SAM Coverage
Opinion
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Vail Resorts Names Bobby Murphy VP And GM Of Stowe
SAM Magazine—Stowe, Vt., May 2, 2017—Vail Resorts, Inc. is appointing Bobby Murphy as vice president and general manager of Stowe Mountain Resort, effective at…
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Occupancy Flat, Revenues Rise at Western Mountain Resorts
SAM Magazine—Denver, April 24, 2017—The 2016-17 season started slowly for Western destinations, strengthened mid-season, and then lost momentum in the final weeks, according to…
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Speak Out :: May 2017
Who Will Lead Tomorrow’s Industry? According to NSAA, more than 60 percent of the ski industry’s current leaders will be retiring in the next…
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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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M.A.X. Pass Adds Six More Ski Areas
SAM Magazine—Denver, March 20, 2017— The list of accessible ski areas on the M.A.X. Pass continues to get longer, with six new properties hopping…
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Publisher’s Memo :: Grooming Our Future
As the ski industry’s leaders reach retirement age, preparing their successors for the next step is paramount. While succession planning sounds intimidating, it simply…
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Speak-Out :: Train Our Future Leaders in Finance 101
At last year’s NSAA annual convention, NSAA president Michael Berry said that 37 percent of ski industry GMs are now over the age of…
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Blue Pages :: March 2017
Perspective and Views SIA, OR SHOWS RIPE FOR REVOLUTIONThe abrupt decision in mid-February to move the Outdoor Retailer (OR) show out of Salt Lake…
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Snow Delivers Mixed Results for Western Lodging
SAM Magazine—Denver, Feb. 17, 2017—In its winter mid-season summary for more than 290 participating lodging properties, DestiMetrics reported that generous snowfall across the Rocky…
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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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Speak Out :: The Value of Snowmaking
Snow brings people. And people bring their wallets. The contents of those wallets drive the economies of most ski area communities, small or large.…
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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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Summer Ops Camp 2016 Wrap Up
More than 160 summer operations managers, vendors, and schemers gathered at the Canyons Grand Summit in Park City, Utah, to explore the state of…
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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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Publisher’s Memo :: Harnessing the millennial Spirit
It turns out that Millennial staff are not your problem, but the way you are managing them may be. Harnessing the Millennial Spirit It…
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SPEAK OUT :: Why More People Don’t Like Us
In reply to your article, “Why Don’t More People Like Us?” (SAM March 2016), I think an important reason that you forgot to mention…
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Publisher’s Memo :: SAM’s Very Own Trailblazers
A year ago we kicked off a new series in SAM, called Trailblazers. It highlights those who have had the courage and creativity to…