A great promotion of the Swissotel in Zurich! During the High Heel Friday women get 3% discount on their bill for every centimeter of heel. An original way to give your guests discount on their bill. So lady’s, put on your highest heels!
A floating pool in the middle of New York City’s East River, wouldn’t that be great? It might become reality thanks to crowd-funding. +Pool, a sustainable design project that would bring a giant filtration system disguised as a pool to the waters separating Manhattan and Brooklyn. Aiming to clean up to half a million gallons of river water each day. Architectural firm Family and the design office PlayLab, would allow New Yorkers the opportunity to swim in the East River safely for the first time in a century. The project scored headlines two years ago when ideas for the pool first surfaced on Kickstarter. Now the ambitious dream has inched closer to reality, as PlayLab/Family has achieved their goal last week at the Kickstarter page to gear toward creating a test pool. We think a cleaning pool like that would do great in the canals of Amsterdam or the port of Rotterdam. And the idea of the personalized tiles is great as well. Read more at The Huffington Post.
Heineken sends travelers to a destination that they have not planned or paid for. Together with agency Wieden & Kennedy New York, the beer brand challenges passengers to play the ‘Departure Roulette’ at Kennedy Airport. Passengers with their passport and tickets already in their hands, could change their flight to an unexpected destination. The ‘Departure Roulette’ is inspired by the new Heineken campaign that previously sent four men to remote destinations and filmed their adventures, launched by Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam.
A real cheeseburger lover or need inspiration for cheeseburger recipes? The Cheese & Burger Society offers an interactive burger menu with 40 cheeseburger recipes with beautiful and delicious pictures. The Cheese & Burger Society gives an overview of cheeseburgers made with Wisconsin Cheese. So browse through the different burger recipes! Great way to promote your cheeses, we also really enjoyed the American way of presenting the cheeseburgers. We could do the same with all our Dutch cheeses…..
It sometimes happens that people steal a glass from the bar as a reminder of the night out. Cider-maker Kopparberg has developed a solution for this problem. They protected their new glasses with a security system with ink. When the ‘thief is more than 100 meters away from the bar the ink will ‘explode’. The goal is not to punish people but to dissuade them from stealing the glass.
The ‘Titaan’ (Dutch for ‘Titan’) is a pure experience-location for meetings and private dining. Leon Verraes and het girlfriend Inge Vermeulen are the owners of the ship since March 2010. The ship is newly built in 2001 by Talsma in Franeker and finetuned in 2002 by SRF in Harlingen. It’s built by ING Real Estate as luxe meeting location for real estate developers and business relations. The ship has a capacity of 70-80 people while boarded, on the water it’s possible to sail with 55 guests.
Hotel chain Hilton shows how to prepare their cocktails via the Youtube channel. Bartenders from several Hilton hotels in the Caribbean show the secret behind their famous cocktails. What about the Piña Colada in the video above or the Hawaiian Eye Cocktail of the Hilton Hawaiian Village®? Bring the tropical atmosphere of Hilton to your home with these cocktails!
The Belgian artist Karl Philips has given billboards an extra function with his project ‘The Good, the Bad, the Ugly’. He renovated old trailer billboards into small apartments. Thanks to the ads on the walls of their temporary house the inhabitants earn some money to live in a billboard. The ads also conceal that these billboards are used as apartments. Earlier we’ve spotted billboards used as a bench, a shelter from the rain or a ramp over stairs.
Latte art and latte 3D art is hot! But if you don’t have a professional barista to serve coffee with beautiful art creations? Serve your guests a cup of coffee with these cute 3D marshmallows. These marshmallows are available in the flavors green tea, cocoa and milk tea. They require no fancy latte art skills, because you just put them in a cup of coffee. Can these 3D marshmallows compete with the real 3D latte art?
The perfect wave in your own backyard? Wavegarden brings the personal lagoon to your backyard, front yard or anywhere you’ve got space for a tiny ocean with waves. Wavegarden is the market leader in designing and developing of a wave generation system, the system is built and tested by professional surfers. This system can create the best waves to give people the ultimate surfing experience. It seems pretty cool to surf on the Dutch lakes! So when will they bring this system to the Netherlands?
