SAM Magazine—Paris, Nov. 25, 2025—After a competitive tender process, Compagnie des Alpes (CDA) has secured a new 25-year Public Service Delegation (PSD) to continue operating La Plagne, the world’s largest single ski resort by skiable terrain. CDA subsidiary Société d’Aménagement de La Plagne (SAP) has managed the resort since its creation in 1961.

The PSD covers the development and operation of the Savoie ski area’s lifts, slopes, intra-resort shuttles, and bobsleigh track, and represents an estimated €5 billion in cumulative turnover over its term. 

David Ponson, director of CDA’s ski areas and outdoor activities division, called the decision “a magnificent recognition of our expertise and operational know-how in mountain areas.” 

The Syndicat Intercommunal de la Grande Plagne (SIGP) accepted the bid submitted by SAP at a public meeting of SIGP’s union committee.  

“We are particularly pleased and proud that SIGP has chosen Compagnie des Alpes’s offer to continue supporting it in managing its domain until 2052,” said CDA CEO Dominique Thillaud. “It also demonstrates that the teams at Compagnie des Alpes, at SAP, and its partners have been able to reinvent themselves to offer the SIGP an innovative vision for the future of La Plagne domain.” 

The new contract takes effect June 11, 2027, the day after the current agreement expires. 

La Plagne comprises 11 interconnected resort villages across three municipalities, with 95 ski lifts serving 225 kilometers of pistes (133 trails). Seventy-nine percent of the terrain sits above 2,000 meters (approximately 6,500 feet), and the ski area is linked to Les Arcs—also operated by CDA—via the Vanoise Express cable car.

The resort records more than 2.6 million annual skier visits.