Back in early 2020, TrendWatching launched ‘Covid Innovations’ to inspire entrepreneurs and marketers to serve their customers better in dire covid times.
With Covid thankfully no longer impacting daily life, we’re fully focused again on all innovations that make the world a little bit better - check out Daily, our free publication to stay on top of the latest trends, insights and innovations.
The North Sydney cafe is one of the coffee places in Sydney getting innovative by selling its remaining stock as groceries. They offer rice, flour, canned goods, coffee beans and alcohol to those who come to get a coffee or some food to go. When cafes will be allowed to re-open, many said that their grocery offerings will remain.
Read MoreSurrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, Surrey County Council and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation team up to support the most vulnerable and sometimes socially isolated residents remain connected thanks to a platform where they can view, register and access online activities, like virtual coffee mornings, group chat sessions and tailored exercise classes.
Read MoreThe festival has decided to rehearse and record all seven of its planned productions and release them in audio form on Audible. The productions will feature the same performers that would have appeared on stage, including Dylan Baker, Kate Burton, Bobby Cannavale and Anna Chlumsky.
Read MoreTrade Me is working with local suppliers - often hit had by the pandemic - to sell fresh grocery boxes. These boxes include organic meat, produce and baked goods.
Read MoreLifesaver's campaign, Lifeline To The Frontline, has given 400 pre-charged power banks using 100 per cent renewable energy to NHS and frontline workers so they can stay connected whilst on shift during COVID.
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Read MoreVienna Airport will offer to passengers the possibility to undergo a molecular-biological COVID testing directly on-site, with results available within a period of two to three hours, for €190. If the test is negative, travelers will be able to skip the required 14-day quarantine.
Read MoreCRA, Carlo Ratti Associati, unveiled Pura-Case, a portable wardrobe purifier that uses ozone to remove most micro-organisms, bacteria, and viruses from clothes and fabric.
Read MorePittsburgh Airport is the, so far, only airport in the United States with these specially equipped floor-cleaning machines using ultraviolet light, and will soon also start using UV disinfecting technology in the sterilisations of handrails on escalators and moving walkways, elevator buttons and other high-touch areas.
Read MoreInstead of using real models, Sprayground pivoted to launch its newest backpack collection, Miami 305, using 3D computer animated models in photoshoots and has created a short film where people can see these models wearing the backpacks during a police chase on motorbikes.
Read MoreAirAsia decided to offer many of its most popular meals and drinks, like its in-flight popular choice ‘Boba Tea’, to people stuck at home through delivery services.
Read MoreThis tool enables hotels to increase safety by digitising their guest’s journeys and touchpoints.
Read MoreCape Town Tourism launches 'Postcards from Cape Town' posted across Love Cape Town’s digital platforms, showing the city’s natural beauty. 'Pinable' images and videos will be shared so that visitors can save future travel inspiration on Pinterest.
Read MoreThis new tool will assist restaurants that are preparing to reopen dining rooms in the coming days and weeks, to help diners keep COVID-safe social distancing measures. The kit offers technologies to assist restaurants with contactless order and payment.
Read MoreWeChat Go is collaborating with 11 major U.S. museums and all-Mandarin arts and pop culture platform Move The Mind (MTM) to create separate WeChat Mini Programs which offer users a range of features such as guided audio tours and video materials, interactive games, and maps in US museums.
Read MoreThe initiative, launched by local organisation Rise Houston Church, aims at building and distributing handwashing stations that provide clean water and soap to homeless communities on the street.
Read MoreRestaurants will face a new challenge now, having to manage the volume of reservations while adhering to strict social distancing measures. To facilitate the process, Open Table launched a new ‘Open Door’ pricing program for both new and existing restaurants. The program features no subscription fees through the end of the year.
Read MoreEAS Catering, which maintains high culinary hygiene standards through laboratory testing of food, water, hands and surfaces, has been commissioned by governments, business organisations and community centers to provide meals to quarantined people and medical staff impacted by COVID.
Read MoreFaced with empty rooms and no travelers, the Swedish hotel in Lidköping reinvents itself by putting tables and chairs in its 67 hotel rooms, turning them into COVID-safe, private restaurant rooms for people to dine in.
Read MoreThis initiative was originally designed to help tackle the climate crisis. However, the team decided to launch earlier in response to the Covid-19 outbreak and direct all profits to NHS Charities Together as frontline healthcare workers continue to risk themselves and their families.
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