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| == <font color="green">Happy holidays!</font color="green">==
| | <center>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.</i></font color="red"></center> |
| <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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| == <font color="green">Welcome at the Emerald Forest Hotel!</font color="green">==
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| This platform is part of the management training program of the [http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/site/ Emerald Forest Hotel]. Welcome in the 2023 version v0.7 of this hotel management game! This simulation, or game, can easily be made blended online and off-line, or, when needed, completely online. Interested in joining this concept of ''real virtuality''? Check the page [[joining the game]] or contact me, CEO [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-jandal-a226ba186/ Jill Jandal]<br><br>
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| <I>Good luck and thanks to all joining, [[Jill Jandal]], CEO of the Emerald Forest Hotel.</I> | | <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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| | == <font color="green">Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel</font color="green">== |
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| | 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 Our hotel is a bit outdated, and we’re counting on you to make it a better place to stay.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. |
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| == <font color="green">What can this simulation do for you?</font color="green">== | | |Column 1 size=5 |
| Joining a Game? Choose your Game in the left-hand menu. The Emerald Forest is a unique learning opportunity, offering the possibility to work on (business) management skills in a modern, attractive way, completely online way. It is used by Universities, companies as well as training institutes all over Europe. Ideal for an international week (1-5 ECTS) of in any curriculum as a attractive course (5-10 ECTS). The simulation consists of much more than just this platform and has been played by more than 19,000 participants. <br> The management skills to demonstrate should focus on: creativity, commercial calculating, managerial capacities, and promotional skills.
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| The Emerald Forest Hotel is an international management simulation with a strong realistic story-line combined with an attractive competition based on profit and on creativity. You can use the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation under one of our licenses: check [[Joining the game|Joining the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation]].<br> Hospitality happens to be the industry in the simulation, but it's also very useful in other industries or solely as a training aiming at management skills.
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| | |Column 2 text=<center><i>Welcome on behalf of the Emerald Forest management!</I><br> |
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| == <font color="green">New contacts </font color="green">==
| | 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! |
| Visiting the [https://www.horecava.nl/beurs/horecava-2023/ Horecava Trade Fair] our CEO [[Jill Jandal]] has been discussing new possibilities regarding personalization e.g. regarding [https://emeraldforesthotel.com/ the Emerald Forest Hotel]. We are looking in to having our own labelled coffee brand via [https://neuteboom.nl/ Neuteboom coffee roasters] and introducing (in the Summertime) [https://www.wowsmoothies.nl/ Wow smoothies].
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| == <font color="green">New release</font color="green">== | | == <font color="green">All information</font color="green">== |
| A big shout-out to all joining in 2023, and to partners of the past years: the Management Teams as well as thanks to the enthusiastic coaches from: <br>
| | 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]. |
| <i>Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), Katholische Universitat Eichstatt-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) </I>and others!<br>
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| == <font color="green">After movie</font color="green">==
| | Done? You first step here, will be checking the pages from the menu: |
| Just to give you an idea what the total of a (finished) game looks like in an ideal mix between live and online, check the video.
| | * [[Introduction to Hotel]] and |
| <center>{{#widget:YouTube|id=Olb0kB5LiYw|width=50%}}<br><i>Wrap up of Game in Karlsruhe</i>.</center>
| | * [[Introduction Game play]] |
| | 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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| == <font color="green">Game-based learning stimulates the frontal brain </font color="green">==
| | <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> |
| Interesting and important studies on Game Based Learning by Kober e.a. showing the relevance and effectiveness of working with simulations or games. Also positive affect was reported to be higher while engaging in the game-based as compared to the non-game-based task version.
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| These research results underscore the potential of game-based learning environments to promote more efficient learning by means of attention and reward up-tuning. [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242573 Read the research paper here].
