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<center>{{#widget:YouTube|id=_x2BvHfPm7Q|width=50%}}<br><i>It's the most wonderful time of the year! A message from our CEO [[Jill Jandal]]</i>.</center>---->
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<td>'''Word of welcome by [[Christina Bergman]], former owner of the Emerald Forest Hotel'''[[:Category:Sysop:Overview|.]]
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<i><br>"I would kindly like to welcome you all to this simulation, which is much more then just 'a game'! My name is [[Christina Bergman]]: my family and I used to run the Emerald Forest Hotel, a nice and cozy hotel with 100 rooms. In fact, we still own 50% of the hotel, but we are in urgent need of new management insights! This platform and several social media sites will support you as the new management team with over '''''{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages''''' in running my hotel. So, don't get killed by information and stay focused. You, as well as a number of other management teams, have the unique opportunity to show you can do better than we did in recent years. All your private financial and marketing information will not visible to other teams. I will surely keep an eye on you, through social media, the coaches etc. for I am still an active member of the Board of Directors. I wish you all lots of success in achieving profit and in your creativity!"[[Special:RecentChanges|.]]<br></i>
Want to see the promo video? Check [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaKe-dhZMKY promo Emerald Forest Hotel] or check all management teams ever running my hotel in [[All_concepts|all concepts]].</td>
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== Welcome[[Special:WhatLinksHere|!]] ==__NOEDITSECTION__
This platform in the central element on the content of the management game EmeraldForestHotel. <br>
To get an idea on the simulation: have a look at
* the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaKe-dhZMKY promo Emerald Forest Hotel]
* or one of the social media, for instance all the pictures related to the game and the 3.000 participants so far: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/79317761@N02/sets/ Emerald Forest Hotel on Flickr] <br>


== Competition Breda, the Netherlands has ended ==__NOEDITSECTION__
== <font color="green">Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel</font color="green">==
The competition [[Game_17NL_home]] has ended: thank you all for participating.  
This platform will assist you in managing the [http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/site/ Emerald Forest Hotel]. Our hotel is a bit outdated, and we’re counting on you to make it a better place to stay. We’ve recorded a message for you.
Congrats to the winning teams!
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== Competition Tallinn has ended ==__NOEDITSECTION__
You are now part of a new Management Team tasked with taking over the Emerald Forest Hotel. Your mission is to manage the hotel, enhance its current operations, and deliver significant improvements compared to previous years. You will have access to last year's performance results and the decisions that shaped them, providing a valuable reference point. Remember, you are competing against other Management Teams who share the same starting position. This is your opportunity to showcase your skills in management, creativity, finance, and marketing, with guidance from your coaches. Seize this chance to stand out!
The competition [[Game_16EE_home]] has ended: thank you all for participating. <br>
Have a look at a short video recap: <br>
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Congrats to the winning teams!
* Amstelburg: Gatsby Park Hotel for the double!
* Budano: Emotional Paradise & Hotel MirrorMirror
* Copenstadt: The Tune Inn Hotel & Lounge for the double!


Well done, to alle competitors!
== <font color="green">All information</font color="green">==
On this platform, you’ll find a wealth of information to help you understand the hotel's operations, including financial data like the operating review, as well as guidance on managing the hotel and making strategic decisions. Be sure to explore the main menu on the left (or tap the three bars at the top left if you’re on mobile). Have you seen our hotel's website? It's not in the best shape right now, but we encourage you to take a look nonetheless., [https://www.emeraldforesthotel.com Click here to visit the Emerald Forest Hotel website].


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* [[Introduction to Hotel]] and
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* [[Introduction Game play]]
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Now that you have a clear understanding of the hotel, you’re ready to begin the competition. Review the menu again, and click on <i>Join a Game, choose your competition </i> to get started!
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Video recapp of the competition: <center>{{#widget:YouTube|id=Olb0kB5LiYw|width=400|height=300}}</center>  <br>
Or check the long one: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwFR9oe-2A]. <br>


Your challenge [[Game 15DE home]] has ended! Thank you all for participating! <br>
<center><I>Good luck and thanks you all for helping the Emerald Forest Hotel! [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-jandal-a226ba186/ Jill Jandal], CEO of the Emerald Forest Hotel.</I>
Congratulations to the winning teams:
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* Congrats to [[User:15DE-A03|Hotel Arabesque]]
* [[User:15DE-B01|Hotel Olympia Supreme]]
* Overall winning teams [[User:15DE-B05|Puzzles Resort]] on profit
* [[User:15DE-A02|Hawthom Hotel]] on creativity.  
Coaches special award for [[User:15DE-A07|Fitness Ranch]]


