plus free Chipotle for their city(2). New in 2025, the initiative extends beyond the U.S., connecting and motivating Chipotle’s running community across 25 cities in North America and Europe, including New York City, London, Paris, Toronto and more.
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Trends we spotted | Week 01
3-1-2025
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:
- McDonald’s Australia Squid Game meal brings a familiar item from the series into reality. It comes with a DALGONA Candy.
- KFC combines chicken and sauce with new concept ‘Saucy by KFC’. It opened in December in Orlando.
- This Valentine’s Day, Whataburger is giving one lucky couple the ultimate prize: a Whatawedding at its Las Vegas location on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
- Four Seasons celebrates the year of ‘The Snake’ with a journey of innovation and festive traditions.
- We think a ‘Doggy treat food truck’, like the Mobile Barkery in San Diego is a great idea! We and lots of other dog friends and owners would love to buy a hot drinks and dog cookies at ‘off-leash’ areas.
- Angel Shot App LLC recently announced the launch of their new, innovative mobile safety app for nightlife patrons and hospitality establishments.
- Making Dry January more tasteful with the herbal blends in WishGarden Herbs mocktail kit.
- The 2025 outlook for the 0.0 category looks positive, but still has some social barriers to overcome. Thus Heineken® 0.0’s new campaign says alcohol-free should be reason-free.
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Mocktail Fest Miami | Celebrate Dry January
2-1-2025
“Dry Fest Miami is more than a celebration of great non-alcoholic drinks—it’s about community, discovery, and creating a vibrant social space”, says Marlene Aguilar, Co-Founder of Mocktail Fest Miami. Following the success of Mocktoberfest 2024, Mocktail Fest Miami proudly announces its second signature event, Dry Fest, with presenting sponsor KUL MOCKS, on January 10th, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 1-800-LUCKY, located at 143 NW 23rd Street in Wynwood, Miami.
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WOLF Food Market Antwerp open in the iconic Felix Warehouse
23-12-2024
Following the success of its location in Brussels, WOLF Food Market is expanding to Antwerp. Located in the iconic and historical Felix Warehouse on ‘Het Eilandje’, this new culinary hotspot offers a unique experience with a range of ten carefully curated street food restaurants, three bars and a spacious event space. With 750 seats, a generous terrace and an impressive design by Lionel Jadot that focuses on sustainability and upcycling, WOLF will be a meeting place for everyone.
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Trends we spotted | Week 51
20-12-2024
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:
- Dirty Sodas – we wonder if Europe will be taking over this trend from Utah? It’s served at for example SWIG, ‘home of the original dirty soda’, as they call themselves.
- Some inspiration via Instagram: we love the stick library of the Sanctuary Beach Resort and the simple but festive looking ‘Snowman Latte’. Why not serve slices of this festive looking Tiramisu Cabin? We love The Santa Lucia Kayak Parade in the canals of Copenhagen, by restaurant Kayak Bar. And the ‘Embassy Diplomat Screens’, a very luxurious cinema in Thailand.
- A cocktail flight as inspiration! Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill created a margarita flight.
- Top-Loaded Fries at Dave’s Hot Chicken.
- New products for ice tea series BOS – with the BOSpresso you make the perfect Rooibos Cappuccino or Latte.
- WE ARE EDN is a new, approachable, family-friendly, all-day dining concept in Amsterdam.
- Progressive Slow Food restaurant Pianeta Terra was ranked 31st in the 50 Top Italy list of 50 best Italian restaurants in the world. Making it the best Italian restaurant in the Netherlands. There is another Italian restaurant in the Netherlands on the list: at spot 45 is chef Pasquale Carfora’s restaurant Aroma in Vaassen.
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Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | CUP N CRUST, restobar Vivid and Haricot
19-12-2024
Every day we spot fun, new concepts. This week: CUP N CRUST, the ‘little sister’ of Panda Pizza in Kralingen, Rotterdam. A specialty coffee bar where they sell CUPS (coffees, lattes, Matcha, Chai, Mocktails) and CRUSTS (Focaccia’s). In Utrecht on the Nobelstraat, restobar Vivid opened its doors this month. A shared dining (or not, of course) concept where they serve Mediterranean dishes in a casual atmosphere with a DJ on Fridays and Saturdays. And in Maastricht, Haricot opened its doors this week. A fine dining restaurant but slightly different, with a focus on fish, crustaceans and shellfish.
We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!
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The croissant craze | This is what 2024 brought us
16-12-2024
We discussed which products show up the most on social media, in all kind of shapes, flavours and colours, this year. The first product that popped up is the croissant. We think the croissant hype began with the Cronut by Dominique Ansel, back in 2013. Since this croissant-donut combination, we have seen endless variations. Last January we wrote an article with the question what 2024 was going to bring us? Well the year 2023 ended with a broissant and 2024 started with a brioche croissant loaf, which is kind of the same! We spotted the broissant in a pop-up in the Landmark hotel in December and the brioche croissant loaf in Amsterdam early January. Later this year we spotted, croissant cereals, potato croissants, the Onioissant, BallSsants, the Croicheese, the Cröner, a Cherry Crioche, Croissant Cones. And it ended with tasting the elongated croissant by François Perret at the Ritz Paris Le Comptoir.
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Trends we spotted | Week 50
13-12-2024
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:
- We think the Ritz Carlton Berlin has one of the most beautiful Christmas trees in their lobby, ‘Der Giving Tree’! An initiative to make wishes come true for children who are hospitalized. They give their guests and passers-by the change to participate in the season of giving.
- Heineken Hoek Steakhouse has recently opened in the hotel ‘The Diamond’ in Amsterdam.
- Le Pain Quotidien opened its first franchise in Maastricht and is looking for expansion to other Dutch cities through franchise.
- Great examples of how international ‘Christmas trends’ are used – in their own way – in the Netherlands. A gondola and a ‘Christmas lighting party’ or as they call it a ‘magical winter evening’ at ‘t Noorden in Aalten. And you can dine in a transparent igloo at restaurant Saus in Bergen op Zoom.
- 1 Hotels announced a new hotel in 2025: 1Hotel Tokyo.
- A ‘Reindeer Games Pop-Up Bar’ at Holston House Nashville.
- Panera turns the holidays upside down with their new: limited edition Holiday Soup Cup Collection. Some ‘soup’- inspiration!
- The ugly Christmas sweater ‘trend’ continues to inspire, this time we got a press release from soccer club PSV and came across a press release from KFC about their Christmas sweater.
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Hennessy X Shuting Qiu Collaboration - Limited-edition for the Chinese New Year 2025
Het Zalmhuis treats its birthday guests 
Mövenpick Residences Kvarne Bay - the outside
Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karpacz - the outside
