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Once Around The Ski Pole...

By Craig Altschul
March 09, 2009

Last Call For MTS: Some 900 participants from both sides of the travel equation - suppliers and buyers - will hit negotiations hard during the near-weeklong Mountain Travel Symposium at Keystone, Colo. March 29-April 4. The interplay will be fascinating in light of the global economic cloud not likely to be lifted in 2009. One certain-to-be-packed Forum session features Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and KSL Capital Partners CEO Mike Shannon (a former Vail CEO). That one is dubbed "Let's Take It From The Top: How And Where Do We Go From Here?" It's Wednesday morning April 1.

Five Star Greenery: Saas-Fee has opened Switzerland's first climate-neutral mountain hut called Vernissage Berghaus Plattjen, reports OnTheSnow.com's UK-based Alicia Gough. Vernissage will offer five-star services and culinary delights at a lofty height of 2418 meters above sea level. The CO2 emissions of the hut will be offset by the purchase of certificates and the proceeds will benefit people in Southwest Madagascar and the production of solar cookers. Stay with us, here. This reduces the use of firewood for cooking purposes, which in turn reduces CO2 emissions.

Rockin' Out The Season: Pond-skimming may not be the swan song of choice for season-ending parties in the Alps. OnTheSnow.com's Sam Thorne tells us that Joe Cocker will headline SnowpenAir concert up on the Kleine Scheidegg at Grindlewald, Switzerland April 4. Meanwhile, Alicia Gough says Kylie Minogue will headline the Top of the Mountain concert in Ischgl, Austria May 2. Aw, somebody has to ski across a pond over there across the pond, don't they?...

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