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== Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel!==__NOEDITSECTION__
This is the homepage of your simulation in Karlsruhe called 09DE, February 2015. You have to run your hotel, trying to do better then has been done in the past. Last years decisions and results are available as a point of reference. The hotel is located in your own country in a fictitious city called Amstelburg.
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You should run the hotel by:
* making decisions on prices, decisions on expenditures etc;
* by explaining why and how you do things;
* by running your communications, website and social media in a proper way;
* by live-actions during the game.
All of this is evaluated each year by the coaches in a creativity and entrepreneurship mark. These marks, together with your decisions, the activities of your competitors and some other elements like the demand in the market, are used in algorithms. This leads to your results: the occupation rate in your hotel and to the profit (we hope) and lots of ratio's and a complete operating review. <br>
To get grip on things we have divided your managing the hotel in a number of tasks which you will do in the four (fictitious) years you run the hotel. <br>
This platform is the database with all information on the hotel; you can navigate to information needed: all blue links are clickable and will bring you to another page ''inside'' of this platform. For instance clicking on [[Photos and videos]] will jump to this page  with photos and videos of the hotel. All blue links with a small arrow will open a new tab in your browser with an internet site ''outside'' of this platform: for instance  [http://www.4hoteliers.com/features/article/8736 hospitality trends 2015] or [http://hmghotelsblog.com/2013/11/26/top-trends-hospitality-industry-for-2015-will-your-hotel-be-ready-to-welcome-the-savvy-traveler/ more hotel trends in 2015].
Use in all your decisions real sources and benchmarks like: <br>
* [http://www.slideshare.net/MarinetLtd/hospitality-2015-tourism-hospitality-and-leisure-trends hospitality report Deloitte 2015] or an interesting page as well: [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Tourism_statistics_at_regional_level real statistics of hotels in Europe].An indication for costs on inventory etc. A good starting point is the file [http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/dox/Hotel_Cost_Estimating_Guide.pdf estimating hotel costs]. Do not focus to much on details. Try to be realistic, but as in reality 'how much does it cost' depend on so many things and is not easy to answer. <br>
The navigation left-hand site will always stay active: and you can use ''back'' in your browser. By now there is ''{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages'' in this platform, so if you're new follow the steps preventing you from getting ''lost''.
First now some tweets and pictures related to your game, then your tasks.<br>
== <font color="green">Always check the news</font color="green">: latest news always on top ==
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Welcome to the platform, all international teams in Karlsruhe!
The competition has finished: thank you all for participating! Congratulations to the overall winning teams:
* on profit Hotel of Centuries. See their interview: [[09DE_Interview_winning_teams]]
* on creativity The Blackwood. See their interview: [[09DE_Interview_winning_teams]]
Pictures and videos available soon.
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== Your tasks during the entire game ==__NOEDITSECTION__
== Your tasks during the entire game ==__NOEDITSECTION__
There is a lot of information on this platform: don't get "killed by information": so do you do first? Do the tasks underneath on this page step by step. You can click on any blue link for more information on any page. Don't start doing so immediately, you might get lost ;-). Good luck!
So what to do first? Do the tasks underneath step by step.<br>
In time the simulation is divided in two parts:<br>
* week 5: with tasks to be done ''before'' the game week starts;
* week 6: with tasks to be done ''during'' the game week, starting 2th of February. In this game week ''all'' team members must be available all of the time.<br><br>
 
== Your tasks before the game week starts, so before 2th of February ==__NOEDITSECTION__
First check in six minutes the main explanation of all of the elements in this simulation : <br><br>
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[[Image:hotel11.jpg|thumb|300px|center|    <center>''The reception of Emerald Forest Hotel''</center>]]
You will receive team information from your coaches on:<br>
* the teamnumber of your hotel, which is also the username (login name) on this platform. This will look like 09DE-A02:
** so your competition (09DE is the 9th competition in Karlsruhe Germany -DE-) your team number A02
** so your hotel is located in a city starting with letter A, which is the city of Amstelburg.
** Your hotel is hotel number 02 (out of ten hotels, which are all your competitors).
* you'll get a team password for editing your hotels' teampage on this platform. This password will look like ve7r99 and is case sensitive.<br>
* you'll also get a (secret) hyperlink to your teams private sheet where you make your decisions and can see your own results. This will look like <nowiki> http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/ve7r99 </nowiki><br>
The example shows the team information from a finished competition in Latvia:


