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The SAM Archive

Magazine Archives

  • Unpack Your Assumptions

    Unpack Your Assumptions

    A look at operational assumptions that Covid disproved.

    By Carolyn McShea and Claire Humber · November 2021

  • Take Advantage of Email

    Take Advantage of Email

    A guide to kickstart your email marketing and reap the profitable benefits. (Psst, we're talking to you, small…

    By Gregg Blanchard · November 2021

  • Mountain Spy :: November 2021

    Mountain Spy :: November 2021

    Can I warm up in the lodge this winter?

    By Dave Meeker · November 2021

  • Load ‘Em Up

    Load ‘Em Up

    Smooth and efficient lift loading and unloading makes for a safer more enjoyable guest experience.

    By Alex McCann · November 2021

  • New Products :: November 2021

    New Products :: November 2021

    SAM collected a handful of new products designed to enhance the guest experience.

    By Sarah Wojcik · November 2021

  • What, Me Worry? You Bet.

    What, Me Worry? You Bet.

    Covid sinks down the list of ops concerns as wildfires, climate change, and other enduring worries rise.

    By Donna Jacobs · November 2021

  • On the Road … Again :: November 2021

    On the Road … Again :: November 2021

    Scenes from MSAA, New England Summit, and SANY-PSAA.

    By Donna Jacobs · November 2021

  • News and Views :: November 2021

    News and Views :: November 2021

    Ride the capital wave, hot takes on fast tracks, DEI action, and more.

    By The Editors · November 2021

  • Publishers Memo :: November 2021

    Publishers Memo :: November 2021

    By Olivia Rowan · November 2021

  • Skiing’s Prickliest Problem: Housing

    Skiing’s Prickliest Problem: Housing

    Affordable housing for staff has long been a thorn in the ski industry's side. How did it transform…

    By Andy Bigford · September 2021

  • Reinventing Guest Services

    Reinventing Guest Services

    Digital adoption and operating changes have revolutionized customer service, improving the lot-to-lift process for guests and staff.

    By Moira McCarthy · September 2021

  • Food for Thought: Hitting the Spot

    Food for Thought: Hitting the Spot

    The pandemic served-up a host of new innovations that continue to rapidly alter the resort F&B experience.

    By John Ashworth · September 2021

  • The New Rental Paradigm

    The New Rental Paradigm

    How last winter's operational adjustments will help to permanently change the rental process from cumbersome and confusing to…

    By Peter Oliver · September 2021

  • New School

    New School

    Covid-19 taught many new lessons about running school group programs.

    By Bob Curley · September 2021

  • Next-Gen Marketing

    Next-Gen Marketing

    Five key considerations for developing a resort marketing plan tailored to the changed consumer and workplace landscape.

    By MJ Legault and Ben Hewitt · September 2021

  • Construction Site :: September 2021

    Construction Site :: September 2021

    Projects big and small are underway across the country.

    By Dave Meeker · September 2021

  • Wear, Why, and How

    Wear, Why, and How

    Proper alignment and lubrication will reduce wear and increase the life of parts and components.

    By Neville Sachs · September 2021

  • Taking Out the Trash

    Taking Out the Trash

    Vermont’s statewide waste diversion efforts provide a case study on sustainable practices, even amid the need for pandemic…

    By Hilary DelRoss · September 2021