The foiling, electric shuttle ships of Candela will be deployed in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM
23-8-2024
A fleet of foiling, electric shuttle ships is set to be deployed on the Red Sea. In a landmark deal, the Candela P-12, the world’s first electric hydrofoil ship, will service the planned water network in NEOM, the gigantic, sustainable development taking shape in Northwest Saudi Arabia. A video about NEOM can be found in this link. NEOM has procured an initial batch of 8 of the foiling, electric shuttle ships, making it the largest announced order in Candela’s history.
Trends we spotted | Week 33
20-8-2024
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:
- Another ‘100 Best of’ list. The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops!
- Shake Shack will use autonomous robot delivery by Serve Robotics via Uber Eats in the Los Angeles area.
- The O2 SURFTOWN MUC, Germany’s first and Europe’s largest surf park, recently opened its doors. They have a new globally unique wave technology.
- Utah’s Powder Mountain will soon double as a skiable outdoor art museum. That’s a great way to visit a museum, skiing through it!
- The Appellation chain announced the opening of urban resort MOHI by Appellation in Morgan Hill, Silicon Valley’s next culinary capital, in fall 2025.
- Curbit announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver innovative AI solution to the restaurant industry.
- Spotted on Instagram: Japanese Koshu Grapes aka Pink Cotton Candy Grapes. The grapes look delicious!
- Domino’s Pizza Belgium puts the popular Bicky pizza back on their menu. A collaboration with Bicky. The Bicky burger is a true classic in Belgium.
Enjoy reading!
Trends we spotted | Week 32
12-8-2024
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:
- Seville is getting a Crystal Lagoons project aka a Public Access Lagoons Meanwhile, there are quite a few lagoons in the pipeline for Europe.
- Ras Al Khaimah’s Al Hamra is targeting UK and overseas investors with a month-long, PR concept at Harrods. Opening in August.
- A research institute in Japan for a special dish! The dish: raw eggs over rice or as they call it: Tamago Kake Gohan (TKG). Ever heard of yuzu eggs or wine eggs?
- Frittenwerk already has 40+ branches in Germany. They are ready to open branches outside Germany as well. Check out their marketing! Really cool.
- Dutch GP announces biggest ever flag campaign in Dutch sports history.
- Saudi Arabia has unveiled the designs for 11 new stadiums for the 2034 World Cup as part of its bid book. Extraordinary architecture!
- McDonald’s is testing a ‘Big Arch’ burger in Portugal.
- Savor has developed a technology that turns carbon into cooking fats, oils, and other food products, like butter.
- Artist Iwan Smit designed the 2024 Duvel Glasses. The theme for the design is, ‘making a real connection’.
- And a reel about a Cherry Crioche, created by chef Dmytro Zhukovets. More inspiration on his Instagram account!
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Almere Underground | Valo Arena AR, Zero Latency VR, pool, karaoke, shuffleboards and axe throwing
9-8-2024
Almere Underground recently opened its doors in the heart of the city Almere in the Netherlands. This diverse indoor entertainment centre offers a wide range of activities for young and old. Visitors can enjoy familiar activities such as bowling, pool, shuffleboard, darts or karaoke and daredevils can even have a game of axe throwing. In addition, Almere Underground stands out with several exclusive, interactive attractions, such as the Valo Arena AR and Zero Latency VR, which can hardly be found anywhere else in the Netherlands.
Immerse LDN | ExCeL London unveils new dedicated immersive entertainment district
8-8-2024
This Summer, ExCeL London, part of ADNEC Group, will launch the first phases of Immerse LDN, set to be the UK’s largest immersive entertainment district and offering new afterhours and hospitality opportunities for the events industry. Spanning more than 160,000sqft once fully complete, Immerse LDN will be dedicated to showcasing world-class immersive experiences and original productions across brand-new purpose-built venue spaces in the heart of London’s Royal Docks – set to the backdrop of ExCeL London’s newly developed waterfront.