== Competitions to come ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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We are preparing for the competitions to come. <br>
== <font color="green">Welcome to Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy Les Roches</font color="green">==
We hope [https://lesroches.edu/campuses/abu-dhabi/ to see Les Roches Abu Dhabi] soon, as one of our new partner, running the Emerald Forest Hotel! <br>
[[Image:LesRoches logo.jpg|thumb|300px|left|alt= Les Roches joining Emerald Forest Hotel||<i><center><code>Les Roches Hospitality Academy</code></I></center>]]
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== <font color="green">Welcome the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM)</font color="green">==
We hope [https://emiratesacademy.edu/ to see EAHM] soon, as one of our new partner, running the Emerald Forest Hotel! <br>
[[Image:EAHM logo.png|thumb|300px|left|alt= EAHM joining Emerald Forest Hotel||<i><center><code>Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management</code></I></center>]]
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* Valmiera (Latvia) September 2016 <br>
== <font color="green">Thank you, Management Teams from BUAS-Breda!</font color="green">==
* Birmingham (UK) autumn 2016 <br>
The latest competition at [https://www.buas.nl/en/programmes/hotel-management BUAS, Breda University of Hospitality and Facility Management] has concluded. A big shout-out to all the participating teams and coaches—it has been a pleasure working with you. Congratulations to Management Teams, on winning the 'Golden Bell' award as the finale of the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation.
* Venice (Italy) still unknown.
[[Image:goldenbell 2024.jpg|thumb|300px|left|alt= BUAS winning Team Emerald Forest Hotel||<i><center><code>The Golden Bell Award</code></I></center>]]
* Tallinn (Estonia) spring 2017 <br>
Congratulations to
* Breda (Netherlands) June 2017 <br>
* Public award winnning team, Hotel Malia
 
* Jury award winning team, Evergreen resort
== Competition in Breda, the Netherlands, has ended == __NOEDITSECTION__
Thanks to all the Management Teams, the coaches and the jury Michel Brokke, Geertje Klijn, Joost van der Minne and Jeroen Vinkesteijn. It has been very interesting!
We finished the [[Game_10NL_home|Game 10NL]] students of FBTR, NHTV Breda (the Netherlands) after an exciting competition. <br>
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Best performing teams (congratulations):
== <font color="green">A special thank you, to all our partners, so far!</font color="green">==
* on Creativity: Team [[User:10NL-A09|The Rising Stag Hotel]]
A big shout-out to all participants and to our partners from previous years—the Management Teams, with a special thanks to the enthusiastic coaches.
* on Net profit: Team [[User:10NL-A01|Mystic Topaz Hotel]]
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<td><center>''Photos of the finals at FBTR-NHTV Breda 2015 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/79317761@N02/sets/72157648108902112/]''</center></td>
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== Competition in Karlsruhe [[Game_09DE_home|Game 09DE]] has ended! ==__NOEDITSECTION__
Some refreshing new hotel concepts have been developed in Karlsruhe, Germany during [[Game_09DE_home|Game 09DE]]. --->
 
== What can we do for you? ==__NOEDITSECTION__
The Emerald Forest is a unique simulation, offering the opportunity to work on (business) management skills in a modern, attractive way, completely online way.
The simulation is much more then just this platform and has been played by more than 4.500 participants. <br>
The management skills to demonstrate focus on:
* creativity, commercial calculating, managerial capacities and  promotional skills.
The Emerald Forest Hotel is an international management simulation and is also set in an attractive competition based on profit and on creativity.
We offer four options:
* joining the competition with teams in a personalized version and use the gameplay
* we help you in setting up a project like using our expertise of 15 years experience
* just use the story line and all of the content
 
Interested? [[Entrepreneurs|Learn more!]] or check [[:Category:Emerald forest finished teams|what other teams have done so far!]].
 
== All new hotel concepts == __NOEDITSECTION__
All of the new concepts which have been worked out by the participants from over 20 countries during this management simulation are listed on the page [[All concepts| all new hotel concepts]]. From there you can click to any new hotel and it's total achievements and presentation. <br>
Read the interesting blog post explaining the structure [http://bit.ly/RvdmV0 TravelNext of the Emerald Forest and gamification]: sorry it is in Dutch.
 
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<td><center>''The hotel looks like this''</center></td>
<td><center>''Stay tuned: <u>live</u> tweets on #hotel''</center></td>
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== Reports on the project ==__NOEDITSECTION__
The simulation is used in different situations: it can be linked to traditional education, to coaching or training. Check the videos for an overview, filmed by participants.
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<td><center>''European competition in Valmiera, June 2012''</center></td>
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== Goals of this simulation ==__NOEDITSECTION__
Teams are assigned to manage the hotel and keep it commercially and financially healthy, keep it independent and to show their vision on how to run a company like this. This platform is the central place in the management game.
The total of the simulations consists of:
* this platform as central place of documentation
* online support in communications on many different social media and websites
* offline live activities and related courses
* private files of the management teams in the cloud for making decisions, getting results etc.
Find links to the online media [[:Category:Hotel info|here]].
 
