SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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People Fuel Performance
Resorts have long known that employees can greatly impact business performance. Here’s a look at how to ensure that impact is positive. Many companies…
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Industry Reports
YouTube Star Buys Pebble Creek… Coleman Group Acquires Hesperus… Tamarack Homeowners Now Own the Resort… People… Awards… Suppliers YouTube Star Buys Pebble CreekShay…
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Trailblazers :: Eric & Sarah Cylvick
Zipline line builders and pioneers, brake system Inventors. From the beginning, Eric and Sarah Cylvick have been pioneers in the adventure zip line business.…
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Early Signs Reflect Last Season
Pass sales are up in the West, and middling elsewhere. Halo or hangover? Following a bad season two years ago, Stevens Pass, Wash., could…
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Mountain Spy :: November 2016
Arriving at a ski area for the first time can be intimidating for those who have never, ever even pulled into the parking lot…
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Effective Policies and Procedures
If your people are good, policies and procedures can help them be great. A resort’s staff is the heart of the organization. Your staff…
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Blue Pages :: November 2016
QUESTIONS (AND ANSWERS) ABOUT LIFT SAFETY… VAIL RESORTS: HOW BIG CAN IT BECOME?… WARREN MILLER: THE FREEDOM OF SKIING… JAY LOOKS AHEAD DESPITE EB-5…
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CNL Lifestyle Properties to Sell 15 Ski Resorts, Other Properties [UPDATE]
SAM Magazine—Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 3, 2016—CNL Lifestyle Properties has entered into a purchase and sale agreement for its portfolio of waterparks, amusement parks…
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Non-Profit Group to Take Over Saddleback
SAM Magazine—Rangeley, Maine, Oct. 27, 2016—The ongoing ownership conundrum of Saddleback Mountain, Maine’s third-largest ski area, could be coming to an end. A group…
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Killington First to Open in the East
SAM Magazine—Killington, Vt., Oct. 25, 2016—Killington opened for the 2016-17 winter season today at noon, kicking things off in the East. Today was just…