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Colorado Early-Season Visits Decline 12 Percent
SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 18, 2008-Colorado Ski Country USA’s 26 member resorts hosted an estimated 2,873,363 visitors from Oct. 10 through Dec. 31, about average…
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Retail Sales Rebound After Slow Start
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Jan. 18, 2008-August to November snow sports sales reached $897 million, an increase of 2 percent over last season’s anemic early…
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Ginn Company Touts Town-Friendly Plan
SAM Magazine-Minturn, Colo., Jan. 18, 2008-The Ginn Development Company, which is planning a private ski area above the towns of Minturn and Red Cliff,…
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SAM and SIA Host Special Market Exhibits
SAM, Jan. Woodbury, CT–SAM and SIA Host Special Market Exhibits Exclusively for Rental, Backshop And Uniform Buyers In three exclusive Market Segment Exhibits presented…
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Spangler Named GM at Mt. Hood Meadows
SAM Magazine-Mt. Hood, Ore., Jan. 14, 2008-Mt. Hood Meadows has named Tom Spangler, currently Jackson Hole COO, to become general manager at Mt. Hood…
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Wells Fargo Purchases The Richardson Group
SAM Magazine-Chicago, Jan.11, 2008-Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc., has acquired Dover, N.H.-based The Richardson Group. The acquisition closed Dec. 1, 2007; terms of the…
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Urban Rails Return to Denver for Second Year
SAM Magazine-Denver, Jan. 11, 2008-Winter Park Resort is teaming with the city of Denver and the Denver Parks and Recreation Department for the second…
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Arapaho Basin Unwraps New Terrain
SAM Magazine – Arapahoe Basin, Co., January 9, 2008 – One of Colorado’s smallest ski areas is poised to nearly double in size with…
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European Update: Survey Reveals 11% of Holidaymakers Ski When Drunk
SnowHunter–UK, January 9, 2008– A new study commissioned by travel insurance company InsureandGo has found that 11% of people have skied whilst drunk. Around…
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European Update: Company Des Alpes Increases Sales Despite Decline in Skier Visits
SnowHunter–UK, January 9, 2007– The Compagnie des Alpes Group (CDA), the world’s largest ski lift operator by visitor numbers and the operator of 18…