Participating in the game means doing the next tasks:<br>
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* tasks to be done before the game week starts (underneath)
* tasks to be done during the game week, starting the 6th of October to be found in [[08LV Tasks and decisions]], day by day. <br><br>


== Your tasks before the game week starts, so before 6th of October ==__NOEDITSECTION__
With this information you can start meeting with your team, dividing the tasks, checking out this platform etc. Make sure you have your team well organised and the tasks well divided. <br><br>
You will receive information from your coaches on:<br>
> your teamnumber, the city your team is operating in and your teammembers <br>
> your team's username and password for this platform with which you can edit your teampage<br>
> the secret link to your teamsheet where you make your decisions and can see your results. This section is private to each team. <br>
With this information you can already start meeting with your team, dividing the tasks, checking out this platform etc. Make sure you have your team well organised and the tasks well divided. <br><br>
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<b><font color="green">During week 40 (so before the the game week, week 41) these next tasks '''must have been finished.'''</font color="green"></b><hr>
<b><font color="green">Week 5: before the game week starts these next tasks '''must have been finished.'''</font color="green"></b><hr>
 
* '''Task 1: Meet with your team members'''<br>
Plan meetings with your team to make preparations and plans for who is going to do what. Managing a hotel is having your team and hotel well organized.<br>


* '''Task 1: Meet with your teammembers'''<br>
So you are joining with your team, nice! Check the video with explanations on your competition: <br><br>
Plan meetings with your team in the weeks before the game week, to make preparations and plans for who is going to do what before this game week and during week 41. In this game week (week 41) ''all'' team members must be available all of the time. It is going to be busy but a very interesting week! Beware that the game week is from Monday the 06th October until the end of the day on Friday the 10th of October. So before the game week have your team organized.<br><br>
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* '''Task 2: Study E-manual''' <br>
* '''Task 2: Study E-manual''' <br>
Study the [[08LV E-manual|E-manual]]: here you will find what ''you need to read'' before taking any action. Look around a bit in this platform, so that you get a grip on what to find here and how it works. After this, you can use the [[Sandbox]] to practice. If you want more visualization, you can check the [[Help:Contents#Help videos on the Platform|video help first]] section to get an impression on how to use the platform, especially the page [[Help:Guided tour through the platform|the Guided tour through the platform]]. <br>
Study this [[09DE E-manual|E-manual]]: here you will find what ''you need to read'' before taking any action.<br>
 
Login with your username, go to the top right-hand corner of this page, click "My Preferences" scroll a bit down until you see E-mail, E-mail options. Change this e-mail address in a real e-mail address of one of your team members and use the save button at the bottom. This e-mail might comes handy in some cases. Do '''not''' change the password or '''anything else''' in this section.<br>
Go to the top right-hand side of this page screen at "My Preferences" scroll a bit down until you see E-mail, E-mail options. Change this e-mail address in a real e-mail address of one of your teammembers use the save button at the bottom. This e-mail might comes handy in some cases. Do '''not''' change the password or anything else in this section<br>
''- Help on this: [[Help:Guided tour through the platform]] | [[Help:Help on first login]] | [[Help:How to find information and help]]''<br>


All teammembers can login using the same username: multiple users at the same time with the same login name is no problem. To just ''read'' the content of this platform you don't need to login at all, by the way (only if you want to edit). There is much information on how to do things in  [[Help:contents]] or on the special pages in [[:Category:Hotel info]].
All team members can login using the same username: multiple users at the same time with the same username is no problem. To just ''read'' the content of this platform you don't need to login at all, by the way (only if you want to edit). If you look for information on any subject you can search with the searchbox top-righthand corner: click the GO-button for a special page on the searched-for item, or use the Search button which will show all pages where the search item is mentioned. No answer found? Ask your coaches.<br>
You can search with the buttons top-righthand corner: with GO for a special page on the searched for item, or with button Search which will show all pages where this search item is mentioned. No answer found? Ask your coach or use the Shoutbox which is monitored by the coaches.<br>
So before the gameweek all must have studied the E-manual. <br>
''- Help on this: [[Help:How to study the E-manual]]''<br><br>


