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« Previous Story | The Industry Report Home Page | Next Story » August 26, 2008 Everything's Tres Bon Under Jay's 'New' Management
Jay has been a favorite of the sport's cognoscente since the legendary Austrian ski racer Walter Foeger brought it to life in the fifties and sixties. The notoriety continued as Bill Stenger, in his first season at the helm in 1984, brought in the renowned mountain designer Sel Hannah, and the strategy of creating off-piste glade skiing, with trims and thins only where needed, was devised. There are 24 glades today, not all on the trail map. Jay's joie de vivre often is attributed to the multi-cultural mix of skiers and snowboarders, more than half speaking French on weekends. Some 55 percent of its guests drive south. But, there's more: Natural snowfall here often exceeds its New England competitors by as much as 100 feet. ...continue reading » Euro Visitors Battle Fuel Supplements To Reach U.S. Slopes
That's ahead of any other deterrents to fly west such as ever-increasingly stringent (and expensive) immigration requirements at American entry points, or any personal cash flow problems for their clients. According to the Crystal Ski Industry Report for 2007-08 which details the trends of the UK's 1.3 million skiers, virtually all of whom have to choose between flying to Europe or North America each winter. ...continue reading » Those Lost Ski Areas Of The White Mountains
His fascination with ski areas lost in the mists of time led first to a Web site, www.nelsap.org, and now to a book, "Lost Areas of The White Mountains." The book, published by History Press, chronicles 60 now-closed areas in this historic region, in 128 pages, with 180 photos. NELSAP began in October 1998, when Davis was in college and became interested in lost ski areas as a hobby. ...continue reading » August 11, 2008 There's A New Sheriff In Town - Is There Optimism Around The 'Bend'?
The winds of change became a foregone conclusion when a significant disconnect with many in the energetic, outdoor-focused community of Bend and its 75,000 residents took on a life of its own. The biggest straw to break was a lift - the Sunrise Express - on New Year's Eve day, stranding skiers and riders. That incident was followed by a "clustering of chairs" upon morning start-up at the bottom terminal of the Pine Martin Express 11 days later, resulting in operators having to run the lift in reverse to off-load approximately 15 passengers. Both incidents, regardless of the "here's why it happened" part, received widespread media coverage and led to a perception that the resort's lifts were not safe. ...continue reading » An IR In-Depth Report Beetlemania Returns, But Is Decidedly Unwelcome
"The whole range of the mountain pine beetle, from Mexico to Canada, is under outbreak," Allan Carroll, an insect ecologist with the Canadian Forest Service in Victoria, B.C. told The Industry Report. "British Columbia is undergoing the biggest outbreak to date in any part of the mountain beetle range since the 1990s. The area affected is now roughly 36 million acres, about the size of Nepal, or one-and-a-half times as big as Maine or Indiana," Carroll said. ...continue reading » Mirror, Mirror On The Slopes: Euro Real Estate Is Mixed Bag
"There is no doubt that there has been a slowdown in the purchasing of ski property for the first half of this year, but we are also in the height of summer typically when a slowdown occurs. Come September, we hope the mood will shift towards a more positive latter half of '08," said Bertie Sanderson, Director of Marketing and New Business for Erna Low Property told The Industry Report. Erna Low Property is the leading ski property sales company for U.K. buyers looking to purchase in Europe and North America. "The old adage of 'location, location, location' will be more important than ever now, so altitude and high quality and high occupancy will be key," Sanderson said. "Already popular established resorts will remain popular, such as the Chamonix Valley, Vallorcine in particular, in France, where great infrastructural investment is been channeled. The same is true for Meribel, Les Arcs, Serre Chevalier, Val d'Isere, and Tignes." ...continue reading » |
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