Chef’s Table cruises | 3-day fine dining trips on luxury river ship
6-8-2024
Event agency Creators of Live is launching Chef’s Table cruises, which are unique culinary 3-day river cruises on a floating five-star boutique hotel, river cruise ship ‘Advance’, where fine dining is the common thread. For the gastronomic element, some of the Netherlands’ most prominent and innovative, culinary talents play the leading role. Transcend Cruises’ most luxurious river ship ‘Advance’ serves as the setting for the culinary voyages.
Trends we spotted | Week 31
6-8-2024
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:
- People’s Captain is a special beer brand in the UK that supports positive mental health in the country. They’re brewing positivity.
- We love to follow news around lab-grown meat and we read that the UK is the first European country to approve putting lab-grown meat in pet food. It will be done by Meatly.
- Spotted on Instagram, Fruttini. They produces artisanal frosted fruit in Paris. It looks delicious!
- It’s croissant time again, we spotted a new one: the Cröner. Turkish kebab and the croissant meet to create the ultimate kebab. Sold at Cio’s Grill & Kebab in Vienna.
- ‘Inspired by KM’, Kylian Mbappé and Accor forge alliance to empower younger generations.
- For those who love to play a game of ping pong, you should try Tipong Sport, created in France!
- Great name swap: pickles festival Picklesburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! We know that they love pickles in the US but we wonder if Europeans would fancy pickle shaved ice, pickle tots or pickle cheesesteak.
- After a redesign the Asian restaurant Mr. Sam will reopen this month in Amsterdam.
- Earlier we wrote about the introduction of the German app NeoTaste in Amsterdam, they’re now expanding to many more Dutch cities. They have a lot of restaurants offering special culinary benefits in Amsterdam and Rotterdam for example.
- Pasquale Carfora, chef of Aroma Italian Fine Dining Restaurant in the small Dutch town of Vaassen, is named winner of the renowned Primo dei Campi competition in Italy.
- Chiel Dohmen, owner of restaurant By Chiel in Zutphen, has been awarded the prestigious Gerrit de Kiewit Trophy of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Nederland.
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Intimate garden concert with Lucas & Arthur Jussen at the Pulitzer Amsterdam
1-8-2024
The Pulitzer Amsterdam will be the setting for a magical, musical evening on Sunday September 8th, with an intimate garden concert with Lucas & Arthur Jussen, the renowned piano brothers. In the courtyard garden of the Pulitzer Amsterdam, surrounded by the hotel’s 25 historic canal houses, they will amaze with their masterful outdoor piano playing.
Sometimes you regret being on holiday in September. This event looks like a wonderful evening, great food and a fantastic piano concert at a special location! ^Marjolein
Young entrepreneurs | The newest hospitality concepts of the Netherlands
30-7-2024
A number of great concepts have opened in recent months, including the long-awaited Rif010 in Rotterdam, which finally started its waves on July 6. We also came across a number of great new concepts by young entrepreneurs, a remarkably number of these new concepts in Amsterdam sell matcha. We wish all these entrepreneurs the best of luck! Check out our list with 7 of the newest hospitality concepts of the Netherlands.
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Trends we spotted | Week 30
29-7-2024
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:
- A sustainability focused food wholesaler for restaurants in London, Collectiv Food, created a new way of delivery, cutting emissions by 75% compared to competitors.
- State of Play Hospitality, an operator of tech-enhanced social entertainment concepts, signs lease to open a flagship ‘Flight Club’ in Manhattan, NYC.
- Croicheese or cheesecake croissant anybody?
- One litre buckets with Aperol Spritz or other cocktails at beach bar Stella Marina in Monterosso, Italy.
- Pop-up Wingstop restaurant in Paris during the Olympics! Wingstop is known for its cooked-to-order chicken wings, iconic flavors and housemade ranch.
- Kaylin + Kaylin Pickles sell pickles and they even had a pickle tasting station in LA. Now they opened a stand at the Farmers Market from which they sell Pickle Boats!
- Private aviation leader Flexjet, and London’s most exclusive new hotel, The Emory, have recently announced a bespoke collaboration, designed to offer guests the ultimate airborne hotel arrival experience, included in their stay.
- Ruby Hotels opened their 19th location, in Florence, Italy. Ruby Bea Hotel is located in the same building as Ruby Dante Workspaces.
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