RoominaMinute.com
24-6-2014
The booking website Roominaminute.com reverses the traditional booking model. Guests can fill in their accommodation preferences for a certain city or area, arrival date, departure date and additional preferations on the website. Within 25 minutes the affiliated accommodations respond to the request with a proposal and the guest can choose between the options. This reversed system is very convenient to get full occupancy during busy periods or no-shows and is developed by Nico Dijkstra. Earlier we saw that Bidroom.com launched a similar platform.
The oPhone makes you smell your pictures messages
16-6-2014
Imagine all the possibilities if you can ad smell to your posts as restaurant. That’s mouthwatering marketing! This seems possible with the oPhone. Watch the video to get some idea of the possibilities. All though we think that it will take a couple of years before we all can use this feature as standard ;-).
Guide Lights might be handy in hotelrooms
11-6-2014
It looks as if these SnapRays Guidelights are designed for at home, but we think it might also be very useful in the hallways and the wet section of hotelrooms. With these LED lights it is a lot easier to find your way around the room to the bathroom or toilet.
Warsteiner NightGolf Challenge
9-6-2014
The German premium beer Warsteiner transformed the Amsterdam Forest (Amsterdamse Bos) last June 7 to a golf course with a ‘par-3 course’ specially designed for the occasion. LED lighting and striking ‘glow-in-the-dark‘ golf balls guiding the players along the golf course in an exceptional setting that was made up of temporary tee boxes and greens. As the sun went down, the game started (at 23:00 hour) and the last ball found the hole at 02:00 hour. As sponsor of the KLM Open and as official sponsor of the European PGA Tour, the top European golf competition, Warsteiner wants to help golf to a wider audiences.
Minitiature Time Square in a mall in Moscow
5-6-2014
Philips recreated a minitiature Times Square in Moscow’s new shopping and entertainment mall, Vegas Crocus City. Philips, global leader in LED, worked on the design, installation and the technical launch. The LED lighting, light panels and HD-screens create the atmosphere of the center. Video content, animations and images can be displayed in HD quality on the screens. Watch the video for the result.
Inspiration from the World Cup
2-6-2014
We wish you lots of fun with the World Cup. No idea if you are going to see all the games (or even could watch them) but if you work in a restaurant, the chances are that you are going to miss a few games. Perhaps you can surprise your guests with a dish like the Roca brothers (from El Celler de Can Roca, Girona) made several years ago, pay attention to the detail of the Ipod with the run-up to a goal by Lionel Messi while eating dessert.
Do you make a special dish for the World Cup? Let us know and if it’s original we do put it on horecatrends.
The edible mist machine
1-6-2014
A new product from ‘Lick Me I’m Delicious’ by award winning food inventor Charlie Harry Francis. He uses an Ultrasonic Vaporization system, called ‘the Edible Mist Machine’. This machine produces a floating cloud of micro mist which you suck up through a straw. Mists come in a range of over 200 flavours from chocolate to coffee, apple pie or even smoked Bacon. ‘Lick Me I’m Delicious’ is a company that likes to experiment with food! Check out some of Charlie’s idea in this video. A new product in the style of the Whif and Whaf.
Create your own favorite taste with Pepsi
1-6-2014
Be your own mixologist with the Pepsi Spire. Add up to three flavor shots to customize your Cola or Mountain Dew drink. You can choose from cherry, vanilla, strawberry, lemon and lime. At this moment the Pepsi Spire is only available in the USA but soon worldwide. The Pepsi Spire lineup currently includes three models, each designed to meet a specific set of foodservice customer needs.
Application ‘Stop Wasting’
22-5-2014
To reduce food waste, several applications are developed, earlier we spotted the ‘Hospitality Waste Coach’. Unilever Food Solution comes with the ‘Stop Wasting’ tool to deal more effectively with the waste in the kitchen. There are three types of food waste: the waste inventory, the waste during the preparation and the waste on the plate. The app suggests menus that can reduce waste by 20% and chefs can use the app to determine the amount of food waste divided in breakfast, lunch and dinner. The progress can be tracked and they can read / share tips.
SCiO scanner gives information about chemical composition
22-5-2014
SCiO is a new device that allows customers to scan products and get information about the chemical compositions. The SCiO is developed by Consumer Physics and has the size of a USB drive. Constomers can not only get information about medicines and plants but also about the nutritional value of their food and for example if the avocado is ripe enough to eat. The device sends the information through Bluetooth to the smartphone and there are several apps available. The goal of the Kickstarter project has already been achieved but when you order the SCiO you will get all new apps for free the next two years.
