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Welcome by CEO Jill Jandal

Organisation of the module Emerald Forest Hotel business simulation

To make all of this Game attractive and teamwork effective, it is essential that all of you, individually and as a team member, join in all events as scheduled. Keep in mind that you will be performing as business managers in the upcoming sessions and throughout the week duration of this game. Next to working on your assignments, we suggest you to keep an eye on social media.
What to do first? Take it step by step.

Start international week, Preparations to be done Monday 27th. of Febr. 09.00 - 13.00

Check the schedule on rooms e.g.

  • Step 1: Check the website of the hotel, as it is

Just have a quick look at the old-fashionedwebsite of the Emerald Forest Hotel. You see the 'training program', that is what you are in now.

  • Step 2: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel, menu on the left'

Study the Introduction to Hotel: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on the hotel, the history, and the situation as you will take over the management of the hotel.

  • Step 3: Study the 'Introduction Game play, menu on the left'

Study the Introduction Game play: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on what you can do as the new Management Team.

  • Step 4: Meet with your fellow team members

Upfront, you will receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:

  • The team members with whom you will make up the Management Team of the hotel: the list will be made available via e-mail
  • The team number of your hotel. This will look something such as "46DE-A04".
  • Your Game is the 46th. Game in row and 'takes place' in Germany, so that is why it is number 46DE.
  • Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. Your city is located in Germany (or any European country and city).
  • Your hotel in this example will be hotel number 04 out of approximately ten hotels in your city. The other nine are your competitors.

Make sure you meet asap and work together in a professional way, and support everybody in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately. Discuss the first ideas on how to run your hotel, the better your morning preparation are, the better your start in the afternoon.

Monday 27th at 14.00 central kick-off

  • Step 5: Join the kick-off meeting

Check the schedule on rooms e.g. This meeting will give an overview of the next steps in the Game week. In this session you meet your coach, your competitors, can ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this. At the end of this session you will get your link to your Team File, and you have time to consult your coaches.

More information
After this, during the Game you can find much more info in:

    • In the main menu you can see your Game 46DE, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother about other Games.
    • Always in the menu you can find the Hotel Info pages. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
    • Clicking Game play info will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
    • Clicking Help will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.
    • Clicking Social media Emerald Forest Hotel will show the dominant currents social media accounts the hotel has.
    • Looking for specific content? You can also 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.

Team File
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. You will receive this secret link at the meeting. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s Team File: the most important file in the Game. This is the document in which you need to present your assignments, formulate your future plans for your hotel, and where you will also find your results under each year. The secret link will look something like 46DE-A11 https://bit.ly/32ZHO444 and is case sensitive.
Keep this link private and secret! In this Team File, you will work on:

- Your assignments, including your team decisiions

And you will find, per playing year:

- Feedback from your coach.
- The revenues of your hotel
- The profit of your hotel.
- The business ranking of your hotel, based on your net profit.
- The creativity ranking of your hotel

Your coach will have access to your Team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team File:

    • Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
    • When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, Gmail): you will get a few more options in your menu ribbon.
    • It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that last edit counts: so make sure to agree which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
    • Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give issues.
    • You all have edits right, at the same time, in the same shared Team File.
    • You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
    • Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
    • You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
    • It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", read via this link. The extension might come handy for copying / pasting information between Google files.
    • It can get busy online, on the Google servers, on your WiFi e.g. So, loading of a Team file might take a few seconds, if the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (only once!). For reassurance: we hardly had any problems on the 'Google side'.

  • Step 6: Start working with your Team, first join the Facebook group

Go to Facebook group of 46DE and request to join the group. You can join with a FB hotel page or a personal account (one per team will do). This is a private group and will not influence your timeline.

Assignments in the Game, overview

You run the hotel by a number of assignments:
The total of the assignments:

Structure
Schedule Year Business assignment Creativity assignment
Deadline Monday Year 0 46DE Business assignment year 0 46DE Creativity assignment year 0
Deadline Tuesday Year 1 46DE Business assignment year 1 46DE Creativity assignment year 1
Deadline Wednesday Year 2 46DE Business assignment year 2 46DE Creativity assignment year 2
Deadline Thursday Year 3 46DE Business assignment year 3 46DE Creativity assignment year 3

To be done Monday, 27th. Febr. Year 00:

  • 14.00-15.00 Central

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Deadline Monday at 17.00 Deadline assignments Year 0


To be done Tuesday, 28th. Febr. Year 01:

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate. These two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Deadline Tuesday at 17.00 Deadline assignments Year 01


To be done Saturday the 14th of May, Year 02:

  • 09.00-10.00 Meet your your team via MS Teams
  • 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
  • 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
  • 11.00-15.00 Analysis of the results; decisions on prices and costs and reflections (Business assignment year 2)
  • 13.00-15.00 Negotiations in MS Teams
  • 15.00 Deadline for decisions on prices, costs and reflections (Business assignment year 2) in your Team file for year 02
  • 15.00-17.00 Working on Creativity assignment year 2
  • 17.00 Deadline for Creativity assignment year 2: Negotiations Memo

Deadline Saturday 14th of May, Year 02 'Negotiations'
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details:

Too late or incomplete will bring you a low mark, and your hotel in problems with a low occupancy rate.

To be done Sunday 15th of May, Year 03:

  • 09.00-10.00 Meet your your team via MS Teams
  • 10.00-11.00 General meeting in MS Teams
  • 11.00-12.00 Coaches available for questions in MS Teams
  • 12.00 Deadline for decisions on prices, costs and reflections (Business assignment year 3) in your Team file for year 03
  • 12.00-13.00 Team preparations for Creativity assignment year 3: 3 Minutes of Fame
  • 13.00-15.30 Hotels present their 3 Minutes of Fame videos in MS Teams in turns
  • 17.00 Deadline for Creativity assignment year 3: 3 Minutes of Fame
  • 17.00-18.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony

Deadline Sunday 15th of May, Year 03 '3 Minutes of Fame'
The next two assignments will be assessed, and are crucial. Click for details:

Too late or incomplete will bring your hotel in problems and result in a low mark.

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