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| Joining a Game? Choose your Game in the left-hand menu. Looking for specific content? Check the options in the left-hand menu, or 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.
| | == <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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| *Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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| **A special welcome to [https://www.unive.it/pag/18630/ Centro Internazionale di Studi sull'Economia Turistica]
| | == <font color="green">Welcome the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM)</font color="green">== |
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| | 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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| *Katholische Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt
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| **Aspecial welcome also to [https://www.ku.de/en/ Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt]
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| *Thomas More
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| **And a special welcome to [https://www.bachelorstudies.com/universities/Belgium/Thomas-More-University-of-Applied-Sciences/ Thomas More University a.s.]
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| Feel free to have a look around. Recommended pages:
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| * [[All_concepts|All concepts]] gives an idea on the Teams which joined so far.
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| * [[Introduction to Hotel]] an introduction to the story line.
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_notj_UIc The promo video] will gave you an overview of it all.
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| A special welcome to [https://www.bcu.ac.uk/ Birmingham City University]. <br>
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| We surely hope the cooperation will have a restart in 2021-2022!
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| ==<font color="green">Thank you for your contributions! Recently finished games </font color="GREEN">== | |
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| == Hello [https://www.buas.nl/en/programmes/hotel-management Hotel Management track of Breda University a.s.] your competition has ended! ==
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| The game [[Game_40NL_home|Game 40NL]] has ended. For the secodn year we have been surprised by the creativity and commitment of the coaches and teams. Hope to see you again next year.<br>
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| == Rotterdam University, your competition has ended! ==
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| Your [[Game 35NL home]] has finished, thank you all so much for joining and the coaches for their demanding work. It has been a long 'stint' to all of you, but we cherry picked some nice ideas and concepts! And congratulations to the winning Teams!
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| == Competition [https://www.buas.nl/en Breda University a.s. Academy for Tourism] has ended ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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| The competition has finished! The oldest and most royal partner in helping the Emerald Forest Hotel out, over the years. Jill has visited your institute several times, and you have many experiences coaches: the family Bergman counts on Breda!<br>
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| Congratulations to the winning teams!
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| == Competition at [https://www.ttu.ee/en Tallinn Technological University TuT] has ended ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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| Congratulations to the winning teams! <br>:<font color="red">
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| * Obsidina Sky on profit in Amstelburg
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| * Infinity Hotel on profit in Budano and overall!
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| * Porto Forest on creativity in Amstelburg
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| * Emerald park Hotel on creativity in Budano and overall!
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| Thank you all so much for joining, and thanks to the enthusiastic coaches!
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| == Thank you UCLL, the Virtual business week has finished! ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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| The game [[Game_36BE_home|Game 36BE]] has finished! Thank you all so much for joining! It has been a pleasure. Congrats to the winning teams!<br>
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| Hope to be seeing you again, next year in a setting in which we can do a blended versions and actually <i>meet and greet.</i>
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| == Thank you [https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/ John Moores University] ==__NOEDITSECTION__ | |
| We received some valuable we ideas and thought on how to handle the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation from John Moores University Liverpool.
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| :::<b>Games running right now: </b><br>
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| <b>Amstelburg</b><font color="red"><br>
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| *On Profit Woodland Hotel €3,380,000
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| *On Creativity The Jadenity and Businessaholiday Hotel 2,2 points</font color="red">
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| <b>Budano</b><font color="red"><br>
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| *On Profit Villa Verde €3,788,000
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| *On Creativity Lignum International Hotel 2,6 points</font color="red">
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| <b>Copenstadt</b><font color="red"><br>
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| *On Profit Bos Retree’t €4,141,000
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| *On Creativity Bos Retree’t 2,8 points </font color="red">
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| <b>Dreskovski</b><font color="red"><br>
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| *On Profit Tranquility Forest Hotel €2,239,000
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| *On Creativity The Bergman Hotel and the Colloquium Capital 2,4 points</font color="red">
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| <b>Efemada</b><font color="red"><br>
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| *On Profit Marriott €2,373,000
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| *On Creativity Hotel Passion Verde 2,6 points</font color="red">
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| <b>Thank you [https://www.buas.nl/en Breda University a.s. Academy for Tourism] </b><br> | |
| The game [[Game_31NL_home|Game 31NL]] has finished! <br>
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| Congratulations to the winning Teams of each city, and especially to the overall winning Teams in the city of Budano:
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| * On profit the '''Ryokan Sakura Hotel''' realizing an amazing € 3,325,000 cumulated net profit
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| * On Creativity '''Super Local''' with a staggering coach mark of 8,8!
