Trends we spotted | Week 11
Bastion Hotels chooses Mews as cloud software for their 30+ hotels
Ruby Hotel in Sweden - credit © Bobakstudio - Karminsky Architecture_
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 this week links to articles about:
- Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken wants to open restaurants in Germany.
- Pizza Hut rolls out a pizza-bagel mashup: The Big New Yorker Pizza Bagel, in NYC and Los Angeles.
- Empanada chain from Spain, Las Muns opens stores in Milan and 2 in Portugal.
- Inspiration through Instagram:
- Strawberry Garden Café in Seoul;
- Strawberry Afternoon Tea at Hotel Naru MGallery in Korea
- A coffee flight – available at the Junction by Common Ground in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
- And at the Nuldam Space vegan café you can send a letter to your future self or somebody else.
- The Ruby Group announced their first hotel in Sweden, located in the heart of the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
- Bastion Hotels chooses Mews as cloudsoftware for their 30+ hotels.
Enjoy reading!
Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken wants to open stores in Germany
The Korean Fried Chicken concept Bonchon wants to open a store in Germany, they are looking for a franchise partner. Bonchon has 450 stores worldwide, from which 130 stores are located in the USA. They also have 2 stores in Paris, in Saint-Denise and the store in Saint-Honoré will open soon. More details and images at Food Service DE, link in the title.
Pizza Hut rolls out a pizza-bagel mashup in NYC and LA
The Big New Yorker Pizza Bagel, a mashup of Pizza Hut’s Big New Yorker Pizza and a Yeastie Boys bagel, made its debut. Pizza Hut partnered with Yeastie Boys, the Los Angeles-based bagel food truck concept, to launch the limited-time item. It features Yeastie Boys’ signature fluffy, chewy bagel topped with layers of marinara sauce, fresh Parmesan cheese, oregano and pepperoni. More details in the article on the Restaurant Business Online, link in the title.
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Las Muns | Empanadas chain from Spain opens in Milan and 2 stores in Portugal
International expansion for the empanadas chain, Las Muns, from Spain. We spotted the chain a couple of years back because we love a great tasting empanada. They started about 10 years ago and opened 38 stores during those years. Check out the franchise possibilities in the link in the title and if you ever come across one of the stores – try an empanada.
Strawberry Garden Café in Seoul
Spotted at the Instagram account of space_tamnik, inspiration for the upcoming strawberry season by
from Seoul. They even have a strawberry tree and a flowing water basin in their new café. Check out their inspirational Instagram account here or the reel below.
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Strawberry Afternoon Tea
Spotted at the same Instagram account of space_tamnik: a strawberry Afternoon Tea at Hotel Naru (MGallery). Fresh strawberries, strawberry cakes, tarts, macarons and a selection of savory bites will accompany your tea, coffee or a seasonal cocktail. Included is the panoramic view from the Han River in Seoul to Yeouido.
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Coffee flight anyone?
As one of us is going to Toronto this May, she started following some local accounts like To Do Toronto. We love their reel of the coffee flight at the Junction by Common Ground at Niagara-on-the-Lake. A coffee tasting experience of 4 different coffees. Great idea for those who love all kinds of sweet looking coffees. You need to book the flight in advance. Our colleague noted the address to visit when they visit the falls! Check out their flights at the link in the title.
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Unique café in South Korea | At Nuldam Space you can send a letter to your future self
A post by Cherrie Lynn about the Nuldam Space in South Korea. In this vegan café they created the possibility to send a letter to your future self! When you order your drink, you can purchase a postcard that you can either send to your future self but also to friends. Of course you need to pick a date at least two weeks you have written the letter. A charming initiative, don’t you think?
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The Ruby Group announced their first hotel in Sweden
The Ruby Group has marked its debut in the Scandinavian market by securing its’ first project. Located in the heart of the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Ruby is set to develop a 187-room hotel. This venture is in partnership with Alecta Fastigheter, a real estate company owned by Sweden´s largest pension fund Alecta. Ruby’s upcoming hotel, repurposed from a former office space, will feature engaging public areas on the ground level, including a round-the-clock bar and café. Additionally, on the 11th-floor of the hotel, a restaurant managed by a third-party will open to create the city’s newest hotspot. More details in their press release, link in the title.
Bastion Hotels chooses Mews as cloud software for their 30+ hotels
Mews, the leading hospitality cloud with nearly 20% market share in the Netherlands, has been chosen by Bastion Hotels, the most successful independent hotel chain in the Netherlands, to support their fast-growing national hotel chain.
Bastion Hotels operates 34 hotels across the Netherlands. “It was time to make the move to a cloud-native PMS and discover all the additional benefits it brings to our staff and guests,” said Dave Pieters, CEO of Bastion Hotels. “Bastion Hotels is in a transition phase to a more technology-focused operation, further optimizing the guest experience. After this, we will further refine and streamline our operational processes. Mews emerged as the solution to innovate our operations while keeping the guest at the center of our hotels.” More details about Mews: link to their website in the title.
