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Rice Named VP and Managing Director of CNL
SAM Magazine-Orlando, Fla., Oct. 15, 2008-Stephen Rice has been named vice president and managing director at CNL Lifestyle Company, LLC. In his new role,…
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Tunnel Collapses At Mammoth
SAM Magazine – Mammoth Lakes, Calif., October 15, 2008 – A 200-foot-long tunnel under Mammoth’s Lupine ski run and the Eagle Express chairlift collapsed…
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Utah Valley University and Deer Valley To Offer Ski Instructor Courses
SAM Magazine – Heber, Utah, October 14, 2008 – Deer Valley ski resort has teamed up with Utah Valley University’s Heber campus to offer…
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Loveland to Match Arapahoe’s Oct. 15 Opening
SAM Magazine – Boulder, Colo., Oct. 14, 2008-Arapahoe Basin and Loveland have agreed to a truce in the first-to-open war this year, as both…
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Intrawest and Coca-Cola Expand Partnership
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 14, 2008-Intrawest and The Coca-Cola Company have entered into a new multi-year strategic partnership to expand upon their existing relationship.…
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Arapahoe Basin To Open October 15
SAM Magazine-Arapahoe Basin, Colo., Oct. 13, 2008-Arapahoe Basin will open Oct. 15, 2008, joining Timberline, Ore., which currently offers glacier skiing from Friday to…
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Boyne/CNL Deal Values Big Sky at $74 Million
SAM Magazine-Big Sky, Mt., October 12, 2008-Boyne Resorts’ recent financing agreement with CNL Lifestyle Properties (see earlier report) could lead to the sale of…
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Squaw Offers Automated Ticket Scanning, Backcountry Tours For 2008 – 2009
SAM Magazine – Squaw Valley, Calif., October 13, 2008 – Skiers and snowboarders at Squaw won’t have to fumble for lift tickets or passes…
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Gore Mountain, North Creek Interconnect Approved
SAM Magazine-Ray Brook, NY., Oct. 10, 2008-Plans to link New Yorks’s Gore Mountain Ski Center with nearby North Creek Ski Bowl were given the…
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Vail Resorts Stock Price Tumbles
SAM Magazine-Vail, Colo., Oct. 10, 2008-Vail Resorts stock price is tumbling along with the market. The stock lost more than 10 percent of its…
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Mountain High Doubles Park Investment
SAM Magazine-Wrightwood, Calif., Oct. 10, 2008-Mountain High has doubled the ski area’s investment in its Faultline terrain park offerings for 2009. The investment will…
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NSAA Outlines Potential Business Impacts of Economy, Snowfall
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Oct. 9, 2008-A special NSAA report prepared by RRC Associates concludes that snowfall will be a greater indicator of visits this…
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New Zealand Resorts Wrap Up Successful Season
SAM Magazine-Lake Wanaka, NZ., Oct. 9, 2008-As North American resorts gear up for winter, the ski and ride season in the Southern Hemisphere is…
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Lake Louise To Get Four-Year World Cup Commitment
SAM Magazine -Lake Louise, Alberta, Oct. 9, 2008-The International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup Committee has approved a tentative schedule that includes hosting races…
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Ski Utah Launches Online Job Board
SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, Oct. 8, 2008-Ski Utah is launching a new online job board, SkiUtahJobs.com to help the state’s ski and snowboard resorts…
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CNL Refinances Boyne Credit Facilities
SAM Magazine-Big Sky, Mont., Oct. 8, 2008-CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. is providing capital to Boyne Resorts to, in large part, refinance some credit facilities…
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Perisher Blue Reflects on ’08, Looks To ’09
SAM Magazine (SnowHunter) – October 6 –Perisher Blue in Australia finishes its 2008 winter this weekend. The resort was able to offer excellent riding…
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Burton Opens Second Stash in Europe
SAM Magazine (SnowHunter) – October 6 –Burton will open the fifth of its natural Stash concept parks this winter, the second in Europe, at…