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What to do first? Take it step by step.
What to do first? Take it step by step.


<b><h2><font color="green">Start international week, Preparations to be done Monday 27th. of Febr. 09.00 - 13.00</font color="green"></h2></b>
<b><h2><font color="green">Start international week, Preparations to be done Monday 27th. of Febr. 08.30</font color="green"></h2></b>
Check the schedule on rooms e.g.
The exact locations used during the game, will be communicated to you later.


* '''Step 1: Check the website of the hotel, as it is''' <br>
* '''Step 1: Check the website of the hotel, as it currently looks like''' <br>
Just have a quick look at the [https://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/site/ website of the Emerald Forest Hotel]. You see the 'training program', that is what you are in now. <br>
Just have a quick look at the quite old-fashioned [https://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/site/ website of the Emerald Forest Hotel]. You see the 'Training program', that is what you are in now. <br>


* '''Step 2: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel'''' <br>
* '''Step 2: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel' (see left menu)''' <br>
Study the [[Introduction to Hotel]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on the hotel, the history, and the situation as you will take over the management of the hotel. <br>
Study the [[Introduction to Hotel]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on the hotel, the history, and the situation as you will take over the management of the hotel. <br>


* '''Step 3: Study the 'Introduction Game play'''' <br>
* '''Step 3: Study the 'Introduction Game play'(see left menu)''' <br>
Study the [[Introduction Game play]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on what you can do as the new Management Team. <br>
Study the [[Introduction Game play]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on what you can do as the new Management Team. <br>


* '''Step 4: Meet with your fellow team members'''<br>
* '''Step 4: Meet with your fellow team members'''<br>
Upfront, you will receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:
Upfront, you will receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:
* The team members with whom you will make up the Management Team of the hotel: the list will be made available via e-mail
* You all have been informed on who your fellow management team members are.
* The team number of your hotel. This will look something such as "46DE-A04".
* The team number of your hotel. This will look something such as "46DE-A04".
* Your Game is the 46sth Game in row and 'takes place' in Germany, so that is why it is number 46DE.
* Your Game is the 46th Game in row and takes place in Germany, so that is why it is number 46DE.
* Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. Your city is located in Germany (or any European country and city).
* Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. Your city is located in Germany (or any European country and city).
* Your hotel in this example will be hotel number 04 out of approximately ten hotels in your city. The other nine are your competitors. <br>
* Your hotel in this example will be hotel number 04 out of 8 hotels in your city. The other 7 hotels are your competitors. <br>
Make sure you meet asap and work together in a professional way, and support everybody in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately. Discuss the first ideas on how to run your hotel, the better your morning preparation are, the better your start in the afternoon.
Make sure you meet asap and work together in a professional way, and support everybody in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately. Discuss the first ideas on how to manage your hotel, the better your morning preparations are, the better your start in the afternoon.


<b><h2><font color="green"> Monday 27th at 14.00 central kick-off </font color="green"></h2></b>
<b><h2><font color="green"> Monday 27th at 08.30 central kick-off </font color="green"></h2></b>


* '''Step 5: Join the kick-off meeting'''
* '''Step 5: Prepare your offices and join the kick-off meeting'''
Check the schedule on rooms e.g. In this session you meet your coach, your competitors, can ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this. In this session you will get your link to your Team File. <br>
Teams set up their offices before joining the kick-off meeting with all students and coaches. All teams will be allocated to a room during the game week. You will be faced with a tight schedule, so make sure to be ready before the kick-off meeting. <br>
This meeting will give an overview of the next steps in the Game week. <br>
At the end of the session you have time to consult your coaches. <br>


This meeting will give an overview of the next steps in the Game week. In this session you meet your coaches, your competitors, can ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this. At the end of this session you will get your link to your Team File, and you have time to consult your coaches.


