SAM Coverage
Author: Katie Brinton
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Get Me Down!
With summer activities on the rise at mountain resorts, summer lift evacuations are becoming a reality—and they are much different than in winter. It…
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Future Heroes
While hosting competitive youth programs may not be the most profitable endeavor, the payoff over the long term can be big. The world was…
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Construction Site :: July 2014
Resorts around the world are adding terrain, lifts and services buildings for guests to enjoy next season. REMARKABLES, NEW ZEALANDFollowing years of planning, The…
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Speak Out :: Letter to the Editor and Remembering Tom Jacobs
Letter to the editor and remembering Tom Jacobs. Letter to the EditorI am responding to Ski Area Management’s (SAM) “Best and Worst Marketing 2013-14:…
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Industry Report :: July 2104
CUMMING BUYS MAJORITY STAKE IN SNOWBIRD… VISIT TOTALS… ALPINE MOUNTAIN SOLD… MAJOR EVENTS COME TO U.S…. PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS Cumming Buys majority stake in…
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Right In Tune
Rental gear can make or break a guest experience and requires year-round care. Given the profit contribution rental makes for many areas, the capital…
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Is the Price Right?
Alternatives to traditional ticket pricing might just be inevitable. Pricing strategies in any business can be like a form of sorcery. A little hocus-pocus…
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Eco Tip :: Cleaning With Oxygen
Savings all around with ozone laundry systems. Ozone laundry systems are not new, but advanced technologies have increased energy efficiencies and lowered production costs.…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2014
In this month’s Mountain Spy, we play eager guest. As winter wound down, Mountain Spy Liz Mettler called to see about what projects resorts…
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Mountain Spy :: January 2011
Mountain Spy Liz Eren found that Eastern areas were quite often knowledgeable and helpful, while larger, Western resorts were largely clueless when it came…