This week, the Trendgids.com (Dutch) is presented and published. Tackle opportunities, creativity, collaborate and innovation dominate this edition. Trendgids.com is a free digital magazine in which experts, including Marjolein van Spronsen (Horecatrends / Van Spronsen & Partners), give their vision on hospitality in 2012. This magazine is intended to be a source of inspiration for entrepreneurs of the industry.
In Singapore eight indepent coffeeshops have made a disloyalty coffee card. This card stimulates to visit all the eight different coffeeshops and taste their coffee. When the card is full, you can get a free coffee at the shop where you got the card.
Noma, a top restaurant in Copenhagen launches a travel guide for the city. The travel guide shows all the hotspots in Copenhagen according to the international staff of Noma. The Travelguide is made in cooperation with Momondo, a travel booking site.
The National Restaurant Association (USA) asked almost 1800 professional chefs about their opinion of the trends for 2012. They said about 223 items if it was a hot trend, yesterdays news or a perennial favourite. The results of the survey tell us that healthy food for kids, the use of local products, sustainability and social media are really important in 2012. Check youtube or the whole article for more information.
‘Krijg de kleren!’ (litterally ‘get the clothes’ but in figure of speech ‘F*ck off’) is an monthly initiative from Annemijn Boon and Rosan Brunger in a club in Amsterdam. Visitors –mostly women- bring old clothes with these and trade them with others while having a drink. The clothes that don’t have a new owner at the end of the evening will go to the next edition or are donated to Humana. Every edition has a theme, this Sunday it’s ‘Let’s Go Sjiek’.
In various cities in the Netherlands the cafes that tap Brand beer have joined hands to form the “Brandslang” (Fire Hose). The collaboration gives lots of opportunities for pub crawls and other activities. Venlo and Den Bosch go a bit further and organize a total package with culinary, cultural and quiz elements with the ‘Brandslang’.
Michelin-starred chef Rowley Leigh is offering cinema visitors gourmet food while they watch the film. Instead of popcorn or nacho chips you can order burgers or risotto at the Odeon Whiteleys cinema in West-London. If you order when you arrive, your meal will be served when the trailers are on and you can have your dinner while watching the movie.
The Dutch 3-star chef Sergio Herman has worked together with the Flemish designer Sofie Lachaert to bring something extra to the dishes in restaurant Oud Sluis. In this collaboration, special objects arise with solely one goal; to merge the dish and the object it is laying on. These artworks are put together for a special exhibition in Tielrode (Belgium) until the 8th of January 2012.
Kravitz Design Inc., lead by Lenny Kravitz, will collaborate with BISHA Hotel to envision an exclusive floor in the hotel, inspired by music, art and travels of Lenny Kravitz. In this way the BISHA Hotel hopes to set a new standard for an elegant and personal boutique hotel and to become internationally known.
The team of Restolib’ organizes cooking classes, cooking workshops, wine and beer tastings, cocktail workshops and children’s parties. These workshops take place in different Parisian restaurants during closing hours. A nice concept; food lovers get the chance to cook in a professional restaurant kitchen and restaurant owners will have the change to create a higher turnover by renting their restaurant.
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This week, the Trendgids.com (Dutch) is presented and published. Tackle opportunities, creativity, collaborate and innovation dominate this edition. Trendgids.com is a free digital magazine in which experts, including Marjolein van Spronsen (Horecatrends / Van Spronsen & Partners), give their vision on hospitality in 2012. This magazine is intended to be a source of inspiration for entrepreneurs of the industry.
In Singapore eight indepent coffeeshops have made a disloyalty coffee card. This card stimulates to visit all the eight different coffeeshops and taste their coffee. When the card is full, you can get a free coffee at the shop where you got the card.
Noma, a top restaurant in Copenhagen launches a travel guide for the city. The travel guide shows all the hotspots in Copenhagen according to the international staff of Noma. The Travelguide is made in cooperation with Momondo, a travel booking site.
The National Restaurant Association (USA) asked almost 1800 professional chefs about their opinion of the trends for 2012. They said about 223 items if it was a hot trend, yesterdays news or a perennial favourite. The results of the survey tell us that healthy food for kids, the use of local products, sustainability and social media are really important in 2012. Check youtube or the whole article for more information.
‘Krijg de kleren!’ (litterally ‘get the clothes’ but in figure of speech ‘F*ck off’) is an monthly initiative from Annemijn Boon and Rosan Brunger in a club in Amsterdam. Visitors –mostly women- bring old clothes with these and trade them with others while having a drink. The clothes that don’t have a new owner at the end of the evening will go to the next edition or are donated to Humana. Every edition has a theme, this Sunday it’s ‘Let’s Go Sjiek’.
In various cities in the Netherlands the cafes that tap Brand beer have joined hands to form the “Brandslang” (Fire Hose). The collaboration gives lots of opportunities for pub crawls and other activities. Venlo and Den Bosch go a bit further and organize a total package with culinary, cultural and quiz elements with the ‘Brandslang’.
Michelin-starred chef Rowley Leigh is offering cinema visitors gourmet food while they watch the film. Instead of popcorn or nacho chips you can order burgers or risotto at the Odeon Whiteleys cinema in West-London. If you order when you arrive, your meal will be served when the trailers are on and you can have your dinner while watching the movie.
The Dutch 3-star chef Sergio Herman has worked together with the Flemish designer Sofie Lachaert to bring something extra to the dishes in restaurant Oud Sluis. In this collaboration, special objects arise with solely one goal; to merge the dish and the object it is laying on. These artworks are put together for a special exhibition in Tielrode (Belgium) until the 8th of January 2012.
Kravitz Design Inc., lead by Lenny Kravitz, will collaborate with BISHA Hotel to envision an exclusive floor in the hotel, inspired by music, art and travels of Lenny Kravitz. In this way the BISHA Hotel hopes to set a new standard for an elegant and personal boutique hotel and to become internationally known.
The team of Restolib’ organizes cooking classes, cooking workshops, wine and beer tastings, cocktail workshops and children’s parties. These workshops take place in different Parisian restaurants during closing hours. A nice concept; food lovers get the chance to cook in a professional restaurant kitchen and restaurant owners will have the change to create a higher turnover by renting their restaurant.
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