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Work In Progress
This sidebar to a main article on the potential opportunities and pitfalls in developing resort villages takes a look at Winter Park for some…
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Base Area Villages
This article discusses potential opportunities and pitfalls when developing resort villages. It also discusses the ways to successfuly structure and market such developments. (An…
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The Opie and Dopey Show
Two Breckenridge patrollers developed a multimedia presentation to teach kids about ski safety. The program is a success, using miniature characters in a slide…
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Enter E-Commerce
This article reviews the resorts that are offering skiers the opportunity to book vacations on-line. It also takes a look at the technology that…
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Modern History of Wire Rope
After a flurry of advancements more than a century ago, wire rope has not changed dramatically. This is a comprehensive history of wire rope…
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SAM Flirts with the Millions & Saddlin’ Up for Texas
Davids first subject is SAM’s partnership with Resort Sports Network to deliver SAM’s breaking news from its Website to RSN subscribers: possibly millions of…
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Remembering Dick Bird
This is an obituary of Richard “Dick” Bird, who retired from the U.S. Forest Service in 1994. He died Aug. 1, 1998 after a…
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Opening Our Eyes to Global Warming
David’s piece is a call to industry insiders to keep open minds with regard to the news of global warming. A 1986 SAM interview…
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Sore Sites for the Eyes
Ken’s piece explains that most resort Websites are stagnant and lags far behind other businesses as well as other types of resorts. He explores…
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Consumer Show Strategies
Linda’s article describes how resorts are banding together at consumer shows to save money and make bigger impacts with skiers. The concentration will be…