Social Cinema: the short video

15-3-2016

The role of short videos within the Social Media channels increases. YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine, videos are everywhere. With Periscope and Facebook-live, it‘s even possible to stream live. Some companies are taking this video trend to a next level and are using social media to create short films for entertainment or advertising. The name: Social Cinema. lees verder

Trends for your terrace 2016 – theme & style

14-3-2016

  • York & Albany Beach Hut
  • York & Albany Beach Hut
  • Pantone Cafe
  • Pantone Cafe

Your terrace is just as important as your interior. It is the eye catcher of your company. Theme’s and different styles for your terrace can create an extra experience. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case in  all municipalities, some entrepreneurs can only chose between pre-ordered terrace furniture in several municipalities. But despite this fact, you can still do a lot to give your terrace your own twist. If you aren’t stuck to pre-ordered terraces, the ideas below might be nice to apply to your terrace: lees verder

Trends we spotted this week – week 10

11-3-2016

  • Trends in het kort

At the redaction of Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about and as from today we use the smaller trends in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others ‘The Peanut Butter Store’, ‘The First Drone Café’ and ‘Dining in the rooms of the Red Light District’. If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading! lees verder

Hightealicious

9-3-2016

Coffeelicous is known in Holland as the winner of the ‘Koffie Top 100’ in 2014. They also own Hightealicious in Dordrecht (the Netherlands) where they serve fancy high teas. As far as we know, this is the only shop in the Netherlands that exclusively serves high teas. lees verder

Deliveroo delivers the most delicious meals

8-3-2016

Delivery service Deliveroo makes sure to deliver ‘quality meals’. The delivery service distinguishes itself from others by taking over the whole process from the restaurant. Everyone does what he or she does best. The restaurant prepares the meals, Deliveroo delivers and we order and eat it. lees verder

Holi Day – Festival of Colours at your plate by Soenil Bahadoer

8-3-2016

Soenil Bahadoer created a dish based on Holi Phagwa, the Hindu spring festival. Like the ‘Festival of colours runs’ he creates his dish ‘scallop – pumpkin – Madame Jeanette’ with flying colours. Patrick Meis made the above video. lees verder

Hey WhatsApp… can I have two beer and a coke?

7-3-2016

Our colleague David Maartense blogs about using WhatsApp for business purposes in the hospitality industry, which doesn’t happen often. Think for example about making last minute reservations through WhatsApp or sending pictures.

National Social Media Research 2016 of Newcom shows that WhatsApp currently is the biggest social media platform of the Netherlands. A number of 9.8 million of the Dutch people uses WhatsApp, 7.0 million of them are using it on a daily basis. lees verder

Trends for your terrace 2016

4-3-2016

  • IJsjes
  • Stoere limonades
  • Kraanwater
  • Koude koffie & koffiecocktails
  • Vermouth of gin-tonic

The meteorological spring has started this week. Here in Amsterdam the weather doesn’t show a sign of it yet, but with a little bit of luck we can enjoy the sunshine on the terraces by the end of the month. What should you serve on your terrace this season? Below you can find a list of products we expect to see on the Dutch terraces. In our first trend presentation this year, about terrace trends, the products below were mentioned. lees verder

Eating in a piece of art at restaurant Rebelz aan de Rotte

3-3-2016

At restaurant ‘Rebelz aan de Rotte’ in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), you eat in a piece of art and support a social purpose.

The 27th of February restaurant ‘Rebelz aan de Rotte’ opened. An extraordinary restaurant in many ways: the interior, the kitchen and the staff. The restaurant seats about 70 guests that can go there to have lunch, high tea or dinner. They also cater meetings and parties. In the summer there will be a terrace on a pontoon where people can dock their boats.

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Restaurant Yoepz Kip & Kreeft

18-2-2016

  • Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
  • Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
  • Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
  • Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft

Lobster and chicken as main ingredient, slightly different as the old fashioned Surf & Turf. Restaurant Yoepz Kip & Kreeft (Chicken & Lobster) from Utrecht (The Netherlands) will soon open a store in Amsterdam. lees verder

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