Recently Grand Café Van Buuren opened in the city center of Leiden (The Netherlands). The interior has classical and modern elements. There are classy paintings, a cozy fireplace as well as a modern wall painting and a set of turntables. The name of the café is partly inspired by DJ Armin van Buuren.
The website smulpaapje.nl shows you restaurants in the Netherlands that have special menus for children. As a Dutch restaurantowner with special, healthy and great children menu’s, you should be mentioned on this website.
To communicate a drink-driving message to some of the heaviest drinkers on St. Patrick’s Day, the karaoke lyrics of famous Irish drinking songs carried a sobering message. As karaoke always seems like a great idea to people who’ve had a few too many, the singers unwittingly spread the message, singing an SOS to call them a taxi home. Created by Saatchi & Saatchi Frankfurt, Germany.
The ‘Rede van Dronten’ currently holds the 45th position of the Dutch café top 100. One of it’s areas has recently been renovated and transformed into ‘loungebar Tokyo’. The lights in this bar are 100% LED lights. As a result there is a significant drop in power and air-conditioning costs.
The Sablefisch (Anoplopomatidae in Latin) or Black Cod is recently introduced in Belgium at the European Seafood Exposition. Interesting blog, about this fish, by Nick Trachet at Foodlog, unfortunately in Dutch.
Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) is 800 years old and that should be celebrated! From 7 till 10 June are the ProefMei days. Here you can enjoy the local products.
In the north of Argentinia, everybody loves rugby. Salta came up with the idea of ‘Rugbeer’. A vending machine which gives you your beer when you pushed hard enough against it. With this action, the sales increased by 25%.
René de Zeeuw, Gerrit Rozendaal and Henk Scheele, three potato growers from ‘s-Gravendeel (Netherlands), have made their own wodka. The farmers already made the Hoeksche farmer chips. The HW Hoeksche wodka has a mild flavor and is only for sale in liquor stores.
Berg op Zoom (the Netherlands) is 800 years old and that should be celebrated! From 7 till 10 June are the ProefMei days. Here you can enjoy the local products.
bRoodstop is a healty fast food chain in Belgium. The owner Martine Mys-Sintobin is a foodie with a taste for healthy food and design. bRoodstop offers daily fresh sandwiches, salads and soup. The furniture is designed by Maarten van Severen.
Had a bad day on the stock exchange? Go to the Waldorf-Astoria’s Bull & Bear Steakhouse in New York. The bar is offering discounts, based on the stock market for the day. For example, if the stock has decreased by 4,5% you get $ 4.50 discount on your cocktails. The bar is known to be one of the leaders in New York.
After several years of trend-spotting we’ve challenged ourselves to translate a hospitality trend to a practical promotion. Together with Ice Cream Parlor Mezzo in Amsterdam we came up with the idea to collaborate with the local market vendors. With the ice cream flavours herring, rhubarb and asparagus we’ve made it to national television and gained a lot of local publicity.
From 30 May till 24 June, you can temporarily visit the Magnum cafe in heart of the Marais in Paris. For four weeks, visitors are invited to a unique experience, culminating in sensory pleasures of the experience and to create their own Magnum. Give this creation a name and share it on Facebook.
What to do with the several social media as an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry? Van Spronsen & Partners gives an explanation, only available in Dutch.
Mangusto is a new lunch room and winebar in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From June 15, guests can enjoy the Italian ice cream, paninis or just a glass of wine or prosecco.
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