A power nap can help to reduce stress and increase productivity. At the Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto Breathe Right, make of nasal strips to breathe better, set up a pop-up pod hotel. Working people were invited to take a free nap for 20 minutes and were asked to test the nasal strips. People could reserve a ‘room’ via an app on the Facebook page and there were a few beds available for passersby.
Have you ordered a pizza and do you want to know the time of delivery exactly? Domino’s Pizza in the Netherlands has introduced a new online ordering system with a tracking system. You can follow the pizza from dough ball to door. Previously, when you ordered a pizza it could only be delivered, but now it is also possible to take away the pizza when ordering online.
Members of the New York’s Explorers Club get together once a year at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for a special dinner. During this dinner, the most unusual dishes are served, from tarantulas and mealworms to cows eyes. The chefs of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel transform the most unusual ingredients in culinary art, like a mealworm that suddenly looks a lot tastier. A good example of how insects and other unusual ingredients can be used in the hospitality industry.
Starbucks has opened its first tea bar named Teavana in Manhattan New York. The tea bar has a simple design with a ‘zen’ atmosphere. A totally different concept than we are used to from Starbucks. The assortment consists of series of artisanal teas and the famous Starbucks sweets, sandwiches and salads. There is a ‘wall of tea’ where you can buy loose tea for home consumption and there is a wide range of tea sets. Starbucks bought the Teavana brand last year to expand to the global tea market. The chain is planning to open more tea bars in the coming years.
South Korea has launched a new technique to show a movie in the cinema. The cinema chain CJ CGV uses a special projection technique called ScreenX. ScreenX not only projects the movie in the center of the wall but also from the left and right side of the room. By using this technique, a panoramic viewing experience is created. The only disadvantage is that the movie must be recorded with three cameras, which is tricky because there is chance that they pop up in each others view.
Get in the mood during cooking? The new Spotify-app Supper combines recipes with music. The app provides the difficulty level per dish and it shows for how many people the recipe is. There are two playlists per recipe: one for when you cook and one for when you eat. If you for instance bake a pizza, you will get more in the mood with the matching Italian music. The app is available in Spotify’s desktop program, but the number of recipes is still limited.
The French designer Cédric Ragot has designed an innovative packaging for Veuve Clicquot champagne. The packaging is completely biodegradable and made of potatoes and recycled paper. The packaging is elegant and can be carried by the integrated handle. It will keep the bottle of champagne chilled for two hours after it has been in the fridge.
Designer Henry Franks has translated his dyslexion into a coffee mug. By designing the ‘Muglexia’ mug literally upside down he has given it an extra dimension.
A new restaurant concept that focuses on community trust opened in the Albert Cuypstraat in Amsterdam. The ‘Trust’ restaurant brings food, art and pleasure together in an ‘Come as you are, Pay as you feel’ form. The menu is made by Hilary’s Table, the design by Cath Laporte and Alice Spadaro. The concept is inspired by Hugo Leemhuis, Ingrid Helsloot, Joyce Olivier, Maarten Zwemmer, Mariella van Mackelenbergh and Noor Lawant, the restaurant is ‘open unless closed’.
A group of Google employees have applied for a patent that describes a process for splitting bill. This application might indicate the development of an app where (restaurant) bills can be divided easily and mobile payments are tracked automatically.
Is this the solution for ‘Going Dutch’ in restaurants, or just an unnecessary gadget?
The vertical pop-up restaurant ‘Hans heeft Honger’ (translated as Hans is hungry) took place in the ‘Hans Struijk’ bicycle warehouse on 11 and 12 October. Organizer Milou Turpijn (Ourground) convinced Bastiaan Hagenouw (Owner ‘Hans Struijk bicycles) to open up the warehouse for this event and upcoming chef Edwin Sander created the dishes in a temporary kitchen on location and the guests were brought to their tables by fork-lift truck. A fully 5 course dinner was cooked with extraordinary tastes like ‘escabeche’ from lime leaf, Gillardeau oyster and red onion compote with vanilla. The grand dessert was served directly on the tables that were coated with a special canvas for this occasion.
The online dating platform Pepper.nl started a collaboration with Bagels & Beans to help the love a little. By pressing the button JustCoffee, new members of Pepper.nl can go on a mini-date at Bagels & Beans worth € 10,= per person. At one of the 54 Bagels & Beans locations singles can meet each other and see if it really clicks into real life. This collaboration stimulates a first date and it gives a nice interpretation of the JustCoffee button.
‘I do in Choo’. The Boston Harbor Hotel started a partnership with the luxury shoe brand ‘Jimmy Choo’. Brides who book their wedding at the Boston Harbor Hotel may select a statement pair of bridal shoes at the Jimmy Choo boutique in Boston for this special day. This wedding offer is unique and the goal is to make the wedding at the Boston Harbor Hotel elegant, memorable and fun. The promotion is only for brides who book their wedding by December 31, 2013 hosted on a date of January 1, 2014 – March 31, 2014 and on Fridays and Sundays April 1, 2014 – December 28, 2014.
On September 28 KLM, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, LVNL, Hertz and MasterCard organized a 3D drive-in movie theater on the deck of a parking garage, where the control tower was part of the event. 100 winners of the contest ‘Create Your Own Plane’ and friends/family could watch the movie ‘Planes’ from inside their car with 3D glasses. The sound was streamed to the car stereo via a radio frequency that was specially made available of the event. Schiphol is the first airport in the world that is used as a location for a drive-in movie theater. On October 2, KLM gave 300 kids the opportunity to watch the movie ‘Planes’, on board of a real aircraft. Popcorn was present and special effects were used to create a real-live setting.