<u>More information</U><br>
<u>More information</U><br>
After this, during the Game you can find much more info in:
After this, during the Game you can find much more info in:
** In the main menu you can see your Game 46DE, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother about other Games.  
* In the main menu you can see your Game 46DE, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother about other Games.  
** Always in the menu you can find the [[:Category:Hotel_info|Hotel Info pages]]. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
* Always in the menu you can find the [[:Category:Hotel_info|Hotel Info pages]]. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
** Clicking [[:Category:Game play|Game play info]] will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
* Clicking [[:Category:Game play|Game play info]] will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
** Clicking [[Help:Contents| Help]] will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.
* Clicking [[Help:Contents| Help]] will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.
::- Clicking [[Social media EmeraldForestHotel|Social media Emerald Forest Hotel]] will show the dominant currents social media accounts the hotel has.<br>
* Clicking [[Social media EmeraldForestHotel|Social media Emerald Forest Hotel]] will show the dominant currents social media accounts the hotel has.<br>
::- Looking for specific content? You can also use the search box top right hand. Type in a relevant word and look for a page on this platform ,specifically on this word, or for pages containing this word.
* Looking for specific content? You can also use the search box top right hand. Type in a relevant word and look for a page on this platform ,specifically on this word, or for pages containing this word.<br>
 
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<u>Team File</U> <br>
<u>Team File</U> <br>
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. You will receive this secret link at the meeting. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s [[Team file|Team File]]: the most important file in the Game. This is the document in which you need to present your assignments, formulate your future plans for your hotel, and where you will also find your results under each year. The secret link will look something like '''46DE-A11 https://bit.ly/32ZHO444 and is case sensitive.  
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. You will receive this secret link at the meeting. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s [[Team file|Team File]]: the most important file in the Game. This is the document in which you need to present your assignments, formulate your future plans for your hotel, and where you will also find your results under each year. The secret link will look something like '''46DE-A11 https://bit.ly/32ZHO444 and is case sensitive.  
<br>Keep this link private and secret! In this Team File, you will work on:  
<br>Keep this link private and secret! In this Team File, you will work on:  
::- Your assignments, including your team decisiions
::- Your assignments, including your team decisions
And you will find, per playing year:  
And you will find, per playing year:  
::- Feedback from your coach.
::- Feedback from your coach.
::- The revenues of your hotel
::- The revenues of your hotel
::- The profit of your hotel.
::- The profit of your hotel.
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Your coach will have access to your Team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team File:
Your coach will have access to your Team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team File:
::- Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
* Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
::- When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, Gmail): you will get a few more options in your menu ribbon.
* When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, Gmail): you will get a few more options in your menu ribbon.
::- It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that last edit counts: so make sure to agree which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
* It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that last edit counts: so make sure to agree which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
::- Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give issues.
* Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give issues.
::- You all have edits right, at the same time, in the same shared Team File.
* You all have edits right, at the same time, in the same shared Team File.
::- You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
* You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
::- Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
* Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
::- You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
* You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
::- It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", read via [https://zapier.com/blog/why-cant-you-copy-and-paste-in-google-docs/ this link]. The extension might come handy for copying / pasting information between Google files.
* It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", read via [https://zapier.com/blog/why-cant-you-copy-and-paste-in-google-docs/ this link]. The extension might come handy for copying / pasting information between Google files.
::- It can get busy online, on the Google servers, on your WiFi e.g. So, loading of a Team file might take a few seconds, if the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (only once!). For reassurance: we hardly had any problems on the 'Google side'. <br><br>
* It can get busy online, on the Google servers, on your WiFi e.g. So, loading of a Team file might take a few seconds, if the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (only once!). For reassurance: we hardly had any problems on the 'Google side'. <br><br>
 
 
* '''Step 6: Start working with your Team, first join the Facebook group''' <br>
: Go to [https://www.facebook.com/groups/3453063861674774 Facebook group of 46DE] and request to join the group. You can join with a FB hotel page or a personal account (one per team will do). This is a private group and will not influence your timeline. <br><br>
 
* '''Step 7: Work on section Preparations in MS Teams - strategy, name, logo (12-15th study week)''' <br>
Check [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WbkRvaXj7mJqxD_T4GlpFzavczEeXouUy-xI_1_KKJw/edit#gid=1028823244 Year 0 part in Team File as example]. You've gotten your Team's 'secret link' with access to your Team File. So, prepare, and you can start working carefully in the Team File, as all is already active and live.<br>
Think of a new strategy (Name, logo, slogan, main target groups etc. see [[41EE Business assignment year 0]]. <Br>
Find your solution for the Trade Fair in the current situation (2+2) [[41EE Creativity assignment year 0]].
 
