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Hello Valmiera!
The competition Game 08LV in Valmiera (Latvia) is about to start, we are working on the details.
The hashtag in use (especially on Twitter) is #08LV.
Competition in Breda has ended!
47 new hotels have been developed in Breda(Netherlands) in Game 06NL.
The competition in Breda has finished: thank you all for participating! Congratulating the overall winning teams:
- on creativity Hotel Mosaic. For interview check 06NL_Interview_winning_teams
- on profit Hotel Reliqua. For interview check 06NL_Interview_winning_teams
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All new hotel concepts
All of the new concepts which have been worked out by the participants from over 20 countries during this management simulation are listed in the file All concepts. From there you can click to any presentation of a hotel.
Blog post on platform TravelNext on the Emerald Forest and gamification: sorry it is in Dutch.
Competitions to come
The next competition to come are planned in:
Why should should you join?
The Emerald Forest offers the opportunity to learn (business) management skills in a modern, attractive way, totally web-base way.
There is a unique opportunity to do coach, link your courses and have live activities.
The management skills focus on:
- creativity
- commercial calculating
- managerial capacities
- promotional skills
The Emerald Forest Hotel is an international management game with an attractive competition based on profit and on creativity. Interested? Learn more! or check what other teams have done so far!
Reports on the project
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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Goals of this simulation
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.
In this platform the game will be supported in many different ways, teams will make their decisions here, store files and work with Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, and Google Earth, discuss with others, discuss with their coaches or get advice from teams in other competitions or from entrepreneurs.
This platform will support participants in all aspects of the Management Game Emerald Forest Hotel.
- all information and communication from the market and other teams.
- all teams will make their decisions here
- all results are to be found here as well
- this game is Web 2.0 powered: as far as possible everything will be embedded 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 Entrepreneurs section.
EU project
This platform supports the Emerald Forest Hotel simulation. The very 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 EU info on the whole project.
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.
The partners in this project are:
- Latvia: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
- Netherlands: NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
- Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology
- Germany: Karlshochschule International University
- Lithuania: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences
- Bulgaria: University of Veliko Tarno
Release and copyrights
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 anyones 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. If, by any means, you think that the content of this website 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.
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