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Retail Snowsports Sales Fell in Early Season
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Feb. 22, 2007-Overall sales for both specialty and chain stores were down 3 percent to $1.46 billion for the August through…
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Executive Promotions, Departure at Intrawest
SAM Magazine-Vancouver, BC., Feb.21, 2007-Intrawest has made three executive management team appointments in the Intrawest Mountain Resorts Division, with one long-time employee departing in…
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ASC Announces Sale of Killington/Pico
SAM Magazine–Park City, Utah, February 20, 2007–American Skiing Company (ASC) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Killington…
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New Mexico Having Record Season
SAM Magazine–Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 20, 2007–What a difference a year makes. New Mexico is enjoying great ski conditions with more than 15…
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Peak Resorts Buys Mount Snow, Attitash
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, Feb. 16, 2007-Following weeks of speculation, Peak Resorts has entered a purchase agreement for Mount Snow and Attitash with American…
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Aspen Restructures Sales, Green Staffs
SAM Magazine-Aspen, Colo., Feb. 6, 2007-Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has promoted John Rigney to vice president, sales and events and Connie Hamlin to director…
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ASEA and NSP to Establish Separate Management Teams
SAM Magazine-Lakewood, Colo., Feb. 2, 2007-The American Snowsports Education Association (ASEA, doing business as PSIA and AASI) and the National Ski Patrol (NSP) are…
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Lovell Named Keystone Director of Mountain Ops
SAM Magazine – Keystone, Colo., January 24, 2007 – Keystone resort has named Doug Lovell as the new director of mountain operations. Lovell makes…
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New York Resorts Could See Tax Breaks
SAM Magazine–New York, February 1, 2007–With state-owned ski areas already exempt from sales taxes on equipment and energy purchases, the time may have come…
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June Done In January
SAM Magazine-Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Jan. 30, 2007-With one of the strangest winters on record making things tough for resort operators on both the west…
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Swedish Publisher Buys Ski, Skiing, TWS
SAM Magazine-New York, Jan. 26, 2007-Bonnier Magazine Group and its U.S. partner, World Publications, are buying the 18 magazines Time Inc. put up for…
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Intrawest Expands Les Arcs Projects
SAM Magazine – Les Arcs, France, January 25, 2007 – Intrawest is committing to a second project in the French resort of Les Arcs.…
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Booth Creek Sale Finalized
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., January 22, 2007–Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. (Booth Creek), owner of six mountain resort properties and select real estate holdings, announced…
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Arizona Snowbowl Hoping to Open
SAM Magazine–January, 22, 2007, Flagstaff, AZ–A storm this past weekend brought the Arizona Snowbowl 12 to 18 inches of new and wind-driven snow to…
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Brighton Sold
SAM Magazine – Brighton, UT., January 20, 2007 – Utah’s Brighton ski area has been purchased from Boyne USA by Orlando, Florida-based CNL Income…
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Revelstoke Resort Moves Closer To Reality
SAM Magazine-Revelstoke, B.C., Jan. 17, 2007-Revelstoke Mountain Resort, located on Mt. MacKenzie and in the process of being developed by Canada’s Simpson Property Group,…
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NSAA Reformats Eastern Show
SAM Magazine–Lakewood, Colo., January 16, 2007–Recent cold temperatures and reports of snowfall at several resorts in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast regions are welcomed…
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Winter Park’s Denver Jib Park Set to Open
SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 17, 2007-In an effort to bring the mountains to the people, Winter Park has started to make snow and install terrain-park…