In This Issue
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Mountain of Opportunity
Mont Saint-Sauveur in Québec has long seen the potential of summer operations as a legitimate profit center. Location, the real-estate business instructs…
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How Sound Are Winter Resorts?
Industry experts weigh in on the state of the industry and its future. The numbers look relatively impressive. A total of 60.1…
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Guests on the Go
As mobile devices continue their invasion, smart resorts are taking advantage of the new medium in many ways. If a futurist had…
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Open Season on the ‘Net
Controlling your message in the age of free information is a tricky proposition. For some time now an important component of most…
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20 Under 30 :: 2011
About five years ago, there was a general feeling among top managers that the resort industry faced a looming succession shortage. Guys…
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Workers Everywhere
The upside to a down economy: the labor pool. Not too long ago, ski resorts had trouble filling all of their winter…
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Give Folks a Lift
Creative ways to get guests and employees to the mountains abound. In a business that offers an outdoor experience in wide-open spaces,…
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The Learning Season
Summer is the time for training and education. Ski area employees in the Northeast and Midwest have three high-level educational opportunities this…
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Fun and Games for Lifties
The Wasatch Backside Lifty Invitational shows the love to some key employees. A lift operator doesn’t need to clock a co-worker with…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2011
Mountain Spy Liz Eren takes on summer operations–a growing profit center at many resorts. QUESTION: DO YOU OFFER A SUMMER SEASON PASS? …
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Blue Pages :: July 2011
WINTER SPORTS: THE NEW CASH COW?… VAIL: HOW IT’S DIFFERENT–AND NOT… SPRING, SUMMER RE-OPENINGS DRAW CROWDS… DEBIT CARD FEE CUT TAKES EFFECT…
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Industry Reports :: July 2011
WOODS BUYS WOODS… PEAK TO GO PUBLIC… SMALL SKI AREAS RISE FROM THE ASHES… AWARDS… OBITUARIES… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS WOODS BUYS WOODSWindham…