* '''Task 3: First actions'''<br>
* '''Task 3: First actions'''<br>
After reading, discuss your strategic plans with regard to the hotel and come to a conclusion. First have a look at the example page: page [[08LV Example teampage]]. Then start filling out your own teampage: this has to be ready entirely on Monday the 6th at 16.00. Have a look at your private teamsheet using your private link and fill out your chosen [[hotelname]] there!<br>
After reading, discuss your strategic plans with regard to the hotel and come to a conclusion. First have a look at the example [[09DE Example teampage]]. Then start filling out your own teampage: this has to be ready entirely on Monday the 2th at 16.00. Also check your private teamsheet using your secret hyperlink and fill out your chosen [[hotelname]] in the teamsheet there (cel B1)! From time to time you might see that we have changed-helped you on lay-out or outlining. If important we will mark this for instance with: {{coachhelp}}. <br>
So before the gameweek teampage ready and name filled out in your teamsheet. <br>
A short instruction video on how to edit the teampage of your hotel in the Emerald Forest Hotel platform. This video is a bit longer, like 10 minutes. But you can skip things or scroll forwards. Open the video (which is on this platform) in a new browsertab: [http://emeraldforesthotel.com/platform/index.php/Help:How_to_edit_your_teampage Help on editing your teampage]. It takes some time to get grip on this editing, it is not WYSIWYG but, very, very stable. And, don't worry, editing your teampage is the only thing which might annoy you because of the unfriendly way it works. All other elements of this simulation are done in Facebook, Google docs and other platforms which are probably much more logical and user friendly :-)<br><br>
''- Help on this: [[Help:How to edit your teampage]] | [[Help:How to upload a photo]] | [[Help:How to make links]]''<br><br>


