Barcelona is the third happiest city in the world, according to Forbes… maybe that’s a bit exaggerated, especially if you read why (shopping?!) but we agree; you can be very happy in Barcelona!  

Kudos to We Hate Tourism Tours in Lisbon for their bold naming and for getting it right! You can also hate them on facebook.  

Fliegender Kaffee (German for flying coffee) is a social coffee tradition in Berlin. The idea is simple: buy one coffee for you, and one for a person who can’t afford one that day (homeless, student, unemployed, …). The concept was born in […]

Today, december 13th 2012, is the day that the one-billionth tourist arrives somewhere in the world! One billion tourists have travelled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism. By buying local, saving energy and transportation, protecting heritage and […]

In Barcelona we love a good vermut! Especially Morro Fi’s vermuth kit! Best souvenir ever ;) One bottle is designed by Marcel himself, the other by Martí Guixé.  

Wouldn’t this be nice…  

Here’s a cool Memory game based on the city of Barcelona! The Fotomemorizador by Guía Curiosa looks like a fun souvenir for both visiters and locals. “If we consider two essential elements of the human being —game and curiosity— and we combine them […]

DIY makes it to 5-star hotels! At the Four Seasons you can now mix your own cocktail and decorate your cupcake. While this might be new in a place like the Four Seasons, I believe this goes back to the concept of Honesty […]

This would be a great event to do at our hotel in Barcelona as in Catalonia it’s all about mongetes and faves! killtherecipe: cool beans @kinfolkstudios with compass green august 26th. details here. illos @lucyengelman

PleaseBringMe.com is a great social way to connect travellers with locals by having them exchange goods and services… imagine hotel guests from around the world bringing in exotic products to swap! Angel Mule (by mmMule) connect people to deliver stuff to organisations […]

Pay for your hotel stay with art at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm! Or how about setting up a complete talent bank to swap skills for stays…

Clean the World partners with hotels to take leftover soap and shampoo, transform them into new bars of soap and deliver them to places where soap is unavailable.  

This is the kind of bar I like to see in hotels; not sad mini-bars where you have to get on your knees to get a gin tonic out on your own!

Can I put this on the hotel’s entrance door?! Via The Real Art of Street Art