SAM Coverage
The Editors
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Blue Pages
Tidbits on the Future Marketing Summit at Vail; how Colorado’s smaller areas posted gains while the big resorts did not; the death of Birger…
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Consolidation: Analysis And Direction
Critical mass is the driving force behind consolidation in many business fields, and so it is within the ski industry. SAM examines the outcomes…
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George Gillett Speaks His Mind
In a speech delivered in December at “Ski Magazine Week,” held this year at Steamboat, Colorado, the owner of Vail, George Gillett, delivered a…
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Industry Reports :: May 2017
Aspen SkiCo/KSL Buying Binge, CNL Sale, Pass Programs and more. SKICO, KSL TO ACQUIRE INTRAWEST, MAMMOTH RESORTSIn a span of only three days, two…
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Blue Pages :: May 2017
CONSOLIDATION CONUNDRUM: Perspective and views on the recent mega-mergers and what it all means for resorts nationwide. THE CONSOLIDATION CONUNDRUM The decades-long trend of…
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Blue Pages :: January 2017
Perspective and Views Just Hanging OutIn late November, a Pittsfield, Vt., woman who was stranded in a gondola cabin at Killington for five hours…
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Trailblazers :: Eric & Sarah Cylvick
Zipline line builders and pioneers, brake system Inventors. From the beginning, Eric and Sarah Cylvick have been pioneers in the adventure zip line business.…
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Blue Pages :: November 2016
QUESTIONS (AND ANSWERS) ABOUT LIFT SAFETY… VAIL RESORTS: HOW BIG CAN IT BECOME?… WARREN MILLER: THE FREEDOM OF SKIING… JAY LOOKS AHEAD DESPITE EB-5…
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Blue Pages :: September 2016
VAIL’S WHISTLER DEAL HAS GLOBAL IMPACTS… THIS TRAIL GOES RIGHT AND LEFT… READY FOR A POSSIBLY SNOWY WINTER?; WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER… RED…
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Industry Reports :: September 2016
Vail Buys Whistler Blackcomb, New Life for Canada’s Mt. Baldy, and more VAIL RESORTS TO BUY WHISTLER BLACKCOMB On August 8, Vail Resorts bought…
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The Future Is Now
Millennials expound on their generation, goals, and ideas about change. With every passing day, the Millennial generation becomes more the here-and-now rather than the…
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10 Ideas for Summer Operations
Other-season opportunities have their own unique demands and challenges. Here’s a look at 10 ideas, cherry-picked from SAM’s sister publication. Summer remains a…
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Best/Worst Marketing 2015-16
SAM’s annual review of marketing hits and misses. In a season during which prolific snow was falling out West before most in the…
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Industry Reports May 2016
WILMOT’S $13 MILLION OVERHAUL… WHISTLER BLACKCOMB RENAISSANCE… KILLINGTON INVESTING IN SUMMER… PEOPLE… AWARDS… OBITUARIES… SUPPLIER NEWS WILMOT’S $13 MILLION OVERHAUL After more than 75…
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Blue Pages :: May 2016
JAY AND BURKE: GOOD INTENTIONS GONE BAD When Jay Peak, Vt., owner Bill Stenger championed the EB-5 foreign investor program as a way to…
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SIA Snow Show: Editor’s Picks
The 2016 SIA Snow Show in Denver Jan. 28-31 showcased the usual overwhelming number of products and brands. SAM searched the show halls and…
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Publisher’s Memo – March 2016
Cyber Hacking, Active Shooters, and Unions, Oh My! As one operator said at the recent NSAA winter shows, after attending sessions on unions, ADA…
