SAM Coverage
Author: Donna
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Mountain Spy :: Question on Base Depth
THE QUESTION: I’M NEW TO THE SPORT, AND IT SEEMS EVERYONE REPORTS THEIR BASE DEPTH. HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT? We asked a version of…
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Jeff Boliba, Burton Vice President Global Resorts, 2004 SAMMY Winner
Where you were in your career when youwon a SAMMY, and big moments since? At that moment in time in 2004 I had come…
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Bill Benneyan, Mountain Creek President, 2003 SAMMY Winner
Where you were in your career when you won a SAMMY, and big moments since? When I came to Mountain Creek as general manager…
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Rental Buyer’s Guide :: January 2017
The broadening scope of the rental shop customer has manufacturers enhancing the quality of their products. If there is a unified message about the…
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Measuring the Summer Market
As the data and trends show, summer can no longer be called the “off season.” Summer tourism in mountain resorts has been going gangbusters…
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Spend Your Money Wisely
Bogus Basin’s new summer operations will make its winter passholders very happy. Find out why in the SAM interview. Bogus Basin is the second…
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Raise the Bar
Plan ahead and wow your guests during periods of peak demand. First in a series of articles about using Net Promoter Scores to enhance the…
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Lifts 2016: Moving Up
This year saw an uptick in resort lift installations and upgrades, all aimed at enhancing the guest experience. Resorts continued to install new lifts…
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Blue Pages :: January 2017
Perspective and Views Just Hanging OutIn late November, a Pittsfield, Vt., woman who was stranded in a gondola cabin at Killington for five hours…
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Summer Ops on Forest Service Land
Follow the screening criteria to smooth the way to approval. The Recreational Opportunities Act of 2011 allows winter resorts on Forest Service land to…