Added 4 September, 2013
Motivated by guests who care about the environment, carbon footprinting and being good custodians of the earth, hotels have long been leading the way when it comes to doing things that are green and ecologically sensitive. The Royal York Hotel in Toronto, for example was one of the first to plant their roof with edibles and put bee hives up there...
Added 3 September, 2013
Recently on WikiTrend we wrote about luxury hotels catering to families. Now it's the airlines turn, led by Etihad Airways the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The airline's on-board childcare experts, identified by bright orange aprons and an arts and crafts kit filled with a variety playthings to keep even the most restless young...
Added 2 September, 2013
Wearable technology is all the rage these days, what with new smart watches and biofeedback devices coming down the pike, this will be the Big Story of 2014. Getting an early jump on the trend is the Owlet Vitals Monitor, a device worn on a baby's leg that continuously lets parents see breathing and heart rate right on their mobile device. In...
Added 2 September, 2013
Cynics may say that Mike Roberts is making amends for his time as president and COO of McDonald's. But to us, it's clear that Mr. Roberts has seen the trend, and he is following it with his vision of the next generation restaurant chain. That vision is called Lyfe Kitchen, a healthful-food restaurant that cares about environmental stewardship....
Added 1 September, 2013
At travelers get richer, luxury hotels in New York and beyond are seeing family travel as a special area of growth and are catering to them in ever more appealing ways. Now Trump SoHo, an upscale hotel in downtown Manhattan has joined the fight for family guests with a Young Entrepreneurs program that cleverly plays on the Trump brand. Open to...
Added 28 August, 2013
People often ask us if trends are only for youngsters. Truth is, there are different trends for different demographics, geographics and psychographics and when we start to see something happening in a particular part of the world or within a certain age group, we want to let you know. Now, in towns across the US there is a trend for older people...
Added 28 August, 2013
Umphrey's McGee, an American progressive rock band, is now offering fans at their concerts the opportunity to wear headphones that are wirelessly connected to the engineer's soundboard. The goal is to provide pristine sound through an audiophile quality headset. Concert-goers are fitted with a Sennheisser in-ear monitor wireless pack and high...
Added 27 August, 2013
Marketers have been collecting digital data on their customers for a while now. But when a young couple learns they are pregnant, and a retailer sends them coupons for diapers a couple of months later, well, some people are finding that more than a bit creepy. In response, more and more retailers are now asking permission to collect data, in the...
Added 26 August, 2013
When two competing trends – one about environmentalism and the other about making life easier – are in opposition to one another, which one wins? The answer isn't always easy, but in this case we are seeing a huge rise in the usage of single-serve coffee pods, from companies as diverse as Nespresso and Starbucks, to the detriment of the...
Added 23 August, 2013
More and more American universities are installing dogs as their school mascots. Leaders include Texas A...