SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Discount Card Renewed at Eight Colorado Resorts
SAM Magazine—Denver, Sept. 18, 2014—It’s almost a throwback in its simplicity: the Gems Card program features two-for-one lift tickets at eight Colorado Ski Country…
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Intrawest Acquires Remaining 50% of Blue Mountain
SAM Magazine—Collingwood, Ont., Sept. 12, 2014—Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc., which has held a 50 percent ownership in Blue Mountain since 1999, has entered into…
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Vail Buys PCMR for $182.5 Million
SAM Magazine—Park City, Utah, Sept. 11, 2014—Vail Resorts, Inc. has acquired Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) for $182.5 million. The deal ends an epic…
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Mountain Spy July 2014 What’s New
ISSUE July 2014 AUTHOR Liz Mettler VOLUME 53-4 PAGE 28 SUBJECT Customer Service In this month’s Mountain Spy, we play eager guest. As…
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September 2014
1691 reads AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION Conveyor lifts have fast become the workhorses at mountain resorts. Servicing them before the season will prevent…
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Guidelines Published for Vail’s Summer Activities Proposal
SAM Magazine–Vail, Colo., August 25, 2014–The U.S. Forest Service has published a draft record of decision regarding the Vail Resorts, Inc.’s summer activities proposal—Epic…
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Cheesy? Maybe. Lame? Perhaps. Weird? Possibly. But effective as a marketing tool? Absolutely.
August 13, 2014 – Gregg Blanchard In our family’s pile of games in the living room, one of the more frequently used items is…
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Towle Named GM at Mt. Ashland
SAM Magazine—Ashland, Ore., Aug. 18, 2014—Mt. Ashland Association, the non-profit 501(c)(3) that operates the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, has hired Hiram Towle as the…
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Mountain Collective Adds Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine
SAM Magazine—Banff, Alberta, Aug. 14, 2014—The Mountain Collective has added Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine to its roster for the 2014-15 winter season. The Canadian group…
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Yield Management & