Trends we spotted | Week 11
Limited edition Coors Icles by Coors Light
The longest bar in the world: the Humble Baron Bar Stage
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol named as the Best Airport Hotel in Europe
Fletcher Hotel Marknesse
Charly & Irene Schillinger - Swing Kitchen - credits Arnold Pöschl
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With links this week to articles about among others, the brand new Fletcher hotel in Marknesse that opens March 31st. And near Nashville, Tennessee, the longest bar in the world, Humble Baron, opens this week.
The vegan franchise concept ‘Swing Kitchen’ is opening in Munich, this will be their 12th store.
Burger King Germany is testing Cheeseburger Nuggets and Coors Light introduced new beer-flavoured Coors Icles during the basketball season in the USA.
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been named Europe’s Best Airport Hotel by guests at the World Airport Awards 2023 organized by Skytrax. And the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi offers vegan rooms complete with imitation leather furniture, wooden key cards and kombucha.
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Brand new Fletcher Hotel opens March 31st in Marknesse, the Netherlands
The Fletcher Hotel has 112 luxury hotel rooms, a culinary à la carte restaurant, two different meeting rooms and enough free parking spaces. After the playful staff recruitment campaign with the ‘Fletcher’s Sollicitaxi‘ last January, the hotel manager and his team are ready to pamper their guests. Check out the hotel on their website, link in title.
Swing Kitchen | Vegan franchise concept opens in Munich
Swing Kitchen already has 11 locations in Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Berlin and Bern and now the vegan burger chain is also opening in Munich. With the expansion to the neighboring Bavarian country, the franchise concept of Charly and Irene Schillinger now has 12 locations. Last February the first branch opened in Munich at the Gabelsbergerstraße 63. More details in the German press release on their website, link in the title.
The world’s longest bar, Humble Baron, opens south of Nashville, Tennessee
Recently, Humble Baron, home to the world’s longest bar, announced its official opening date of March 23, 2023. The restaurant, bar, and live music venue will debut in Shelbyville, Tennessee, at the iconic Nearest Green Distillery, home of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. The distillery is a popular destination, welcoming more than 110,000 visitors in the past 12 months. More details in their press release, link in the title.
Burger King Germany is testing Cheeseburger Nuggets
The new Cheeseburger Nuggets consist of juicy beef, creamy cheese, spicy pickles and tomato pieces. To round off the taste, these nuggets have been refined with a touch of mustard. This new product was developed using artificial intelligence. For the time being, the AI nuggets are only available at Burger King Germany for a short period of time.
Coors Light introduced new beer-flavored Coors-Icles
The Coors-icle, intended for consumers 21+, is inspired by the flavor and refreshment of an ice-cold Coors Light, and is available for a limited time during the college basketball tournament season. Coors Light Coors-icles will also be available at more than 800 bars nationwide throughout the college basketball tournament, so fans can crack open a really cold one while they watch the games. Link in the title to the press release by Molson Coors!
Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol named by guests as the Best Airport Hotel in Europe at the 2023 World Airport Awards by Skytrax
The World Airport Awards by Skytrax was held at the Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on March 15th. We congratulate Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with their award. The Crowne Plaza Changi Airport continues its success by being voted the World’s Best Airport Hotel for the eight time. Link to the press release in the title.
Abu Dhabi’s iconic Emirates Palace hotel offers vegan rooms complete with faux-leather furniture, wooden key cards to kombucha
Luxury Abu Dhabi hotel, Emirates Palace, caters to vegan guests and marks its rebrand as a Mandarin Oriental, Emirates Palace by launching dedicated vegan rooms. They have six new vegan units and the animal-free atmosphere is not limited to only food choices for guests but is applicable everywhere, from food to furniture. More details in the article at Luxury Launches.