* '''Task 4: Prepare Trade Fair'''<br>
* '''Task 4: Prepare Trade Fair'''<br>
In the game week, your hotel will be presenting itself at a Trade Fair on Thursday. So, before this week think this over and prepare for the [[08LV Trade fair|Trade Fair]]: check this page for more information. This is an important meeting, one which will influence your success in the game.  
In the game week, your hotel will be presenting itself at a Trade Fair on Tuesday. So think this over well in time and prepare for the [[09DE Trade fair|Trade Fair]]: check this page for more information. This is an important fair, one which will influence your success in the game.  
This offers you the opportunity to present your (new ideas on the) hotel. Be creative, and have a look at the pictures of Trade Fairs from competitions. All team members must participate in the Trade Fair.<br>
This offers you the opportunity to present your (new ideas on the) hotel. Be creative, and have a look at the pictures of Trade Fairs from other competitions. All team members must participate in the Trade Fair.<br>
To make your appearance at the Trade Fair as useful as possible, your preparations on your teampage must be ready as far as possible (new logo, slogan, introduction of new management). So start thinking about this before the gameweek when things get hectic.  
To make your appearance at the Trade Fair as useful as possible, your preparations on your teampage must be ready as far as possible (new logo, slogan, introduction of new management). So start thinking about this before the gameweek when things get hectic.  
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<b><font color="green">Tasks during the game-week: 6th. October - 10th. October</font color="green"></b><br>
<b><font color="green">Tasks during the game-week: 2th. February - 6th. February</font color="green"></b><br>
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* '''Task 5 to 10'''
* '''Task 5 to 10'''
On the page [[08LV Tasks and decisions]] you can find all tasks which are to be done during the game week, day by day.
On the page [[09DE Tasks and decisions]] you can find all tasks which are to be done during the game week, day by day.
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== Your tasks during the game week ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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<b><font color="green">Tasks during the game week 7, Monday 10th February - Friday 14th October</font color="green"></b><br><hr>
All the sessions during the game week are very useful and compulsory (and often fun, of course).
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* '''Task 5: Monday 10th February (prologue, year 00) - Preparations and strategy'''<br>
> 09.00 - 11.00 Game warmers and registration. Study the platform, do the tasks 1 to 4, read the online manual etc.<br>
> 11.00 Official opening and Kick-off <br>
> 12.30 Lunch break. Meet with your team, work on team page (top of page link to your city); be sure it is ready by the end of the day. Be sure to bring down the size of pictures or photo's used to 150kb. Use for instance the tool [[shrinking pictures]]. <br>
> 13.30 “Decision Making and Team Building” (Philip Cullen). <br>
> 14.30 “PR Communication and Trade Fair / Event Organization” (Eliis Salm) <br>
> 15.30 - 16.30 Break / Check your teamsheet and fill out in your teamsheet your teamname and experiment with filling in decisions. Work on your teampage. And work on your [[assignment]] linked to the prologue, year 00. Check the videos help files on working on your teampage: [[Help:How to edit your teampage]] | [[Help:How to upload a photo]] |[[Help:How to make links]]<br>
> 16.30 – 17.30 Q & A Session (Kai Holschuh, Desmond Wee, Philip Cullen, Eliis Salm & René Arvola). <br>
> 17.30 - 19.00 Prepare the Trade Fair: be sure to have all things ready and set for tomorrow! Work on the assignment (a big one!) and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. <br>
> 19.00 Deadline for teampage on the platform and for your hotels name in your teamsheet. You can upgrade the teampage later-on, but it should be ready now.
* '''Task 6: Tuesday 11th February (year 01) - Day of Creativity'''<br>
On this first day your team will demonstrate its creativity and thereby present the new hotel in a more promising strategic direction, as well as distinguishing your hotel from your competitors.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.<br>
> 10.00 Deadline for handing the assignment for year 00. <br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 AGM: results year 00, instruction on year 01.<br>
> 11.00 - 11.45 Dialogue “Managing Your Hotel: Communication and Media Strategies” /  “Managing Your Project” (Rene Arvola and Martin Zierold).<br>
> 11.45 - 12.30 Questions and coaching. <br>
> 12.30 - 15.00 Preparations for [[Trade Fair]], work on [[decisions]].  <br>
> 15.00 Deadline for [[decisions]] and explanations in [[explanations form]] for year 01 both to be done in the [[teamsheet]]. Read the page [[secret link teamsheet]] and fill your decisions out. You will absolutely have to read the page [[decisions]] as to get a grip on things.<br>
> 15.00 - 16.00 Participation in [[05DE Trade fair|Trade Fair]] and presenting your new hotel and working on your [[assignment]] on the Trade Fair. Participation of all team members mandatory. <br>
> 16.00 - 18.00 work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. <br>
''- Help on this: [[Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations]]'' <br>
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* '''Task 7: Wednesday 12th February (year 02) -  Day of Calculations'''<br>
Analyze the results, the operational costs made and the key indicators for your hotel. On this day, focus on the calculations a manager often has to make. "Financial language" is key in the hotel sector. Further, linking these to benchmarks is crucial to profitability. After receiving your first results (on year 01) you need to study them, in order to decide on how to react in the next year.<br>
> 09.00 - 09.45 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.<br>
> 09.45 Deadline for handing the assignment for year 01.<br>
> 09.45 - 10.45 AGM: results year 01, instruction on year 02. <br>
> 10.45 - 11.45 Input session “Financial Planning” (Kai Holschuh). <br>
> 11.45 - 12.30 Questions and coaching.<br>
> 12.30 - 16.00 Analysis of the results, make new [[decisions]] etc: no specific [[assignment]] in this year.<br>
> 16.00 Deadline for the [[decisions]] and explanations in [[explanations form]] for year 02 both to be done in your teamsheet. You will absolutely have to read the page [[decisions]] as to get a grip on things.<br>
> 16.00 – 17.00 Input session “Selling Techniques in a Nutshell” (Isabelle Van Tomme). <br>
''- Help on this: [[Help:How to work in the secure section and check results]]''.
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* '''Task 8: Thursday 13th February (year 03) - Day of Managing the Company'''<br>
The managing of a hotel relies heavily on the ability to communicate with customers as well as your staff, especially when "exceptional" situations arise. Expect a negative event (crisis) to happen this year. The hotel management will need to deal directly, actively and creatively with the event, as well as to take timely decisions to resolve it.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.<br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 AGM: results year 02, instruction on year 03. <br>
> 11.00 – 11.45 Dialogue “Management Under Pressure” (Dirk Wagner and Phil Cullen). <br>
> 11.45 – 12.30 Questions and coaching. <br>
> 12.30 - 16.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions, adjust team page. Work on your [[assignment]] make new [[decisions]]! <br>
> 16.00 Deadline for [[decisions]] and explanations in [[explanations form]] for year 03 both to be done in your teamsheet. You will absolutely have to read the page [[decisions]] as to get a grip on things. <br>
> 16.00 - 18.30 Prepare for the 3 Minutes of Fame, work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. Tomorrow is going to be a really packed day! <br><br>
* '''Task 9: Friday 14th February (year 04) - Day of Promotion'''<br>
On this day your team will show how to sell its services and make hotel promotions attractive through the use of internet and social media. The competitions finish today. Final results will be determined and the teams with the most profit and that were the most creative will be awarded.<br>
> 08.00 - 09.00 Meet with your team, work on [[decisions]] and explanations. <br>
> 09.00 Deadline for handing the assignment for year 03. <br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 AGM: results year 03, instruction on year 04. <br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 Team preparation of 3 minutes of fame; pricing decisions, adjust team page etc.; coaches available for feedback and questions. <br>
> 11.00 Deadline for [[decisions]] and explanations in [[explanations form]] for year 04 both to be done in the secure section. You will absolutely have to read the page [[decisions]] as to get a grip on things. <br>
> 11.00 - 12.00 Presentations for [[3 minutes of fame]]; all teammembers are in. Take notes or your [[assignment]] as well. <br>
> 12.00 - 12.30 Last details on your assignment (year 04), to be handed in at 13.30. <br>
> 14.30 - 15.30 Game Final: Award Ceremony. <br>
> 15.30 After the game final we kindly ask you to evaluate the game by filling out the handed out questionnaire; it helps us to further improve the game! <br>
> 18.00 Closing dinner for all students and coaches. <br>
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* '''Task 10: After the game final: Assignment and Questionnaire''' <br>
The [[assignment]] is a big part of this game and important for your [[mark|final mark]]: it is worth 50% of your total mark. You will have to finish the last part of this document in, printed out. Deadline Friday 13.30
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<center><small>''Emerald Forest Hotel'' offering an <font color="green">'''emerald''' </font color="green">hotel experience!
<center><small>''Emerald Forest Hotel'' offering an <font color="green">'''emerald''' </font color="green">hotel experience!
| Run your own hotel in this management simulation.</small></center>
| Run your own hotel in this management simulation.</small></center>
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* Competition in May 2013 Tallinn at TuT: competing with two cities, twenty teams and 102 participants!
* Congratulations to the winning teams:
** Creativity city Amstelburg: [[User:03EE-A10|Forest Fitness Spa]]
** Creativity city Budano: [[User:03EE-B07|Sapphire Waterfront]] overall winning team 03EE Tallinn!
** Profit in city Amstelburg: [[User:03EE-A09|Amstelburg Forest Hotel]] overall winning team 03EE Tallinn!
** Profit in city Budano: [[User:03EE-B03|Casa Emerald C&S]]
Well done! For all interviews see: [[03EE Interview winning teams]] and the flag ceremony 03EE Tallinn: [[03EE Greetings]]
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Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel!