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| Well-done!
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| <b>Thank you [https://www.ttu.ee/en Tallinn Technological University TalTech] </b><br>
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| The game has finished! Thank you all once again. We've seen very creative work from Tallinn. Hope to be seeing you in the future!
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| == Competition in Breda at [https://www.buas.nl/ENG.html BUas (former NHTV)] has ended! ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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| Congratulations to all the winning teams. And especially to the overall winning teams:
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| * Creativity The Happy Otter
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| * On profit The Grammable Hotel
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| <br>Pictures of the Final available on [https://www.flickr.com/photos/79317761@N02/albums/72157694549474842 Flickr] <br>
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| == <font color="green">Sponsor</font color="green">==
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| Are you interested as an international hotel chain, to join the game as partner, user or sponsor? We offer you a modern platform which lots of linked media and an interesting group of users, mainly working or about to work in hospitality industry. Check the page [[sponsor]].
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| == <font color="green">A proud HSMAI member</font color="green">== | | == <font color="green">Thank you, Management Teams from BUAS-Breda!</font color="green">== |
| In Amsterdam RAI, each year the [https://www.hftp.org/hitec/amsterdam/ HITEC Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference] takes place. The conferences is held in combination with [http://hsmai-europe.com/ HSMAI Hospitality Sales Marketing Association International]. Emerald Forest Hotel management visits both conferences. We are delighted to tell, that we have been chosen one of the nominees for the prestigious HSMAI-awards (already by 2018). Though we didn't win, we are proud of our nomination and special recognition!
| | 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. |
| | [[Image:goldenbell 2024.jpg|thumb|300px|left|alt= BUAS winning Team Emerald Forest Hotel||<i><center><code>The Golden Bell Award</code></I></center>]] |
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| | * 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! |
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| | == <font color="green">A special thank you, to all our partners, so far!</font color="green">== |
| | 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. |
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| | <li>Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) |
| | <li>Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany) |
| | <li>Birmingham City University (UK) |
| | <li>UCLL University Belgium |
| | <li>Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) |
| | <li>Vidzeme University A.S. (Latvia) |
| | <li>Liverpool John Moores University (UK) |
| | <li>St. Cyril & St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) |
| | <li>Breda University (Netherlands) |
| | <li>Karlshochschule International university (Germany) |
| | <li> Thomas More University a.s. (Belgium) |
| | <li>and others!</li> |
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| | </div> </div> <BR>Want to join? Check [[Joining the game]].</div> |
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| == <font color="green">Release and copyrights</font color="green">==
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| If you are planning to use this simulation, be sure to read the page [[disclaimer]] to understand the IP rights, related to this platform. The Emerald Forest Hotel simulation is actively monitored, but as the entire simulation is always "in progress", it is hard to oversee all of the changes and its impacts on all media[[:Category:Assignments|.]] All postings are, for that matter, the individual responsibility of a specific editor of that specific piece of content, also on social media! If, by any means, you ended up on this website and think that some elements of the content offend your rights in any way, please contact us and we will respond: emeraldforesthotel at gmail.com. For details on usage of the platform itself ([[IP]]), please check the page [[copyright]] or contact us. <br><br>
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| All concepts that have been developed by the participants from over 20 countries in this management simulation are summarized on the page [[All concepts| all new hotel concepts]]. Starting from this page, you can navigate to every new hotel concept.<br>
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| Or check [[:Category:Emerald forest finished teams|what other teams have done so far!]]
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| <center><small>[[Special:RecentChanges| . ]] [[Special:WhatLinksHere| . ]] [[:Category:Sysop:Overview| . ]]''Emerald Forest Hotel'' offering an <font color="green">'''emerald''' </font color="green">hotel experience!
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| | Run your own hotel in this management simulation [[:Category:Emerald forest finished teams| . ]] [[:Category:Assignments| . ]] </small></center>
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