SAM Coverage
Linda Goodspeed
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Views On The Demerger
Go fast. Go slow. Do away with the national convention. A national convention is an absolute must. Make marketing the top priority. Forget marketing…
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Highlights Of A Skimpy Expansion Year
The construction index for North American ski areas has not exactly been at a fever pitch this offseason. Lift construction did receive a slight…
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Music’s Coming To The Mountains
Music and the mountains. It seems like such a natural combination — and it is. Ski resorts have the facilities, the parking, the staff…
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Environmental Citizenship
“It’s getting to the point where you can’t even throw away a can of soda without looking around for a container to throw it…
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January Promos: Unusual Approaches Boost Business
Ted Motschman, president and general manager of Mt. LaCrosse, Wisc., is a pro football fan, so he takes personal satisfaction in his area’s Super…
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Summer Business
Summer business. Depending on where you are, it ranges from nonexistent to bigger than the winter trade. The tram at Cannon Mountain, N.H., for…
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Areas Taking Innovative Outlook
“Don’t ever say I’m bullish,” said Nick Badami, chairman of the board of Alpine Meadows, Calif. “We threw out the bullish budget a long…
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Two Little Areas That Could
At Black Mountain in the western foothills of Maine, black and white photographs hang on the walls of the base lodge. The pictures —…
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Expansion And Expenditures
Major capital expenditures at U.S. ski areas this summer will be few and far between, continuing a trend that began in 1987 as ski…
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Summer Reports
Construction was generally down this summer in all regions of the country, with summer grading the project of choice, as U.S. ski areas tightened…
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NSAA Convention: Highlights And Headlines
To paraphrase Mark Twain and a seminar participant, the reports of alpine skiing’s demise are greatly exaggerated. That was the message managers from more…
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Nurseries Without Tears
“I started skiing when I was five-years-old,” says Billy Kidd, a former Olympic silver medalist from Stowe, Vt. “All my friends started before they…