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September 19, 2005

Size, Technology Spurs Spate Of Ski Travel Mergers

Two elements - a voracious appetite for the expensive technology that's needed to match a fragmented consumer base with a mixed bag of suppliers, and the emergence of property management companies as key players in ski vacations - are driving consolidations and acquisitions in the travel side of the ski industry.

The Darwinian result: get big or go bust. ...continue reading »

Jackson To Seek Legislative Help To Fund New Tram

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort President Jerry Blann dropped the other shoe (boot?) last week when he confirmed at a New York press reception what many expected: the Wyoming resort will seek state help to fund a new tram. ...continue reading »

Marco Island Redux: NSAA's Berry "Excited" About Switched Venue

Scrambling like every other organization to move its planned convention away from devastated New Orleans, the National Ski Areas Association will return to a "significantly renovated" Marco Island, Fla. resort for its annual convention May 22-25. ...continue reading »

San Francisco Puts Moseley Over Some Jumps Of Its Own

Organizers backing Olympic skier Jonny Moseley's much ballyhooed aerial exhibition down one of the city's steepest - and poshest - streets sought to address public concerns about the event at an open meeting Thursday night. ...continue reading »

September 05, 2005

Colorado Resort Company Urges Chinese Travel Industry To "Think Vail"

There may be as many as 5 million people in China who have tried or want to try skiing -- and Vail Resorts would like its destinations to be uppermost in Chinese minds when booking a trip to the United States.

Bob Stinchcomb, Vail's Director of Wholesale Accounts and International Sales, went to Hong Kong in June to make contacts, to meet possible partners, to attend China's largest tourism trade show, and "to get the vibe" on this potentially huge market, he told The Industry Report. ...continue reading »

End Of A Legacy In Stowe

Peter Ruschp, the last member of a pioneering ski family almost as well known in Stowe as the mountain itself, died last week after a battle with cancer. ...continue reading »

Monks, Bride Deflate Moseley's Big Air Plans

All is right again on tony Fillmore Street in San Francisco: the Hindu monks are deep in meditation, unsuspecting tourists continue to bottom out their rental cars on the legendary hill, a neighborhood wedding went off without a hitch and there was nary a ski jumper in sight. ...continue reading »

Work On Those Abs Before Biking With "W"

The new Tamarack resort reaped a windfall of good publicity last month when President George W. Bush chose to visit on his Idaho holiday. ...continue reading »