Dinner passed expiration date

19-7-2011

From Tuesday the 19th of July there is a weekly dinner club at Mediamatic with products that have passed the expiration date. The organizers want to create more attention for the use and misuse of expiration dates and therefore show that it’s possible to cook with products that otherwise would be thrown away. Bring expired products after RSVP and get in for free.

Tag photos for tourists

19-7-2011

The website love.holland.com collects all online images from Twitter and Mobypicture that are tagged with, for instance, #love010, #lovebrabant or #lovemadurodam. Every photo with #love… is categorized per province, city or special place of interest. The website is developed to promote tourism in The Netherlands and lanched by ‘Nederlands Bureau voor Toerisme & Congressen’ (NBTC) and Mobypicture.

Floating wellness center in Rotterdam

19-7-2011

GO Marketing is designing and developing a floating island in the harbour of Rotterdam in corporation with IOU Architecture. The island features two floors that measure a total of 1.700m2. It will offer visitors a swimming pool, whirlpool, park, restaurant, sauna, Turkish steambath and more. The island is mobile, made of recycled materials and provided with the latest energy saving technologies.

Hydration Stations

18-7-2011

Refilling your water bottle for a better environment. That is the idea behind the Hydration Stations on the international airport of San Francisco, passengers can find behind the security checkpoint. This is introduced by Virgin America to reduce the plastic bottles handed over to the security agents. Virgin America swag shop offers special branded water bottles. 

 

New online restaurant guide

18-7-2011

CityLemon is a new online restaurant guide, where you can find the most unique restaurant concepts, compiled by website users, locals and several bloggers. Of both Dutch and European cities, a restaurant top 10 is represented. But no more than 25 restaurants per city can be found on the website.

 

Take a nap on an Ikea bed

18-7-2011

Ikea opens a temporary hotel for short naps along the highway. Motorists can nap for 20 minutes on one of the Ikea matrasses in Beaune (France) from the 13th to the 31st of July. Ikea states that it wants to help improving road savety but also interest people for its matrasses.

Share hotspots with friends via Whatser app

15-7-2011

Whatser launches a mobile hotspot sharing app in collaboration with Heineken. The aim is to share and recommend hotspots with the app instead of your actual location. Whatser is available for iPhone, Android (from 2.2 on) and Blackberry. (Hospitality) locations that want to inform their regular visitors can keep track for a small fee per month.

Pop-up art galery of Selwyn Senatori

15-7-2011

One of his lines is ‘In Coffee We Trust’ and the love for food, drinks and Italy is visible in much of his works. This pop up contemporary art exposition located at Rokin 75 (Amsterdam) is open daily from 9.00 – 21.00 o’çlock untill the 21st of July.

 

Pop up art gallery Selwyn Senatori

15-7-2011

One of his preferred lines is ‘In Coffee We Trust’ and the love for food, drinks and Italy is visible in much of his works. This pop up contemporary art exposition located at Rokin 75 (Amsterdam) is open daily from 13.00 – 20.00 o’clock until the 21st of July.

Unique concepts during the Amsterdam Bar Week

14-7-2011

Well known liquor brands and Amsterdam bars join hands to surprise the audience during the Amsterdam Bar Week from the 19th to the 23rd of September. A few concepts are already confirmed, others will develop over the next months. There is for example an exclusive Hennessey tastery in The Sopranos Piano Bar, a ‘Contreauversial’ make-over by Cointreau and Rob Peetoom in collaboration with Okura’s 23rd bar and a ‘Barista meets bartender’ evening with cocktail-coffee blends from Drambuie and Buscaglione in Little Buddha.

Claim a room at NH Hoteles

14-7-2011

NH Hoteles has created a fanpage on Facebook where people can claim their own hotel room. All NH Hoteles are mapped and the room is claimed by loggin in with the Facebook username. Only one registration per room is possible and visible by a sticker next to the door. The winner can stay a week in his or her ‘own’ room for free, travel expenses are also paid for by NH Hoteles.

Sport for bartenders

13-7-2011

For everyone who sports for the social element there is the football cocktail shaker. The two parts lock tight and after a heavy match one can look forward to a well shaken cocktail.

Wake up by bacon

13-7-2011

Wake up with the smell of bacon. This alarm clock starts to bake bacon 10 minutes before the wake up time. A tasty start of the day.

Romantical bike ride

12-7-2011

 

 

A bike ride turns out to be romantic with this ‘Sofa Bike’. The bike is build around a loveseat for two, to ride through the city relaxed and romantically. The ‘Sofa Bike’ was presented during DMY Berlin 2011 (International Design Festival). Nice to rent this bike to your hotel guests.

 

Overview of all the top restaurants

12-7-2011

With this free app you find all the top restaurants on your iPhone. Users can find restaurants by searching on name, location, province and price, but as well by the rankings of the Michelin, GaultMillau and Lekker restaurant guides. Since the launch in October 2010, the app is almost 100.000 times downloaded. 

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