International Club The Hague
15-11-2012
On Saturday November 17, International Club The Hague will open her doors officially. This is an informal social club for expats, and the family and friends of these internationals in The Hague, located in the former city hall at the Javastraat. International Club The Hague features a restaurant, including a chef’s table, a bar, a wine cellar, tv room, smoker’s lounge, library and a children’s room. This is (still) an official wedding location as well. Watch a short movie here about the International Club, including an interview.
Best restaurants of Florence
14-11-2012
The website Business Insider was searching for the best restaurants in Florence, Italy, and found these restaurants with the help of locals:
- Pizzeria Spera – for the best pizza
- L’ Azdora Piadineria – to get the best thin sandwiches
- Trattoria Mario – where you find the real old Italy
- ‘Ino – for the best paninis
- Camillo Trattoria – with an authentic Italian kitchen
- Trattoria Pandemonio di Casa Brogi – here you will find the taste of the real Tuscany ‘mama’
- Buca dell’Orafo – close to the famous bridge over the river Arno, Ponte Vecchio
The Neighborhood of Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht
17-10-2012
The new hotel Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht will open her doors officially at the end of October, but the neighbors are already welcoming the hotel. The 122-room design boutique hotel is located in the vicinity of the nine streets, Jordaan and the famous canals. Three neighbors re telling about the neighborhood and why this area is so inspiring.
The Food Line-up guerrilla campaign Amsterdam
15-10-2012
The Dam square in Amsterdam is the centre of a guerrilla campaign by foodtrucks on the World Food Day October 16th. From 12.30 to 13.30 o’clock the trucks serve a free lunch to get attention for the lack of food diversity on the streets of the capital. Most of the mobile food stands sell hotdogs or ‘oliebollen’ (deep-fried dough). The Food Line-Up and its initiator Lotte Wouters want to motivate the government to take the New York policy for food trucks as an example. The streets in New York provide a huge diversity of food trucks that are used by all social classes and backgrounds.
First gelato museum opens near Bologna
11-10-2012
The first gelato museum opens its doors in Anzola Dell’Emilia, close to Bologna. The museum is initiated by gelato-machine maker Carpigiani Group and shows the history of this special ice cream.
Taste, a matter of art
9-10-2012
Restaurant ‘In de Keuken van Floris’, located in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) will co-operate with ‘Garage Rotterdam’, an exhibition space for contemporary art. Chef Floris Versluijs was inspired by the exhibition Border Lines, where ethnographic pieces of the collections of the World musuem are central. This coming Monday October 15, he will cook a culinary six course dinner surrounded by several art pieces. Photo: Garage Rotterdam – Bas Czerwinski.
New destination for old Shell Tower
8-10-2012
In the spring of 2012, Amsterdam started a pitch to develop a new destination for the unused Overhoeks tower in Amsterdam, the old Shell building. Last October the 4th, club owner Sander Groet (Club AIR, Amsterdam) is announced to winner to create the new destination. The plan shows us the new destination of several headquarters, but as well several restaurants, clubs and a hotel.
KLM uses Google Streetview in banner
5-10-2012
Airliner KLM promotes flights from Stockholm to New York by the integration of Google Streetview in its advertisement banners on news websites. The ad shows new technical possibilities of the available space and creates an extra experience for the user. This feature can be very interesting for hotels as well.
The annual iG Nobel Prizes
12-9-2012
Harvard University presents the annual iG Nobel Prizes on the 20th of September. The prizes are for respectable researchers that ‘make people laugh and then think’. The first satellite event in the Netherlands is in the ‘Stadsgehoorzaal’, Leiden. The award show is live broadcasted. Before the show various Dutch researchers and scientists explain their funny or crazy research to the audience. The Hotel Leiden, Ibis Leiden Centre and Holiday Inn offer special package deals for this event.
Around the plate
21-6-2012
At Horecatrends.com we regularly organize trend presentations. Recently we were invited by Our Common Food to inspire the teams. Take a look at the (Dutch) Prezi presentation here.
