Trends we spotted this week – week 37

16-9-2016

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At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, a solid golden toilet and an urban bathhouse made of shipping containers.

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Free croquettes on FEBO’s birthday

15-9-2016

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FEBO turned 75 years today and therefore decided to give away 75.000 free croquettes. And as FEBO wants their snacks to be accessible for everyone, a temporary location opened today on one of the canals in Amsterdam. Croquette lovers can pick up a ‘partycroquette’ today at both the Drive In as the various locations of the company. read more

First 3D printed building in Europe

14-9-2016

The first 3D printed building of Europe will be printed next year at ‘De Slaapfabriek’ in Teuge. The idea is designed during the Dutch Construction Hackathon by Bouwend en Innovatief Nederland. The goal is to create a special meeting venue, one that ‘matters’. read more

Egloo | warms the room for a few cents

13-9-2016

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Egloo launches electricity-free heater that warms up the room for just a few cents a day.

The Egloo, a cool little heater that uses a simple concept which heats the room for just a couple of cents a day – without the use of electricity. Egloo is the new way of dealing with lower temperatures. The Egloo keeps rooms warm without the expensive costs of using gas or electricity whereby you have to heat the entire house. read more

The Chork | chopstick and fork in one

12-9-2016

Most kids will be very happy with these new chopsticks, the Chorks. Just remember how hard it was to eat with old fashioned chopsticks for the first time. Adults will sometimes experiencing the same problems, but now we have The Chork; a fork on one site and chopsticks on the other side. read more

Trends we spotted this week – week 36

9-9-2016

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At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others a small gesture at Van der Valk Harderwijk, stay the night at a bee-hotel, meatless hamburgers and Ikea launches a DIY pop-up restaurant in London.

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Salina Turda | From old saltmine into amusement park

9-9-2016

Last month we wrote about the newest and biggest indoor park in the world which opened on the 31st of August in Dubai. Nowadays we have so many developments, it could happen that ‘elderly’ amusements park are overlooked. Recently we came up with Salina Turda, an amusements park opened in 1992 located in a historical salt mine in Romania. One of the oldest saltmines in the world includes a small amphitheatre, bowling courts, boats and even a ferris-wheel. read more

The rainbow food trend in latte art

8-9-2016

We’re following a couple USA based trend websites and they’re all showing the rainbow food trend. Because we’re not particular fond of the food colouring business, we never wrote about all those normal everyday foods that are popping up in rainbow colours. But although we don’t fancy drinking it, we have to admit some people are making great colourful latte art. We wonder when we’re going to get our first colourful coffee latte!  read more

Watching a movie from your pizza box: the Blockbuster Box

7-9-2016

Pizza Hut created a pizza box that turns into an impromptu projector, the Blockbuster Box! Just create the projector, put your mobile in place and enjoy a movie. An innovative marketing campaign by Pizza Hut Hong Kong.  This innovative marketing campaign has been launched by Ogilvy & Mather Group in Hong Kong for Pizza Hut Hong Kong. read more

Frosé or frozen rosé

6-9-2016

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Frosé took the USA by storm this summer. The alcoholic treat was served in New York, New Orleans, and Washington, DC. Frosé will disappear from most menus once fall comes, but it will reappear for the slush-loving hearts next summer. We hope it will appear in the Netherlands as well, we love to try it! read more

Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches by Baskin-Robbins

5-9-2016

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Ice cream and donut lovers will be delighted by the news that Baskin-Robbins is now serving Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches. Available since the first of September at Baskin-Robbins locations nationwide. read more

Trends we spotted this week – week 35

2-9-2016

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At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, Sage – food data made simple and Feastive your next dinner party in the mail.

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Aloft hotels introduce a voice-activated room

1-9-2016

Imagine you don’t have to get out of bed to change temperature in the room, or find a light switch in the middle of the night. With Aloft’s new voice-activated system you just have to give Siri the message to switch on the lights, control the air conditioning, put on some music, turn the television on or off etc. They call it ‘Project Jetson’ and it’s an app that runs on an iPad that controls the room using Apple’s Homekit and Siri.

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USA Food trends according to ‘Think with Google’

31-8-2016

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Think with Google, food trends based on the top searches in the United States. In this report Google gives an insight how the power of data can be used to predict and use trends. Because we know that trends spotted in the United States most likely will hit Europe in the next couple of years, we love to share some of these so-called food trends. We made a list of dishes and products that most probably will be popular soon in Europe as well. Let’s deep dive in some of the not yet very known products and dishes in Europe like Turmeric, Bundt Cakes, Cauliflower Rice, Pho, Overnight Oats, Bitter Melon, Jackfruit, cheese Curds, Italian Pasta and Funfetti…..

These are our picks of the rising stars from the USA food trends of ‘Think with Google’ read more

Is Poké the new sushi?

30-8-2016

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You’re probably not familiar with the name ‘Poké’. Or you might think of a Pokémon. But it’s actually a Hawaiian dish, which keeps increasing its popularity at the West Coast of America. This results in more and more Pokerias, bars where you can eat Poké. In Rotterdam recently opened a Poké Bowl restaurant. read more

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