SAM Coverage
Author: Katie Brinton
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The Private Ski Area: A Marxist View
Is there any reason to believe that private clubs will be more successful businesses than public resorts? “I don’t want to belong to any…
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Video Marketing: This Season’s Hottest Trend
With high-speed internet becoming more accessible than ever before, video viewing is a great way to connect with customers. YouTube is practically a household…
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Pipe Dreams
Ductile iron is a great way to combat pipe erosion. Over the past 40 years, most snowmaking systems have employed steel pipe to get…
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Getting a Grip, Part 2
The second part in a two-part series on the history of detachable grips. From the late 1880s through the 1950s, inventors created a wide…
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Construction Site :: September 2007
Lift installations across the country are accessing new terrain, easing congestion and making the mountain experience that much better: Schweitzer Mountain, ID; Brundage Mountain,…
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Speak Out :: “Different Approaches to Diversity,” and “15, No 16 under 30”
Rick Kahl discusses “Different Approaches to Diversity.” And Chris Westover, Assistant Mountain Manager at Snowbasin Mountain Resort, lets us know we missed one in…
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Industry Reports :: September 2007
FINAL SKIER VISITS DOWN… SALE OF CANYONS IN DISPUTE… CNL ON THE MOVE… HIDDEN VALLEY SOLD… ALPINE MEADOWS SOLD… RUSSIA TO HOST OLYMPICS… PEOPLE……
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Cheers!
Successful bar promotions are all about the buzz-the PR, that is. There was a time in ski country when running a successful F&B operation…
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Playing Politics
Like it or not, politics plays a major role in all companies. Here’s how to turn it to everyone’s advantage. It’s politics. How many…
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Retrofitting the Ranch
New lift technology adds life to old lifts. In 2005, when Marshall and Janet Tuttle bought Donner Ski Ranch, they sought to improve guest…