SAM Coverage
Peter Oliver
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Gateway to Happiness (and Profitability)
RFID access gates are a convenience to guests and a surprisingly cost-effective tool for operators. Almost every guest at a ski area has a…
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Sliding on Air
The urge to slide down slippery slopes seems to be primal, embedded in the human DNA. For centuries, people have been coming up with…
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A True Adventure Center
If you are going to start a major development project, it sure helps to have more than half of the build-out cost in your…
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Rental Guide 2016-17
Once the red-haired stepchild of the ski and ride world, rental equipment has become the family’s blossoming honor roll student. Rental equipment is a…
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Smart Cards Are on the Way
But it may take them years to become widely accepted at winter resorts. When it comes to technology, the immortal Roseanne Roseannadanna had it…
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Vermont’s Great Snow Gun Round-Up
In the name of energy conservation, Efficiency Vermont accelerated resorts’ move toward low-e guns with a massive subsidy program. For such a basic and…
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Online Waivers
Cloud-based liability protection is the wave of the future. In the ski industry in particular, and the recreation industry in general, stuff happens. Customers…
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Rental Gear 2014
Improvements and developments in process and performance over the past several years have made both alpine and snowboard rental a smoother operation.