Last week we published an article about five conceptual dress silhouettes made from organic vegetables and fruit juices exhibited in the lounge bar of the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel. These pictures show the result of these beautiful eat patterns!
Hotel Restaurant Oud London has recently renovated the first 28 of its 88 hotel rooms. The comfort and sustainability were the basic principles by designing the hotel rooms. All rooms have LED lighting and the new furniture is made of recycled teak wood. The rooms have a natural and sustainable look. The rooms have no minibar, but there is a large open cooling at the reception with an assortment of drinks and snacks for ‘to go’.
At the website of ‘The Special Choice’ you can order culinary dishes online, pay and collect them at the restaurant. This concept allows guests to enjoy culinary delights at home or at work. The dishes are healthy and responsible and prepared with fresh products. The dishes are provided with a quality label with the origin of the ingredients. The dishes are presented in a stylish way on plates with napkins and cutlery. As restaurant owner you can choose to donate a part of the sales to a good cause. The Special Choice takes care of order site, the packaging, the payment and the online promotion. Starting in the Netherlands at this moment.
From 6 to 16 July the area around the Gashouder factory will be transformed into the fashion destination of the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2013. After London and Berlin, the prosecco of the Italian brand Scavi & Ray will be served during the Fashion Week. So the Italian class and allure will literally be brought to Amsterdam. This prosecco is originally from Veneto and is known for its fresh and fruity aftertaste. The Scavi & Ray is characterized by the exclusive design of the bottle and its motto ‘A sparkling taste of fashion’. By the way, this fresh prosecco is also great to serve on a terrace in the sun.
From 6 to 16 July the area around the Gashouder factory will be transformed into the fashion destination of the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2013. After London and Berlin, the prosecco of the Italian brand Scavi & Ray will be served during the Fashion Week. So the Italian class and allure will literally be brought to Amsterdam. This prosecco is originally from Veneto and is known for its fresh and fruity aftertaste. The Scavi & Ray is characterized by the exclusive design of the bottle and its motto ‘A sparkling taste of fashion’. By the way, this fresh prosecco is also great to serve on a terrace in the sun.
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The French company Huitième Monde launched the innovative Funkin Cocktail Mixer. Making a 100% natural cocktail with help from this mixer is easy, you only need to add the corresponding liqueur to the cocktail. The Funkin Cocktail Mixer can be used for 16 different cocktails with or without alcohol.
After the cabinets for wine and chocolate there’s also a climate cabinet for Japanese sake. Since this drink can be consumed both hot (38 C °) and cold (at 5 C °) the cooler has wide temperature range. The cabinet has a capacity of 40 bottles and the temperature is easily controlled with the touch buttons on top of the cabinet.
The Papri is a double-sided door hanger with ‘do not disturb’ on one sideand and a checklist for housekeeping on the other side. On the checklist guests indicate what work they want done. It provides a green and more efficient management and better communication with the guest. Since the checklist is marked with erasable ink, the card is reusable. This makes the Papri not only guest, but also environmentally friendly.
On Monday October 11th the vegetarian butcher opens its doors in The Hague (The Netherlands). Customers can buy several innovative and tasty meat substitutes. The vegetarian butcher also offers several lupine-based products as a sustainable alternative to meat.
Almost every day the Irish home cook Maureen Evans publishes a recipe on her twitter account @cookbook. Evans currently has just over 35,000 followers to try her recipes at home. Because the messages on twitter may only be 140 characters long Evans uses abbreviations. Thus s + p for salt and pepper. The dishes Evans publishes vary from noodles to biscotti.
The Spanish chain Lookotels will build several sustainable low-budget hotels, each with 100 rooms. The rooms are prefabricated modules and offer a bed, tv, desk and chair, a telephone, airconditioning, wifi and a bathroom. By integrating a self-service check-in system personnel costs are being saved.
