Hotel

A Northgate Training Game

Learn about running a business with this business simulation game.

Running a hotel in a popular Thai resort can’t be that difficult – can it? A brand new, exciting business simulation!

You are one of four teams bidding for four hotels. First you decide which one to go for. In one sense all the hotels are in the same boat – they’re all currently running at a loss. But how much are you prepared to bid? What if you are outbid? Do you have a contingency?

Once you have secured your hotel you can get to grips with the state of the business. You will have all the accounts for the last six months and lots of other business information in your team folder but basically it’s a total re-brand – starting with the hotel name, a mission statement and slogan.

The key is to understand your market and then adopt a strategy to match market needs.

Over six ‘half-year’ rounds you make decisions that will affect the bottom line. You will receive advice on pricing, advertising spend, staffing and other issues but will you listen or have other ideas that could be better?
 
A series of potential opportunities come your way. How will you evaluate them? Is yours a cautious approach? Do you show an entrepreneurial spirit?

On top of all this, each quarter (while your results are being prepared) a series of HOTEL CRISES occur that need to be immediately addressed – and they all affect the bottom line! The winning team is the one with the highest cumulative profit at the end of the session. Handling a crisis badly can make the difference between winning and losing in this highly effective business simulation!

Participants of this business simulation game will learn:

• the factors that affect business performance
• the value of matching the business to the market
• to analyse financial reports
• to be rational and logical
• to make the most of business opportunities
• to keep costs under control.

Trainer's Role

1. Introduce the activity
2. Issue Team Folders
3. Allow teams to study the details of the hotels in the area and to bid for the establishment they want to run
4. Conduct the auction (computer-aided)
5. Issue teams with their hotel's performance results and let them make their own decisions for the
6. Enter their decisions into the computer and print the results (Profit & Loss accounts) which include opportunities and threats facing their business
7. Hand out results to teams
8. Repeat for up to six 'rounds', each representing 'three months'
9. Lead a Debrief to discuss the learning outcomes and key lessons.

Full Trainer’s Notes explain all and give discussion notes.

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