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The Marketplace – Press Kits: Looking Better, But Still Overweight.
Congratulations! As a whole, ski area press kits are definitely better than they were when I wrote a jaundiced review of them in the…
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Software Overkill
“The recurrent theme in this (computer) business is smaller, faster, cheaper. Except for software, which gets bigger, slower and costs the same,” wrote Bill…
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Computer Products
Data General’s model 5221 series hand held point of service computer is a small (7.5″x3″x1″), lightweight (14.4 oz) device that allows users to collect,…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has long past.”…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has long past.”…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has long past.”…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has long past.”…
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Ticketing And Access Control
As John Dendy, ticket manager of Red River, New Mexico, puts it, “the day of selling tickets out of cigar boxes has long past.”…
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Telephone Trials
“If you know your party’s extension, please press 1. If you want this, press 2. If you want that, press 3. If . .…
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Accessing The Weather
A recent article in the Computer Shopper reviewing software that can download weather data caught my interest. After a telephone call, plus a $60…
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Ski Schools Coming On Line
Over the next few years, computers will have a great impact in how ski schools are run. From simple stand-alone PCs on the ski…
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U. S. Ski Team Development
by Tom Kelly, Communications Director, U.S. Ski Team In comparison to the ski industry as a whole, ski racing may appear to be very…
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Computers For Small Areas: Computer Phobia
Space … the final frontier for Starship Enterprise. Mountain Operations may well be the final frontier for computerization at small ski areas. Although computers…
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Missing The Computer Boat
The Computer Fairs last fall were attended by too few ski area people. Most of those who took advantage of the eye-opening demonstrations were…
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Computers For Small Areas: Five Profitable Applications
In two previous SAM articles I outlined some basic guidelines for computer use at small areas and detailed our success with computers in marketing.…
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A Granola Head Fights Back
Dear Editor: Yes, I admit it, I’m a closet “granola head” and I’m coming out because I’m sick and tired of all the mainstream…
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Computers For Small Areas: Four Marketing Uses.
No doubt about it, computers can help small ski areas in conducting business and probably no other segment of the daily operation benefits as…
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Computers For Small Areas: Learning The Basics
Small ski areas that will be successful in the ’90s will be service-driven companies. They will provide increasingly higher levels of service in the…