To What Extent Is Hospitality Hospitality If The Host Isn’t Human?
We all grew up watching sci-fi classics like Star Wars, i-Robot, and Wall-E, immersing ourselves in futuristic worlds where humanoid...
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OPERATIONAL TRENDS
F&B Predictions for 2024
Keeping your eye on the ball of F&B trends can provide a brilliant roadmap for what will bring in and excite guests. Staying on trend or...
The Latest in F&B Sustainability
Sustainability is the buzzword of the 21st century, with 78% of Americans reporting in a recent study that a sustainable lifestyle is...
What's Next for Restaurant Design?
When we think about restaurant design, we can be mistaken for believing that it's all a matter of passing trends, but where we eat can...
Smart Kitchens And The Future Of Restaurants
For restaurants aiming at world-class performance, connecting the kitchen with smart appliances is becoming increasingly important. These...
Closed Loop Dining: Tackling The Man-made Problem Of Waste
Waste is a human problem. No other species on Earth wastes things. Collectively, we throw away almost 50% of all food either before or...
The Next Generation Sweeteners
Sugar. It's one of the most addictive, accessible substances around, and its sweet flavour is in high demand by consumers looking for a...
Plated Perfection: Creating the perfect meal plans for guests at events
Whether you are organising a conference, wedding, or informal party, food is always a key element in the process. The right - or wrong -...
Blooming Wonderful - Injecting flower power into events with installations
When it comes to adding the wow factor to a special event, nothing says luxe like a striking floral installation. Going beyond simple...
How has consumer behaviour changed since the pandemic?
Although the worst of COVID-19 may thankfully be behind us now, it is undeniable that the pandemic changed the world forever, in many...
Plates Become Windows: Why transparent food chains are growing in popularity with consumers and which information matters most to them
Food and drink trends come and go. Whether it is over-the-top milkshakes piled high with crazy toppings, or molecular gastronomy elements...
THE ART OF ICE
Ice. It might not seem like much more than a means for cooling, but the role it plays in mixology can't be understated.
WHO WON THE WORLD'S 50 BEST BARS 2022?
Hint: It starts with Barce and ends with lona. Let’s open this article with the exciting news that The World’s Best 50 are opening up a...
TREND WATCHING MICE IN 2023
What’s on the horizon? One thing we can all be sure of is that in-person meetings and events are coming back in a BIG way in 2023. But...
REINVENTING THE MEETING EXPERIENCE
How to entice people back to in-person events with innovative ideas. To start, some interesting stats from a 2022 poll by Bookelevent. ● ...
INCLUSIVE MENUS
A Guide “Twenty years ago special dietary requirements made up about three per cent of your customers, today it’s around 28%.” — Peter...
CASH VS. CASHLESS
The pros and cons of payment options. In a recent Marketscale interview, the question ‘is cash still king?’ was posed to Barbara...
WHEN TWO BECOME ONE
Exploring the powerful results from the symbiotic relationship marketing and operations in F+B Symbiotic 1. Involving interaction...
TREND WATCHING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN EMEA
There have been seismic shifts across the business world over the past few years. From pandemics and inflation to war and climate change...
BEYOND THE PASS
What the hospitality industry can learn from trends in the wider business world. Learning from the successes and failures of others is...
EATERTAINMENT - BREAD AND CIRCUSES
Why Eatertainment is taking center stage in 2023. Doing what it says on the tin, Eatertainment is simply a concept that combines...
THE SCIENCE OF HOSPITALITY
“Hospitality is simply an opportunity to show love and care” From the ancient Greek concept of xania or ‘ritualistic friendship’ to...
TREND WATCHING THE MEETING + EVENTS SPACE
Whilst much of the onus is on the M+E organiser when it comes to the planning, as the venue, we can learn a lot from trend watching the...
#FOODMOOD
Your customers are growing increasingly sensitive to the idea of wellness being related to what we eat, food is becoming the key to...
#FOOD INFLUENCERS
Many newly-opened eateries these days are designed to look chic when photographed by customers. The restaurant’s spaces must be bright,...
DIGITAL
The rise of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) has opened the door for many business sectors, helping them make the most out...
AMBIENCE & DESIGN
Video restaurants TeamLab (founded in 2001) is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of various specialists such as...
NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
The health-conscious consumers look beyond the label: they want to know everything about where the raw materials came from, the product’s...
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