 
<h2><font color="green">The start of the module, Thursday 12th May </font color="green"></h2></b>
 


* '''Step 6: The Facebook group''' <br>
There is a Facebook during this Game ([https://www.facebook.com/groups/3453063861674774 Facebook group of 46DE]). This is NOT a mandatory part of the game, as you have many tasks already. So you will see this mentioned a few times, you can ignore this.


<h2><font color="green">Assignments in the Game, overview</font color="green"></h2></b>
<u>You run the hotel by a number of assignments</U>:<br>
<u>You run the hotel by a number of assignments</U>:<br>
The total of the assignments:
The total of the assignments:
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!colspan="6"|Structure
!colspan="5"|Structure
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| '''Schedule'''
| '''Year'''
| '''Year'''
| '''Business assignment'''
| '''Business assignment'''
| '''Due'''
| '''Creativity assignment'''
| '''Creativity assignment'''
| '''Due'''
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|-
| Deadline Thursday
| 0
| Year 0
| [[46DE Business assignment year 0]], Team File
| [[41EE Business assignment year 0]]
| Mon 16.00
| [[41EE Creativity assignment year 0]]
| [[46DE Creativity assignment year 0]], separate file
| Tue 09.00
|-
|-
| Deadline Friday
| 1
| Year 1
| [[46DE Business assignment year 1]], Team File
| [[41EE Business assignment year 1]]
| Tue 16.00
| [[41EE Creativity assignment year 1]]
| [[46DE Creativity assignment year 1]], separate file
| Wed 08.30
|-
|-
| Deadline Saturday
| 2
| Year 2
| [[46DE Business assignment year 2]], Team File
| [[41EE Business assignment year 2]]
| Wed 16.00
| [[41EE Creativity assignment year 2]]
| [[46DE Creativity assignment year 2]], separate file
| Thu 09.00
|-
|-
| Deadline Sunday
| 3
| Year 3
| [[46DE Business assignment year 3]], Team File
| [[41EE Business assignment year 3]]
| Thu 16.00
| [[41EE Creativity assignment year 3]]
| [[46DE Creativity assignment year 3]], separate file
| Fri 09.00
|-
 
|-
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|
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| [[46DE Creativity assignment year 3|Critical friend]]  
| Fri 13.00
|-
|-
|
|
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| [[46DE Portfolio|Portfolio]]
| March 31
|-
|-
|}
|}
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<h2><font color="green">To be done Thursday 12th. May, Year 00:</font color="green"></h2></b>
<h2><font color="green">To be done Monday, 27 Feb - Year 0:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 09.00-10.00 Meet your Management Team via MS Teams
* 08.30-09.00 Teams set up their offices
* 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
* 09.00-10.00 Central kick-off
* 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
* 10.00-11.00 Students work on assignments
* 12.00-14.00 Presentation of your own hotel and checking other hotels for competition analysis
* 11.30-13.00 Excursion in Ingolstadt
* 14.00-17.00 Working on Creativity assignment 0
* 13.00-16.00 Students work on assignment
* 17.00 Deadline Competition analysis, part of Creativity assignment 0
* 13.00-15.00 Coaches have 'open office hours'
<b><font color="red">Deadline Thursday 12th of May, year 00 'Preparations and Trade Fair'</font color="red"></B><br>
* 16.00-18.00 Meeting with investors
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details:
 
* [[41EE Business assignment year 0]], Deadline 10.00
* [[46DE Business assignment year 0]]
* [[41EE Creativity assignment year 0]], Deadline 17.00
* [[46DE Creativity assignment year 0]]
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. <br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Monday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Tuesday at 09.00 (creativity assignment).</font color="red"> </B>