Innocent, known for their smoothies, offers people in London a dinner for £ 5,= called ‘five a day’ to achieve the daily dose of fruit and vegetables. Customers can choose between 2 different starters, 3 main courses and 2 desserts. The meals are composed by chef Gizzi Erskine. The meals are nutricious enough to reach the daily recommed amount of fruit and vegetables
Popstar Sting had plans to open a farm shop on an estate (Il Palagio) near Florence. The shop will offer organic products such as honey, olive oil, wine and salami. At the moment, Il Palagio offers yoga classes.
The American real estate company The Albanese Organization offers her employees fresh products from the local farmer, hoping the employees will live more healthy. Two times aweek, a mobile shop comes by and offers different products such as fruits, vegetables and meat.
The newest beer of the Belgian brewery Caulier, called ‘Paix Dieu Pleine Lune’, will be brewed only at full moon. The position of the moon is better for the fermentationproces. This white beer contains 10% alcohol. Besides the unique way of brewing, Caulier also offers a sugar free beer.
Highland Park 50 Year Old is the oldest and most prestigious whiskey of the Scottish Highland Park distillery. The whiskey comes in a silver hand-crafted bottle, inspired by the sea, storms and time. This is a limited edition of 275 bottles. Sales started on October 5th last year on the online store of Highland Park.
The Sushi sorbet, introduced by Dyamic food, is based on the famous Japanes delicacy. A perfect dessert, because of the taste and shape of the ice cream.
Xanders Bazaar Winebar and Kitchen, located in Zwolle (The Netherlands), started a Twitterconcept called Twiner, which stands for Twitter, diner and wine. Every 2 weeks, this restaurant acts as a meeting place for 13 Tweeps. During a Twiner-evening, a three-course diner costs € 24,50, excluding the wine.
Partytweet.nl is where social media and parties come together. This website gathers all photo’s and tweets of different parties. The agenda shows the planned parties and where you can meet your friends.
Several e-papers can be paid by a simple tweet. Send a tweet to create publicity!
In the United States it is normal to wait in line for a restaurant. Using ‘textaurant’ the lines will belong to the past. Through a text message guests will be informed when there is a free spot in the restaurant.
Teacompany David Rio introduces a new Chai tea; the Mango Toucan Chai. This tea contains a mix of black tea, herbs and mango. The combination of the taste of mango with the sweet herbs, gives this tea a full and rich flavor.
To add a new flavour-dimension to the meat of cows, several farmers in Canada mix one liter of red wine with the cattle-feed. Chefs say the meat is tastier and are enthusiastic. The red wine has no negative side effects for the cattle; the cows are happier and the bulls are easier to handle.
The Dutch tourist information office ‘VVV’ will help its clients and will provide information through a virtual office by using a webcam. With this new service, the VVV is responding to the changing market and to obtain the level of service.
Several bars and restaurants serve cocktails with a lower alcoholpercentage. Cocktail-lovers can drink this as an aperitif before dinner of after the meal.
House of Shoes introduces a buggy parking to facilitate mothers and their children. While the mothers shop, the buggy will be guarded by a piccolo.
By responding to the changing business market, Disneyland created a new logo and a new strategy. In this new logo, Mickey is wearing a tie. The new tagline is: “Experience business differently”.
Colunching is an idea developed by a young entrepreneur of Essezed Communication. Colunching is making a lunch-appointment with friends and their freinds on Facebook. This makes your virtual network more real. This concept is unique, because you select your lunchmates based on shared interests, work, culture etc.
The Shweeb is a combination of a monorail and a recumbent. This design is one of the five winners of the project 10^100, organized by Google who tries to stimulate ideas which can change the world.. This design won one million dollar to develop the Shweeb.
The CoffeeQube, specially designed for officebuildings, is a compact, plug-and-play espresso bar. A cup of coffee of high quality is prepared by a barista. A cappuccino costs € 1,80 and a doppio espresso € 2,20. The first CoffeeQube can be found at ING bank in Amsterdam.
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