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Sella Ronda Rolls The Dice: Mountain Commits to Opening Dates Three Years in Advance
SAM Magazine, Sella Ronda, Italy, March 12, 2007 – It’s a bet that most ski areas would shy away from: guarantee your opening and…
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American Skiing Looks at Selling Maine Resorts
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, March 7, 2007–American Skiing Company (ASC), today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to conduct a…
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American Skiing Looks at Selling Maine Resorts
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, March 7, 2007–American Skiing Company (ASC), today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to conduct a…
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Southern Hemisphere Resorts Start Gearing Up For Winter
SAM Magazine-Queenstown, New Zealand, Mar. 6, 2007-While the ski season heads toward its conclusion in North America and Europe after a wild winter that…
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Local Warming: First Heated Chairlift Starts Operations
SAM Magazine-Trysil, Norway, Mar. 6, 2007-It sounds like something you’d expect one of those private “members only” ski resorts to install: a heated chairlift…
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Vail Announces $1 Billion Green Project
SAM Magazine-Broomfield, Colo., Mar. 5, 2007-Vail Resorts is planning one of the most ambitious “green” development projects in the North American resort industry, to…
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Otten Resigns from ASC Board
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Mar. 1, 2007-American Skiing Company founder Leslie B. Otten has resigned from the company’s board of directors, effective as of…
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Putin Puts Weight Behind Russian Olympic Bid
SAM Magazine-Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Mar. 1, 2007-Russian president Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Krasnaya Polyana during the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Evaluation…
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Skiing Continues to Grow In China
SAM Magazine-Bejing, China, Mar. 1, 2007-Asia is seeing a boom in skiing that could provide opportunities for European and North American resort companies and…
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ASC, Intrawest Complete Steamboat Sale
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Mar. 1, 2007-American Skiing Company (ASC) and Intrawest completed the sale of Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation today. Purchase price…
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Retail Snowsports Sales Fell in Early Season
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Feb. 22, 2007-Overall sales for both specialty and chain stores were down 3 percent to $1.46 billion for the August through…
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Bulgarian Boom: Skiing Hot In Eastern Europe
SAM Magazine – Bansko, Bulgaria. February 21, 2007 – Eastern Europe is experiencing a boom in skiing, lead by the Bulgarian resorts of Pamporovo…
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Executive Promotions, Departure at Intrawest
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, BC., Feb.21, 2007-Intrawest has made three executive management team appointments in the Intrawest Mountain Resorts Division, with one long-time employee departing in…
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New Mexico Having Record Season
SAM Magazine–Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 20, 2007–What a difference a year makes. New Mexico is enjoying great ski conditions with more than 15…
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ASC Announces Sale of Killington/Pico
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, February 20, 2007–American Skiing Company (ASC) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Killington…
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Peak Resorts Buys Mount Snow, Attitash
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Feb. 16, 2007-Following weeks of speculation, Peak Resorts has entered a purchase agreement for Mount Snow and Attitash with American…
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Aspen Restructures Sales, Green Staffs
SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., Feb. 6, 2007-Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has promoted John Rigney to vice president, sales and events and Connie Hamlin to director…
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ASEA and NSP to Establish Separate Management Teams
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Feb. 2, 2007-The American Snowsports Education Association (ASEA, doing business as PSIA and AASI) and the National Ski Patrol (NSP) are…