<h2><font color="green">To be done Friday 13th of May, Year 01:</font color="green"></h2></b>
<h2><font color="green">To be done Tuesday, 28 Feb - Year 1:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 09.00-10.00 Meet your your team via MS Teams
* 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 0
* 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
 
* 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
* 09.00-10.00 General Meeting, results year 0, looking ahead at year 1
* 11.00-15.00 Analysis of the results; decisions on prices and costs and reflections (Business assignment year 1) and finishing B2B strategy (Creativity assignment year 1)
* 10.00-11.00 Parallel sessions:
* 15.00 Deadline for decisions on prices, costs and reflections (Business assignment year 1) in your Team file for year 01
** Story telling for press officers – each team needs to send 1 representative
* 15.00-17.00 Working on Creativity assignment year 1
** The rest of the group will be working on the assignments
* 17.00 Deadline for Creativity assignment year 1: B2B Strategy
* 11.00-12.00 Coaches have 'open office hour'
<b><font color="red">Deadline Friday 13th of May, Year 01 'B2B'</font color="red"></B><br>
* 12.30-14.30 Excursion in Ingolstadt
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details:<br>
* 16.00-17.30 Trade Fair
* [[41EE Business assignment year 1]], Deadline 15.00
* [[46DE Business assignment year 1]]
* [[41EE Creativity assignment year 1]], Deadline 17.00
* [[46DE Creativity assignment year 1]]
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. <br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Tuesday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Wednesday at 08.30 (creativity assignment). </font color="red"></B>
<h2><font color="green">To be done Wednesday, 1 March - Year 2:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 08.30 Deadline for creativity assignment year 1
* Before 09.45 commute to Eichstätt
* 09.45-10.45 General Meeting, results year 1, looking ahead at year 2
* 10.00-12.00 Excursion & input on tourism in Eichstätt and the region
* 12.15 Return to Ingolstadt
* 14.00-15.00 Coaches have 'open office hour'
* [[46DE Business assignment year 2]]
* [[46DE Creativity assignment year 2]]
* 20.00-22.00 Social networking event
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. <br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Wednesday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Thursday at 09.00 (creativity assignment). </font color="red"></B>
<h2><font color="green">To be done Thursday 2 March - Year 3:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 2


<h2><font color="green">To be done Saturday the 14th of May, Year 02:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 09.00-10.00 General Meeting, results year 2, looking ahead at year 3
* 09.00-10.00 Meet your your team via MS Teams
* 13.00-14.00 Coaches have 'open office hour'
* 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
* [[46DE Business assignment year 3]]
* 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
* [[46DE Creativity assignment year 3]]
* 11.00-15.00 Analysis of the results; decisions on prices and costs and reflections (Business assignment year 2)
* 13.00-15.00 Negotiations in MS Teams
* 15.00 Deadline for decisions on prices, costs and reflections (Business assignment year 2) in your Team file for year 02
* 15.00-17.00 Working on Creativity assignment year 2
* 17.00 Deadline for Creativity assignment year 2: Negotiations Memo
<b><font color="red">Deadline Saturday 14th of May, Year 02 'Negotiations'</font color="red"></B><br>
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details:<br>
* [[41EE Business assignment year 2]], Deadline 15.00
* [[41EE Creativity assignment year 2]], Deadline 17.00
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.
These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. <br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Thursday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Friday at 09.00 (creativity assignment). </font color="red"></B>


