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Edition 16 – March, 2009
A sommelier for every mobile device >>
Restaurants page waiting guests on their cellphones >>
Loews hotels adopt local farmers >>
More meal prep & cooking instructions >>
No-waiting, no-standing policy at new D.C. bar >> |
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Met vriendelijke groet,
Joke van der Wijngaart
Beursmanager Horecava
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A sommelier for
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If wine tastings can be conducted via Twitter, it should come as no surprise to find a wine-recommendation service that's accessible by SMS. Sure enough, Hello Vino is a new wine pairing and suggestion tool that can be accessed both via the web and from any mobile device.
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Restaurants page waiting guests on
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Providing a new solution to an old problem, ReadyPing lets restaurants notify guests by text message when their table is ready. The system aims to improve on restaurant pagers, which require a substantial upfront investment plus maintenance costs, and have a limited range.
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Loews hotels adopt local farmers |
Loews Hotels – which operates hotels and resorts in 16 cities across North America – recently announced its 'Adopt-a-Farmer' initiative. The aim is to promote local farming while providing customers with food made from ingredients that are locally-sourced, organic and sustainable.
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Last fall we wrote about The Kitchen, which bills itself as a combination upscale takeaway and on-site cooking school. Suggesting that the concept could be catching on, a similar offering was recently launched by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
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No-waiting,
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Catering to customers who are tired of queuing outside club entrances before elbowing their way to the bar, The Gibson is a pseudo-speakeasy with a no-waiting and no-standing policy. The Washington D.C. bar, owned by Thievery Corporation's Eric Hilton, doesn't publicize its address or phone number.
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