This is the homepage of your simulation in Karlsruhe called 09DE, February 2015. You have to run your hotel, trying to do better then has been done in the past. Last years decisions and results are available as a point of reference. The hotel is located in your own country in a fictitious city called Amstelburg.

You should run the hotel by:

  • making decisions on prices, decisions on expenditures etc;
  • by explaining why and how you do things;
  • by running your communications, website and social media in a proper way;
  • by live-actions during the game.

All of this is evaluated each year by the coaches in a creativity and entrepreneurship mark. These marks, together with your decisions, the activities of your competitors and some other elements like the demand in the market, are used in algorithms. This leads to your results: the occupation rate in your hotel and to the profit (we hope) and lots of ratio's and a complete operating review.
To get grip on things we have divided your managing the hotel in a number of tasks which you will do in the four (fictitious) years you run the hotel.
This platform is the database with all information on the hotel; you can navigate to information needed: all blue links are clickable and will bring you to another page inside of this platform. For instance clicking on Photos and videos will jump to this page with photos and videos of the hotel. All blue links with a small arrow will open a new tab in your browser with an internet site outside of this platform: for instance hospitality trends 2015 or more hotel trends in 2015.

Use in all your decisions real sources and benchmarks like:

The navigation left-hand site will always stay active: and you can use back in your browser. By now there is 3,964 pages in this platform, so if you're new follow the steps preventing you from getting lost. First now some tweets and pictures related to your game, then your tasks.

