SAM Coverage
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Ikon Adds, Epic Answers
SAM Magazine—Broomfield and Denver, Colo., Nov. 15, 2018—Yesterday was a busy day in the ongoing tit for tat between Alterra Mountain Company’s Ikon Pass…
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MacPherson, Meyers Earn 2018 BEWI Award
SAM Magazine—Boston, Mass., Nov. 12, 2018—Two of New England’s top ski resort promoters, Bonnie MacPherson, Okemo, Vt., and Tom Meyers, Wachusett Mountain, Mass., shared…
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NSAA Elects New Board Members Murray and Kryger
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Oct. 31, 2018—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has elected two new members to its board of directors: Wesley Kryger, president…
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Early-Opening Areas Launch 2018-19 Ski Season
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Oct. 31, 2018—It’s the most wonderful time of the year; Halloween decorations are about to come down and snow is in…
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Staff Changes Coming to Vail Resorts’ Northeast Properties
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 26, 2018—After closing on its recent acquisition of Triple Peaks LLC, which includes Okemo, Vt., and Mount Sunapee, N.H., Vail…
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PSIA-AASI Release New Learn-to Videos and Manual
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Oct. 23, 2018—Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (PSIA-AASI) has collaborated with Halley O’Brien Productions…
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14 Years Later, Antelope Butte to Reopen for Winter
SAM Magazine— Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 18, 2018—In 2004, a family dispute forced Fun Valley Inc. to shut down the slopes at Antelope Butte ski…
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Killington and Sunday River Opening Friday, First in the East
SAM Magazine—Killington, Vt., and Newry, Maine, Oct. 18, 2018—Killington Resort in Vermont and Sunday River in Maine will be the first mountain resorts in…
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SAM Launches Year Two of Summit Series, Nominate a Mentee
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Oct. 16, 2018—SAM has launched an open call for nominations to become a mentee for the second year of its successful…
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Western Destination Lodging Trends: Hot Summer, Cool Winter
SAM Magazine—Denver, Oct. 16, 2018—Western destinations are poised to achieve the region’s fifth consecutive summer record for both occupancy and revenues, according to Inntopia’s…
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Arapahoe Basin to Open Oct. 19, Loveland Oct. 20
SAM Magazine—Arapahoe Basin, Colo., Oct. 16, 2018—Arapahoe Basin will open for daily operation for the 2018-19 ski and snowboard season on Friday, Oct. 19,…
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Alyeska Resort to be Sold to Pomeroy Lodging
SAM Magazine—Girdwood, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2018—Canadian hospitality company Pomeroy Lodging has entered into a contract to purchase Alyeska Resort, including the 300-room Alyeska Hotel,…
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Alterra Closes on Crystal Mountain Resort in Washington
SAM Magazine—Denver, Oct. 1, 2018—Alterra Mountain Company has closed on its acquisition of Crystal Mountain in Washington. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.…
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Snowbird’s Bonar to Retire, Fields Named President and GM
SAM Magazine—Snowbird, Utah, Oct. 1, 2018—Snowbird is experiencing a changing of the guard. Come Oct. 26, longtime president and CEO Bob Bonar will retire,…
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Peak Resorts to Acquire Snow Time, Inc.
SAM Magazine—Wildwood, Mo., Sept. 24, 2018—Peak Resorts has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Snow Time, Inc., which owns and operates Roundtop, Liberty,…
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Aspen Snowmass, Smuggs’ Lead SKI’s “Resorts of the Year”
SAM Magazine—Boulder, Colo., Sept. 21, 2018—SKI Magazine readers have named Aspen Snowmass, Colo., and Smugglers’ Notch, Vt., the Best in the West and East,…
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2018 ISKINY-PSAA Expo at Peek’n Peak
The combined forces of Ski Areas of New York (ISKINY) and Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association (PSAA) once again staged an informative, lively, and entertaining…
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Snow People – September 2018
Sarah Crockett, Burton Sarah Crockett has been named Burton’s new chief marketing officer. Previously, Crockett was VP of integrated marketing and community engagement at…