SAM Coverage
Finance
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Investing in Retention of Interest
Smart capital investments are made with a broad, long-term return in mind. While owners and operators have long been familiar with determining the best…
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Healthier Than Ever
A finance and resort expert shares highlights and opportunities for growth from NSAA’s 2021-22 Economic Analysis of United States Ski Areas. The 2021-22 Economic…
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What to Expect When Expecting a Recession
We look to SAM’s archives and today’s brightest minds to forecast the possible impacts of inflation and a potential recession on the upcoming season.…
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Getting Grants
The process of exploring grant funding for ski area projects and programs is a worthwhile endeavor. Monetary help with capital improvements is always welcome,…
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Capital Suggestions
It takes money to make money, but it takes smart planning to spend it well. Capital planning is the dose of reality that makes…
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Controlling Costs
A big-picture look at the NSAA Economic Analysis of United States Ski Areas. As revenues rise, can resorts do more to get expenses under…
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1987-88 Economic Analysis
After several years of downward trends, there were improvements all around.
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Capital Planning & Project Management
The fourth installment of the SAM Summit Series mentoring program dives into how capital decisions are made and then implemented. This story is from…
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Summit Series :: Finance and Revenue
The third installment of the SAM Summit Series leadership mentoring program focuses on managing expenses and, more importantly, how to drive revenue. This story…
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Doing Business Sustainably
Taos Ski Valley has found multiple benefits in the triple bottom line. Taos Ski Valley is 20 miles and 2,300 feet above its namesake,…
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Whistler Blackcomb Boosts Vail Resorts’ Full-Year Results
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Oct. 3, 2017—Vail Resorts (VR) reported fiscal 2017 full-year results last week, including EBITDA of $593 million. That represents growth of…
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Eighth Annual SAM Summer (Ops) Camp
“Summer does NOT equal winter,” declared SE Group’s Claire Humber at SAM’s eighth annual Summer (Ops) Camp, held Sept. 5-7, at Vermont’s Killington Resort.…
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Riehle Declines NSAA Presidency; Candidate Search Resumes
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Sept. 12, 2017—Parker Riehle, recently named as the new president of the National Ski Areas Association, is not taking the job,…
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Was Last Year Really So Bad?
Overcoming an off season is not so bad if you account for it in the first place. The end of the 2011-12 ski season…
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Skiers, Riders Are Optimists
A little early-season snow is all it takes to tap the pent-up demand from last winter. “To say the mood is upbeat is an…
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And the Numbers Are…
SAM’s annual look at the industry’s Economic Analysis. As CFO at Sugarbush, Vt., in the mid-’90s, I looked forward to receiving the “Economic Analysis…
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Capital Suggestions
Mountain resorts are getting creative when it comes to financing. The nature of the winter resort business—one that depends on weather and large capital…
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Nick of Time
Winter arrived late in much of the country, but stayed late—and proved snow is always better late than never. Call it the “just in…