SAM Coverage
John Fry
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Speak Out :: Does Vice Still Sell?
John Fry, former editor of Ski and Snow Country magazines, responds to an article in our July 2013 issue of SAM. The last issue…
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The Private Ski Area: A Marxist View
Is there any reason to believe that private clubs will be more successful businesses than public resorts? “I don’t want to belong to any…
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The Resort Builders
Longtime ski journalist and former SAM editor John Fry has recently published “The Story of Modern Skiing,” a history of the sport in the…
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Speak Out :: Does Vice Still Sell?
SPEAK OUT :: DOES VICE STILL SELL? ISSUE September 2013 AUTHOR John Fry VOLUME 52-5 PAGE 10 SUBJECT Opinion The last issue of SAM…
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Remembering Dave McTaggart
The ski industry has often served as a magnet for quixotic, flamboyant, sometimes beloved, often roguish charmers. Few have surpassed David McTaggart, who died…
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Kasper, New FIS Head, Gives Views
After 47 years as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)—the governing body of alpine racing, freestyle, cross-country, jumping and Olympic snowboarding—Marc Hodler, 79,…
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Needed: Environmental Action
by John Fry, Editor, Snow Country In the Speak-Out column in its last issue, Ski Area Management correctly pointed out that a public relations…
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Ski Industry Focus
The Forest Service has confirmed reports Aspen Highlands, with 3,186 permit-acres and the greatest vertical drop in Colorado, is for sale. Reported asking price…
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Ski Industry Focus
SKI INDUSTRY BOUNCES OFF BOTTOM What’s the deepest recession experienced by the ski industry in the last 20 years? You might be inclined to…
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Ski Industry Focus
LAS VEGAS SHOW CONTINUES SLIDE An earlier trade show date — urged by large suppliers and some retailers — was expected to do little…
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Ski Industry Focus
Do Statistics Tell the Story? Not snowfall but a falling stock market, S&L fallout, a fall in consumer confidence and rising gasoline and energy…
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Ski Industry Focus
County Votes Against New Ski Area Will the decision to permit a new ski area on federal land now be based on a poll…
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Ski Industry Focus
Stowe’s Mt. Mansfield Company has been 91% owned by giant AIG the company behind NSAA’s insurance plan. To consolidate all Mt. Mansfield stock under…
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Communicate, Participate, Motivate
As Sun Valley marks its golden anniversary this winter, and some of the biggest ski resorts — notably Aspen — move toward their 40th,…
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Book Review– 101-Plus Marketing Ideas
It has been said that if the National Ski Areas Association did no other marketing of the sport except to disseminate among member areas…
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Classic Cushing
You could call him the Howard Hughes of the ski resort business, except that from behind the reclusiveness, the lust for power is mostly…