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Once Around The Ski Pole...

By Craig Altschul
November 17, 2008

Just Being Social: PhoCusWright's travel trend predictions fared pretty well for 2008. One of those - business applications that leverage social sites - will be strongly demonstrated at the Travel Innovation Summit in Hollywood today (Nov. 17)...

An "Obama Bump?" Ski expo impresario Bernie Weichsel thinks so. "There's renewed optimism in the country right now," he told the IR "The ski season is next on the agenda, so even if the bump is short-lived, we should feel it..."

Doubling Down: Evan Reece told us his Liftopia discount lift ticket operation doubled the number of ski resort partners from last year to 80-plus this season. Some early season deals are up to 70 percent off..."

A Merger That Wasn't: There was some lamenting when the merger deal for Indianhead, Blackjack, and Big Powderhorn fell apart. "The merger was the best thing that could have happened for the three areas," says Mike Terrell, OnTheSnow.com's longtime Midwest regional editor...

Next IR: Monday, Dec. 1.

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