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Positive Signs on the Foreign Worker Front
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Aug. 21, 2018—How much access to foreign workers will U.S. resorts have under the J-1 and H-2b programs this winter? According…
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Registration is Closing Soon for This Year’s Summer Ops Camp
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 21, 2018—Registration for SAM’s ninth annual Summer Ops Camp—a series of seminars, on-hill workshops, demos, and networking events that explore…
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Snow People, August 2018
This is the August edition of Snow People, where we highlight happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Sunday River, Maine Sunday…
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Deer Valley’s Wheaton Moving On to Alterra, Shallan Taking Over
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Aug. 17, 2018—Deer Valley’s longtime leader and current president and chief operating officer Bob Wheaton will be transitioning into a…
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Vail Resorts Closes on Stevens Pass Acquisition
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Aug. 17, 2018—Vail Resorts this week closed on its acquisition of Stevens Pass Resort in Washington from Ski Resort Holdings, LLC,…
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New Owners Making Improvements to Pine Mountain, Mich.
SAM Magazine—Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 15, 2018—An anonymous buyer recently purchased Pine Mountain Ski & Golf Resort in Iron Mountain, Mich., and has already…
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Ron Cohen Named President and COO of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
SAM Magazine—Olympic Valley, Calif., Aug. 15, 2018—Ron Cohen is now officially president and chief operating officer of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows after four months…
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Jordan Elliott to Succeed Gifford as PNSAA President
SAM Magazine—La Conner, Wash., Aug. 13, 2018—The Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association (PNSAA) has hired Jordan Elliott to succeed John Gifford as the association’s…
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Report: Summer Business Perseveres Despite Weather, Fires
SAM Magazine—Jeffersonville, Vt., Aug. 10, 2018—Resorts are investing bigtime in their summer operations. It seems to be paying off: Despite wildfires and wet weekends,…
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Tim Donahue Named Alterra CFO and Executive Vice President
SAM Magazine—Denver, August 7, 2018—Longtime finance industry executive Tim Donahue has been appointed as Alterra Mountain Company’s new chief financial officer and executive vice…