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  • Budgeting for Success

    Department heads can get the funds they need if they make the business case for their requests. It’s a common problem: Your department needs…

  • Industry Reports :: March 2015

    Industry Reports :: March 2015

    APR BUYS WINTERGREEN… INTRAWEST Q2 RESULTS IMPROVE… PEOPLE… SUPPLIER NEWS… OBITUARIES EPR BUYS WINTERGREEN EPR Properties has purchased the assets of Wintergreen Resort, Va.,…

  • Code Read?

    Your Responsibility Code has been the cornerstone of on-hill etiquette and safety, but delivering the message is evolving due to societal and technical changes.…

  • A Perfect Match

    Resorts have exactly the characteristics marrying couples seek. Resorts across the country are increasingly finding themselves in the business of weddings, and apparently, business…

  • The eCommerce “Wait” Problem

    The eCommerce “Wait” Problem

    Resorts and software developers are locked in a dangerous stalemate, each expecting the other to adapt to its ways. Online sales—eCommerce—are an important part of…

  • SIA 2015: Editors’ Picks : : Softgood Wishlist

    SIA 2015: Editors’ Picks : : Softgood Wishlist

    SMARTLOFT SmartWool incorporates its progressive puffy SmartLoft wool technology, offering warmth without bulk, throughout its midlayer line (here, combined with traditional SmartWool fabric). It’s…

  • Grooming Vehicles 2015

    As the dawn of the Tier 4 Final age arrives, suppliers are developing a new generation of grooming machines. For years, groomer manufacturers and…

  • March 2015

    March 2015

    962 reads   SIA 2015: EDITOR’S PICKS ONLINE EXCLUSIVE SAM’s editors scoured the trade show exhibits to find new products aimed at both employees…

  • Mountain Accord Would Impact Utah’s Wasatch Resorts

    SAM Magazine—Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 18, 2015—The Mountain Accord blueprint, which proposes to connect ski areas and other major recreation and economic centers…

  • Western Mountain Destinations on Pace for Record Business

    SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Feb., 18, 2015—Aggregated mountain lodging revenues at 19 participating resorts in six western states are poised to eclipse the record business…