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!
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">Competition at TUT, Tallinn Estonia has ended</font color="green">==
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== <font color="green">What can this simulation do for you?</font color="green">==
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, 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 an attractive course (5-10 ECTS). The simulation consists of much more than just this platform and has been played by more than 15,000 participants. <br> The management skills to demonstrate should focus on: creativity, commercial calculating, managerial capacities, and promotional skills.
The Emerald Forest Hotel is an international management simulation with a strong realistic story-line combined with an attractive competition based on profit and 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.
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].
A big shout-out to all joining about to join, and to partners of the past years: the Management Teams as well as thanks to the enthusiastic coaches from: <br>
<i>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) </I>and others!<br>
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.
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== <font color="green">Game-based learning stimulates the frontal brain </font color="green">==
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 effects were reported to be higher while engaging in the game-based version as compared to the non-game-based task version.
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].
== <font color="green">Content and upgrade</font color="green">==
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 in the 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.
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*Ca' Foscari University of Venice
**A special welcome to [https://www.unive.it/pag/18630/ Centro Internazionale di Studi sull'Economia Turistica]
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*Katholische Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt
**A special welcome also to [https://www.ku.de/en/ Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt]
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*Thomas More
**And a special welcome to [https://www.bachelorstudies.com/universities/Belgium/Thomas-More-University-of-Applied-Sciences/ Thomas More University a.s.]
==<font color="green">Thank you for your contributions! Recently finished games </font color="GREEN">==
== Hello [https://www.buas.nl/en/programmes/hotel-management Hotel Management track of Breda University a.s.] your competition has ended! ==
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>
== Rotterdam University, your competition has ended! ==
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!
== Competition [https://www.buas.nl/en Breda University a.s. Academy for Tourism] has ended ==__NOEDITSECTION__
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>
Are you interested as an international hotel chain, into joining the game as partner, user or sponsor? We offer you a modern platform whith lots of linked media and an interesting group of users, mainly working or about to work in hospitality industry. Check the [[sponsor]] page.
In Amsterdam RAI, each year the [https://www.hftp.org/hitec/amsterdam/ HITEC Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference] takes place. The conference 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 say, that we were 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!
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== <font color="green">Release and copyrights</font color="green">==
If you are planning to use this simulation, be sure to read the [[disclaimer]] page 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 their 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 infringe on 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 [[copyright]] page 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>
Or check [[:Category:Emerald forest finished teams|what other teams have done so far!]]
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Revision as of 19:00, 20 August 2024
Welcome to the Emerald Forest Hotel!
This platform is part of the management training program of the Emerald Forest Hotel. Welcome to the 2024 version v0.8 of this hotel Management Game! This simulation, or game, can easily be blended online and offline, or, when needed, completely online. Interested in joining this concept of real virtuality? Check the joining the game page or contact me! Good luck and thanks to all joining, Jill Jandal, CEO of the Emerald Forest Hotel.
Have a look at the promo:
New version v0.8 in 2025
The new AI-powered version v0.8 of the Emerald Forest Hotel will make things even more realistic. If you want to contribute, have ideas, just let us know. New slots are available to companies, universities or organisations who want to join.
Competition in Breda, Netherlands, Hotel-Facility managers of BUAS has ended
The competition in Breda has ended, a big shout-out to all joining in, the Teams as well as the coaches, it has been a pleasure.
Nice to see the ‘Golden Bell’ award Breda University of Applied Sciences as final of the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation. Congrats to winning Teams
Public award Hotel Malia
Jury award 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!