More than 1 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water and more than 2.5 billion to adequate sanitation, making billions of people around the world vulnerable to disease. To help these people, Coca Cola started a pilot from the project EKOCENTER™ in South Africa, in collaboration with DEKA R&D and other partners. EKOCENTER™ is a small kiosk made of containers and offers clean and safe drinking water to the local population. The kiosk also offers other services like wireless communications, electricity, vaccination storage and more. The goals is to open around 1,500 to 2,000 EKOCENTERS™ in 2015 in Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America to provide clean and safe drinking water to developing countries. The EKOCENTERS or ‘Downtown in a box’ provided with the Slingshot water purification systems will be managed by local women entrepreneurs.
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The Polish knitting expert and artist Beata Faron made this knitted mug warmers. The mug warmers do not only keep your mug warm, they also ensure that you do not burn your hands.
From February 16th guests can order a taco with lion meat at Boca Tacos y Tequila restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. The tacos cost $ 8.75. The restaurant has previously served tacos with meat of python, turtle, alligator, kangaroo, and wapiti. The U.S. Food and Drug administration had no objection as long as no endangered species are on the menu.
Home grown strawberries are the very best. Therefore the Dutch, “Lambada” strrawbaerry farmer Jan Robben organizes the first Strawberrie Academy on April 2. People can buy their own strawberry plants, to take home and grow their own strawberries at home.
Today, in 6800 Starbucks outlets, one can pay with a Starbucks Card Mobile app for Blackberry, iPhone or iPod Touch. The digital customer card can be upgraded by credit card or PayPal.
MSF (Mediciens Sans Frontier) has a new campaign to raise awareness for the work the organization does in developing countries. People with Twitter, Facebook and / or a Linkedin account donate their profile for one day. At this donated day MSF sents up to 7 MSF messages to your followers.
After ShopMarriott, HiltontoHome, W Store, and Hyatt at Home now Swiss Hotel intriduces an online store. In the shop all the items used in the hotel can be bought, from bedding to candles and bathrobes.
The Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas has installed an ATM where visitors can withdraw golden coins. The weight of the gold varies from 1 gram to 1 ounce. Prices adjust automatically every 10 minutes to reflect actual market value. 1 ounce costs around $ 1.400, =
Advertising agency Colle + McVoy created this bus stop for Caribou Coffee in Minneapolis. To promote the ‘Hot’n Wholesome’ it turned a busshelter into an toasty oven including a real heater.
Hotel Review Oyster website has found a new way to compare hotels. Photos from the brochure or the website of a hotel are compared with photographs which are made by Oyster during a mystery visit.
With the free app from Bluelight, people can let their friends and family know if they arrive somewhere on time. You set the time needed to arrive at a destination. Once you arrive, you check in and Bluelight is deactivated. If you do not check in, your contact receives an email or text message with your location determined by GPS.
The city guides of WHAI WHAI lets tourists explore the city. By sending a text message and set the duration, difficulty level and start location, the game begins. The participant will receive different enigmas while walking through the city, and gets a part of the story that is told about the city every time.
The Green Wall is a wall made of Norwegian reindeer moss. It was created by, Akoestische Zaken, located in Rotterdam and improves the acoustics of a room. On HORECAVA 2011 the wall received the prize for best innovation in the hospitality industry.
For people who do not know exactly when they have opened a jar or bottle, or don’t know how long something is kept in the fridge, Unibyte developed the “Consume within” app. It lets you spill less food and keeps your household stock in order.
The droplet is a keychain to pay with. Through the website and a register module, visitors can buy tickets and pay for drinks and for example the cloakroom. No more cash needed.
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Nils Roeman posted an article about #daretoask of #dtarestaurant or #dtahotels etc. He posted this YouTube video with his article as statement.
The Ark Hotel by Remistudio is an eco-friendly design for a hotel that is resistant to weather and completely self-sufficient. Wind turbines and solar panels provide energy, and rainwater is collected for use in the hotel.
For people who do not want have to do the dishes every time, and have too little space for a dishwasher, designer Ernest Perera designed this self-drying dish.
This mini-movie theater offers seating for 8 adults or 12 children. The LED projector is powered by solar energy.
Restaurant Pasta e Basta, Brings Lech, Austria to the Amstel-river wit the pop-up restaurant Lech am Amstel, in cooperation with Amstelhaven. The restaurant serves Austrian dishes and the mulled wine is not lacking.
Designer Nathalie Staempfli made these two soap graters. One to put on the wall, one to use under the shower. This allows you to be more frugal with your soap.
KeyKeg works according toe the bag-in-ball principle. Because of that, no CO2 comes in contact with the beer or wine. It also reduces foam and sputter. The Keg is easy to handle, lightweight and environmentally friendly to dispose.
The latest refrigerator from Samsung, Samsung RF4289 is equipped with a Wi-Fi screen. It lets you manage your calendar, leave notes, track your Twitter account, and check the weather online.
The Spanish company, Lékué produces kitchen tools of platinum silicone. This ball can be used for steaming meals. Using platinum silicone is suitable for temperatures from -6 to -260 degrees Celsius.
When you subscribe your website to Feedback Roulette, people can anonymously rate your website. What do they like, what don’t? When you sign up you can also give feedback on other websites.
In early January takeaway restaurant Pure etc. opened in Strasbourg. The guests can choose from various vegetable purees, sauces, toppings and meat.
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