<h2><font color="green">To be done Sunday 15th of May, Year 03:</font color="green"></h2></b>
<h2><font color="green">To be done Friday 3 March:</font color="green"></h2></b>
* 09.00-10.00 Meet your your team via MS Teams
* 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 3
* 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
* 08.30-10.00 Teams prepare their presentation
* 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
* 10.00-11.00 Three minutes of fame
* 12.00 Deadline for decisions on prices, costs and reflections (Business assignment year 3) in your Team file for year 03
* 11.00-13.00 Teams complete critical friend assignment and clean up their offices
* 12.00-13.00 Team preparations for Creativity assignment year 3: 3 Minutes of Fame
* 13.00 Deadline for critical friend assignment
* 13.00-15.30 Hotels present their 3 Minutes of Fame videos in MS Teams in turns
* 13.00-14.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony
* 17.00 Deadline for Creativity assignment year 3: 3 Minutes of Fame
* 14.00-15.00 Evaluation of the kick-off and project week, information on the portfolio to be handed in by March 31, 2023
* 17.00-18.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony
* 18.00-20.00 Farewell dinner
<b><font color="red">Deadline Sunday 15th of May, Year 03 '3 Minutes of Fame'</font color="red"></b><br>
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details: <br>
* [[41EE Business assignment year 3]], Deadline 12.00
* [[41EE Creativity assignment year 3]], Deadline 17.00
Too late or incomplete will bring your hotel in problems and result in a low mark. <br><br>


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The competition has ended! Thank you all so much for joining, we've seen a lot of valuable, innovative ideas and creativity! Till we meet again.
On behalf of Jill Jandal and the whole crew of the Emerald Forest Hotel.

Students of Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, I'm counting on you!


Welcome by CEO Jill Jandal

Organisation of the module Emerald Forest Hotel business simulation

To make all of this Game attractive and teamwork effective, it is essential that all of you, individually and as a team member, join in all events as scheduled. Keep in mind that you will be performing as business managers in the upcoming sessions and throughout the week duration of this game. Next to working on your assignments, we suggest you to keep an eye on social media.
What to do first? Take it step by step.

Start international week, Preparations to be done Monday 27th. of Febr. 08.30

The exact locations used during the game, will be communicated to you later.

  • Step 1: Check the website of the hotel, as it currently looks like

Just have a quick look at the quite old-fashioned website of the Emerald Forest Hotel. You see the 'Training program', that is what you are in now.

  • Step 2: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel' (see left menu)

Study the Introduction to Hotel: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on the hotel, the history, and the situation as you will take over the management of the hotel.

  • Step 3: Study the 'Introduction Game play'(see left menu)

Study the Introduction Game play: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on what you can do as the new Management Team.

  • Step 4: Meet with your fellow team members

Upfront, you will receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:

  • You all have been informed on who your fellow management team members are.
  • The team number of your hotel. This will look something such as "46DE-A04".
  • Your Game is the 46th Game in row and takes place in Germany, so that is why it is number 46DE.
  • Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. Your city is located in Germany (or any European country and city).
  • Your hotel in this example will be hotel number 04 out of 8 hotels in your city. The other 7 hotels are your competitors.

Make sure you meet asap and work together in a professional way, and support everybody in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately. Discuss the first ideas on how to manage your hotel, the better your morning preparations are, the better your start in the afternoon.

Monday 27th at 08.30 central kick-off

  • Step 5: Prepare your offices and join the kick-off meeting

Teams set up their offices before joining the kick-off meeting with all students and coaches. All teams will be allocated to a room during the game week. You will be faced with a tight schedule, so make sure to be ready before the kick-off meeting.

This meeting will give an overview of the next steps in the Game week. In this session you meet your coaches, your competitors, can ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this. At the end of this session you will get your link to your Team File, and you have time to consult your coaches.

More information
After this, during the Game you can find much more info in:

  • In the main menu you can see your Game 46DE, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother about other Games.
  • Always in the menu you can find the Hotel Info pages. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
  • Clicking Game play info will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
  • Clicking Help will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.
  • Clicking Social media Emerald Forest Hotel will show the dominant currents social media accounts the hotel has.
  • Looking for specific content? You can also use the search box top right hand. Type in a relevant word and look for a page on this platform ,specifically on this word, or for pages containing this word.

