The Blind Faith Upgrade kit | Launched at Hotel Ramada in Ajmer
6-4-2018
Isobar India, the digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has introduced the Blind Faith Upgrade kit, a thoughtful and cause-oriented initiative under accessible tourism. A sustainable step towards accessible tourism, this initiative explores the challenges faced by visually-impaired travelers and allows the hotel to quickly and cheaply convert any of its rooms into a visually-impaired-friendly room. The launch of the initiative was first introduced at Hotel Ramada Ajmer in India.
Greyhound café | Is launching their terrace with a splash
4-4-2018
On April 12th, Greyhound Café, the first London outpost of the cult Thai restaurant, will launch their outdoor terrace just in time to celebrate Thai New Year. Traditionally marked with a water festival, Greyhound will be bringing the custom to London with a splash, celebrating with a week of non-stop revelry complete with specially created sharing dishes, festival cocktail buckets, and even a water pistol or two. The Greyhound Café is a modern Bangkok cafe in London’s Fitzrovia, serving Thai street food with modern twists.
wagamamago | Created a ‘walk out and pay’ app with Mastercard
28-3-2018
Pan-Asian restaurant wagamama launched the wagamamago app. They describe the app as ‘Uber for diners’ allowing customers to walk in, order, eat and for the first time ever, simply go, wagamamago-walk-out-payment. The new app will save diners an average of 12 minutes at every meal, according to research. The wagamamago™ app is completely safe and secure, developed in partnership with Mastercard which processes 65,000 secure transactions a minute.
Trends we spotted week 12
23-3-2018
At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others Matcha beer for a green St. Patrick’s Day, mitigating global hunger crisis using next generation technologies and there is a map displaying women-owned restaurants across the US.
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Experimental Gastronomy | Vegan diner at Michelin star level
15-3-2018
Steinbeisser and the Lloyd Hotel invited the French chef Alexandre Gauthier from restaurant La Grenouillère (** Michelin) to Amsterdam for a new edition of Experimental Gastronomy. On 5 and 6 June, a full vegan tasting menu will be served on unconventional crockery and cutlery, which will be developed especially for this occasion in collaboration with ten artists. Experimental Gastronomy offers a unique experience, where they challenge all participants, guests included, to search for the boundaries of eating habits.
Bear Robotics | Here to help the waiter
14-3-2018
Would you like to eat in a robot-run restaurant? Or would you prefer a restaurant in which the waiter is being helped by a robot that helps them carry your food? Bear Robotics is designed not to replace human waiters but to act as an assistant. Korean restaurant Kang Nam Tofu House in Milpitas, California is the first to try out Bear Robotics. Owner of Bear Robotics and the Korean restaurant John Ha wants to make the management of restaurants easier!
Ecocamp Patagonia | Inspiration from trailblazers in ecotourism
13-3-2018
Ecocamp Patagonia in the Torres del Paine region is an eco-friendly camping option in Chile which already opened in 2001. It’s the first fully sustainable accommodation south of the Amazon which has the world’s first state-of-the-art geodesic dome hotel rooms. The camp is located in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia and was voted as 32nd best hotel in the world in 2017.
Trends we spotted | Week 10
9-3-2018
At Horecatrends we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others a hidden, whisky laced speakeasy pop-up in London, the world’s first billboard made of hamburgers and Coca Cola is launching an alcoholic drink.
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The Standard | Stowaway program
28-2-2018
As more and more people find their way to Airbnb, it’s time for the hotel industry to respond. The Standard Hotels, which has a number of hotels in America, therefore introduced the Stowaway program. The program focusses on guests in search for a for a long stay room or apartment, if they decide to book at The Standard, they’ll enjoy a variety of new and luxurious offerings.
Pop-up Suite 345 | Enjoying a concert at AccorHotels Arena in Paris
15-2-2018
Three artists, four concerts, five nights: AccorHotels launches a pop-up Suite 345 in the heart of the AccorHotels Arena. As part of a week of incredible concerts at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, from February 22 to 26, the ‘Welcome Fans by AccorHotels’ program is inviting fans of three internationally acclaimed artists to a unique experience in Suite 345.
