SAM Coverage
Author: Katie Brinton
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Speak Out :: Once a Snow Reporter, Always a Snow Reporter
Tim Cohee, Senior VP/Chief Marketing Officer at Mountain Springs-Kirkwood, talks about the value of personable snow reporting. Also, corrections for Turbocristal, Areco and KneeBinding.…
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Industry Reports :: November 2008
BELLEAYRE CUTS BACK… SKIERS GETTING OLDER… OBITS… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS Belleayre CUTS BACKIn the wake of budget cuts by New York State agencies, state-operated…
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Driving Business
Ski Maine launches a statewide pilot ride-share program this season, just in time to combat high gas prices. Can ski areas drive business by…
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Business Forecast: Mixed
Fly-to destinations report soft early bookings, while drive-to areas saw increases. The conventional wisdom in the ski industry is that snow trumps all other…
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Real Estate Meltdown
The credit freeze hit the resort business late, but it has now halted many projects in their tracks. Is the real estate party over?…
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Best of the Best Practices
What are top resorts doing to set the standard for business practices in wintersports? First in a series. Welcome to the first of what…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2008
Mountain Spy Liz Eren owes this month’s idea to Lonie Glieberman at Mount Bohemia. He often plays practical jokes on his staff with strange…
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Blue Pages :: November 2008
JAY TAPS VISA PROGRAM TO FUND HOTEL… ALTERNATE ENERGY PICKS UP STEAM… CHINA: OWER TO THE (RICH) PEOPLE… SHOWDOWN OFFERS FREE LEARN-TO PROGRAM… WE…
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The Obama Factor
What should we expect from our new president? Here are a few likely scenarios. For some in the business of skiing, the ushering in…
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Lifts 2008 :: An Average Year
While lift construction in 2008 was more or less average, the scale of some of the projects was far from it. CLICK HERE…