Team File
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. You will receive this secret link at the meeting. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s Team File: the most important file in the Game. This is the document in which you need to present your assignments, formulate your future plans for your hotel, and where you will also find your results under each year. The secret link will look something like 46DE-A11 https://bit.ly/32ZHO444 and is case sensitive.
Keep this link private and secret! In this Team File, you will work on:

- Your assignments, including your team decisions

And you will find, per playing year:

- Feedback from your coach.
- The revenues of your hotel
- The profit of your hotel.
- The business ranking of your hotel, based on your net profit.
- The creativity ranking of your hotel

Your coach will have access to your Team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team File:

  • Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
  • When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, Gmail): you will get a few more options in your menu ribbon.
  • It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that last edit counts: so make sure to agree which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
  • Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give issues.
  • You all have edits right, at the same time, in the same shared Team File.
  • You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
  • Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
  • You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
  • It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", read via this link. The extension might come handy for copying / pasting information between Google files.
  • It can get busy online, on the Google servers, on your WiFi e.g. So, loading of a Team file might take a few seconds, if the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (only once!). For reassurance: we hardly had any problems on the 'Google side'.

  • Step 6: The Facebook group

There is a Facebook during this Game (Facebook group of 46DE). This is NOT a mandatory part of the game, as you have many tasks already. So you will see this mentioned a few times, you can ignore this.

Assignments in the Game, overview

You run the hotel by a number of assignments:
The total of the assignments:

Structure
Year Business assignment Due Creativity assignment Due
0 46DE Business assignment year 0, Team File Mon 16.00 46DE Creativity assignment year 0, separate file Tue 09.00
1 46DE Business assignment year 1, Team File Tue 16.00 46DE Creativity assignment year 1, separate file Wed 08.30
2 46DE Business assignment year 2, Team File Wed 16.00 46DE Creativity assignment year 2, separate file Thu 09.00
3 46DE Business assignment year 3, Team File Thu 16.00 46DE Creativity assignment year 3, separate file Fri 09.00
Critical friend Fri 13.00
Portfolio March 31

To be done Monday, 27 Feb - Year 0:

  • 08.30-09.00 Teams set up their offices
  • 09.00-10.00 Central kick-off
  • 10.00-11.00 Students work on assignments
  • 11.30-13.00 Excursion in Ingolstadt
  • 13.00-16.00 Students work on assignment
  • 13.00-15.00 Coaches have 'open office hours'
  • 16.00-18.00 Meeting with investors

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial.
Deadline Monday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Tuesday at 09.00 (creativity assignment).

To be done Tuesday, 28 Feb - Year 1:

  • 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 0
  • 09.00-10.00 General Meeting, results year 0, looking ahead at year 1
  • 10.00-11.00 Parallel sessions:
    • Story telling for press officers – each team needs to send 1 representative
    • The rest of the group will be working on the assignments
  • 11.00-12.00 Coaches have 'open office hour'
  • 12.30-14.30 Excursion in Ingolstadt
  • 16.00-17.30 Trade Fair
  • 46DE Business assignment year 1
  • 46DE Creativity assignment year 1

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial.
Deadline Tuesday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Wednesday at 08.30 (creativity assignment).

To be done Wednesday, 1 March - Year 2:

  • 08.30 Deadline for creativity assignment year 1
  • Before 09.45 commute to Eichstätt
  • 09.45-10.45 General Meeting, results year 1, looking ahead at year 2
  • 10.00-12.00 Excursion & input on tourism in Eichstätt and the region
  • 12.15 Return to Ingolstadt
  • 14.00-15.00 Coaches have 'open office hour'
  • 46DE Business assignment year 2
  • 46DE Creativity assignment year 2
  • 20.00-22.00 Social networking event

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial.
Deadline Wednesday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Thursday at 09.00 (creativity assignment).

To be done Thursday 2 March - Year 3:

  • 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 2

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial.
Deadline Thursday at 16.00 (business assignment) / Friday at 09.00 (creativity assignment).

To be done Friday 3 March:

  • 09.00 Deadline for creativity assignment year 3
  • 08.30-10.00 Teams prepare their presentation
  • 10.00-11.00 Three minutes of fame
  • 11.00-13.00 Teams complete critical friend assignment and clean up their offices
  • 13.00 Deadline for critical friend assignment
  • 13.00-14.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony
  • 14.00-15.00 Evaluation of the kick-off and project week, information on the portfolio to be handed in by March 31, 2023
  • 18.00-20.00 Farewell dinner

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