Gift by DoubleTree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront

31-8-2012

The Cocoa Beach team of DoubleTree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront asked one of its guests what brought him to the area. He mentioned that he took his son on a trip to the Kennedy Space Center and wanted to go surfing with him in the Atlantic Ocean for his 4th birthday. The team made a gift bag for the 4-year old and his father that consisted out of a gift bag, boogie board, banner, cupcakes and a birthday card.

Starbucks makes laundry detergent out of coffee grounds

31-8-2012

Starbucks works together with biorefinery scientists to transform food waste into key ingredients for laundry detergent, plastics and other everyday products. The coffee makers announced this at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society’. As mentioned before Starbucks was already involved in local projects before like the use of coffee grounds for growing mushrooms.

The deepest website in the world

31-8-2012

To enhance the unique source of Borjomi mineral water the company has introduced the worlds deepest website. Scroll down to the source of the water at a depth of 8 kilometers. Good luck!

A nice treat for breakfast

28-8-2012

the picture does it! For all pancake lovers, a great way to start your day with a smiley pancake!

We Are Scientists band contest at Aloft Hotels

23-8-2012

Aloft Hotels & We Are Scientists have joined forces to present the ultimate musical challenge for unsigned bands. After sending in a demo your band can be invited to play a gig at Aloft Hotels in London, Brussels or Abu Dhabi. ‘We Are Scientists’ will watch the highlights from the gigs and choose one band to join them at the Aloft Sessions in London. They’ll help that band write and record a track in a pop-up studio within 12 hours. It’s all streamed live and direct for the world to see on Facebook. The winning band, plays their new track live at The Aloft Hotel, London.

Northern light from a glass igloo

22-8-2012

The Northern Light is one of the most mysterious natural phenomonas. To avoid the freezing cold while looking into the sky you can visit the Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, where glass igloos make the spectacle a lot more comfortable.

D Pet Hotel New York

21-8-2012

New York offers a new hotel. Not just a hotel, but a hotel specially for dogs, called D Pet Hotels, which opened already in Hollywood. The hotel features rooms with full-size beds, flat-screen tv’s, but as well a doggy gym, a lounge and even a spa which offers several treatments.

Message in a bottle 2

16-8-2012

This coming August 25th, VVV Texel (tourist information) will send the first Message in a bottle 2.0: a buoy will be thrown in the water and will be tracked through GPS. Everybody can send messages to this buoy through social media. The finder will receive all the messages and will win several prices, including a full-serviced trip to the Dutch island Texel. Where this buoy will be dropped, is still a secret and where it will reach the shore, is totally depending on the weather conditions. A nice example of cooperation.

Peel wall light

13-8-2012

Instead of ordinairy lighting there are many modifications possible with light. Examples are the Peel Wall Light by Yoy or these Torn Lights concept by Billy May.

Be one with the surroundings

7-8-2012

This hotel room, an Austrian concept design, makes guests be one with the surroundings by applying large windows. The Hypercucbus can easily be moved and features a bath, a small living space and a sleeping compartment.

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