Always check the news: latest news always on top

February the 6th.

Welcome to the platform, all international teams in Karlsruhe! The competition has finished: thank you all for participating! Congratulations to the overall winning teams:

Pictures and videos available soon.

Your tasks during the entire game

So what to do first? Do the tasks underneath step by step.
In time the simulation is divided in two parts:

  • week 5: with tasks to be done before the game week starts;
  • week 6: with tasks to be done during the game week, starting 2th of February. In this game week all team members must be available all of the time.

Your tasks before the game week starts, so before 2th of February

First check in six minutes the main explanation of all of the elements in this simulation :

You will receive team information from your coaches on:

  • the teamnumber of your hotel, which is also the username (login name) on this platform. This will look like 09DE-A02:
    • so your competition (09DE is the 9th competition in Karlsruhe Germany -DE-) your team number A02
    • so your hotel is located in a city starting with letter A, which is the city of Amstelburg.
    • Your hotel is hotel number 02 (out of ten hotels, which are all your competitors).
  • you'll get a team password for editing your hotels' teampage on this platform. This password will look like ve7r99 and is case sensitive.
  • you'll also get a (secret) hyperlink to your teams private sheet where you make your decisions and can see your own results. This will look like http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/ve7r99

The example shows the team information from a finished competition in Latvia:

With this information you can start meeting with your team, dividing the tasks, checking out this platform etc. Make sure you have your team well organised and the tasks well divided.

Week 5: before the game week starts these next tasks must have been finished.

  • Task 1: Meet with your team members

Plan meetings with your team to make preparations and plans for who is going to do what. Managing a hotel is having your team and hotel well organized.

So you are joining with your team, nice! Check the video with explanations on your competition:

  • Task 2: Study E-manual

Study this E-manual: here you will find what you need to read before taking any action.
Login with your username, go to the top right-hand corner of this page, click "My Preferences" scroll a bit down until you see E-mail, E-mail options. Change this e-mail address in a real e-mail address of one of your team members and use the save button at the bottom. This e-mail might comes handy in some cases. Do not change the password or anything else in this section.

All team members can login using the same username: multiple users at the same time with the same username is no problem. To just read the content of this platform you don't need to login at all, by the way (only if you want to edit). If you look for information on any subject you can search with the searchbox top-righthand corner: click the GO-button for a special page on the searched-for item, or use the Search button which will show all pages where the search item is mentioned. No answer found? Ask your coaches.

  • Task 3: First actions

After reading, discuss your strategic plans with regard to the hotel and come to a conclusion. First have a look at the example 09DE Example teampage. Then start filling out your own teampage: this has to be ready entirely on Monday the 2th at 16.00. Also check your private teamsheet using your secret hyperlink and fill out your chosen hotelname in the teamsheet there (cel B1)! From time to time you might see that we have changed-helped you on lay-out or outlining. If important we will mark this for instance with: Changed as help by one of your coaches. You can delete this message by removing the tag coachhelp in the edit section of this page. .
A short instruction video on how to edit the teampage of your hotel in the Emerald Forest Hotel platform. This video is a bit longer, like 10 minutes. But you can skip things or scroll forwards. Open the video (which is on this platform) in a new browsertab: Help on editing your teampage. It takes some time to get grip on this editing, it is not WYSIWYG but, very, very stable. And, don't worry, editing your teampage is the only thing which might annoy you because of the unfriendly way it works. All other elements of this simulation are done in Facebook, Google docs and other platforms which are probably much more logical and user friendly :-)

  • Task 4: Prepare Trade Fair

In the game week, your hotel will be presenting itself at a Trade Fair on Tuesday. So think this over well in time and prepare for the Trade Fair: check this page for more information. This is an important fair, one which will influence your success in the game. This offers you the opportunity to present your (new ideas on the) hotel. Be creative, and have a look at the pictures of Trade Fairs from other competitions. All team members must participate in the Trade Fair.
To make your appearance at the Trade Fair as useful as possible, your preparations on your teampage must be ready as far as possible (new logo, slogan, introduction of new management). So start thinking about this before the gameweek when things get hectic.


Tasks during the game-week: 2th. February - 6th. February


  • Task 5 to 10

On the page 09DE Tasks and decisions you can find all tasks which are to be done during the game week, day by day.

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