Emerald Forest Hotel is a nice hotel with lots of potential, as you can find out on his platform. Interested as an entrepreneur? Have a look at the  [[:Category:Entrepreneurs|Entrepreneurs section]].
[[Image:Emerald_forest_front_small.jpg|center|280px]]
 
== EU project ==__NOEDITSECTION__
This platform supports the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation. The very [[Game 01EU home|first competition]] was the final of the '''EU Lifelong Learning Program'''. The purpose of this project is to bring (small) enterprises and education together. All details on this project can be found in [http://www.emerald-forest.eu/wiki03/index.php/EU:Home EU info on the whole project].<br>
<center>[[Image:Logo_LLL_emeraldforesthotel.jpg|210px]]
<small>''This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.''</small>
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The partners in this project are: <br>
* [http://www.va.lv/en/ Latvia: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences]
* [http://www.nhtv.nl/ENG/home.html Netherlands: NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences]
* [http://www.ttu.ee/en Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology]
* [http://karlshochschule.de/de/ Germany: Karlshochschule International University]
* [http://internet.ktu.lt/en/i=1&lid=2 Bulgaria: University of Veliko Tarno]
* [http://www.kaunokolegija.lt/en/ Lithuania: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences]
 
== Release and copyrights == __NOEDITSECTION__
July 2016 there will be a new release of Emerald Forest Hotel: a total upgrade specifically the usability will be upgraded, as well as the content and other online elements.
If you are a participant in the simulation, be sure to read the page [[disclaimer]]. Be sure when working on this game that whatever you post, you have the right to post that specific picture, photo, video or text without infringing anyone's copyrights. The website is actively monitored but as the entire game is an ongoing real time process it is hard to oversee all of the changes and all of the impacts. All postings are, for that matter, the individual responsibility of the editor of that specific piece of content. <br>
If, by any means, you ended up in this website and think that the content offends your rights in any way, please contact us and we will respond. The entirety of this content is published under Creative Commons license. For details check the page [[copyright]] on this platform.<br>
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 9 October 2024

In response to popular demand, we will be integrating an AI chatbot and conducting a complete overhaul of the game. The new version 9.0 is scheduled for release by the end of 2024. Please note that, as a result, this version may occasionally be offline or experience some instability.


Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel

This platform will assist you in managing the Emerald Forest Hotel. Our hotel is a bit outdated, and we’re counting on you to make it a better place to stay. We’ve recorded a message for you.

Welcome on behalf of the Emerald Forest management!

You are now part of a new Management Team tasked with taking over the Emerald Forest Hotel. Your mission is to manage the hotel, enhance its current operations, and deliver significant improvements compared to previous years. You will have access to last year's performance results and the decisions that shaped them, providing a valuable reference point. Remember, you are competing against other Management Teams who share the same starting position. This is your opportunity to showcase your skills in management, creativity, finance, and marketing, with guidance from your coaches. Seize this chance to stand out!

All information

On this platform, you’ll find a wealth of information to help you understand the hotel's operations, including financial data like the operating review, as well as guidance on managing the hotel and making strategic decisions. Be sure to explore the main menu on the left (or tap the three bars at the top left if you’re on mobile). Have you seen our hotel's website? It's not in the best shape right now, but we encourage you to take a look nonetheless., Click here to visit the Emerald Forest Hotel website.

Done? You first step here, will be checking the pages from the menu:

Now that you have a clear understanding of the hotel, you’re ready to begin the competition. Review the menu again, and click on Join a Game, choose your competition to get started!

Good luck and thanks you all for helping the Emerald Forest Hotel! Jill Jandal, CEO of the Emerald Forest Hotel.


Welcome to Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy Les Roches

We hope to see Les Roches Abu Dhabi soon, as one of our new partner, running the Emerald Forest Hotel!

Les Roches joining Emerald Forest Hotel
Les Roches Hospitality Academy

Thank you, Management Teams from BUAS-Breda!

The latest competition at BUAS, Breda University of Hospitality and Facility Management has concluded. A big shout-out to all the participating teams and coaches—it has been a pleasure working with you. Congratulations to Management Teams, on winning the 'Golden Bell' award as the finale of the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation.

BUAS winning Team Emerald Forest Hotel
The Golden Bell Award

Congratulations to

  • Public award winnning team, Hotel Malia
  • Jury award winning team, Evergreen resort

Thanks to all the Management Teams, the coaches and the jury Michel Brokke, Geertje Klijn, Joost van der Minne and Jeroen Vinkesteijn. It has been very interesting!

A special thank you, to all our partners, so far!

A big shout-out to all participants and to our partners from previous years—the Management Teams, with a special thanks to the enthusiastic coaches.

  • Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
  • Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany)
  • Birmingham City University (UK)
  • UCLL University Belgium
  • Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
  • Vidzeme University A.S. (Latvia)
  • Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
  • St. Cyril & St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria)
  • Breda University (Netherlands)
  • Karlshochschule International university (Germany)
  • Thomas More University a.s. (Belgium)
  • and others!

Want to join? Check Joining the game.


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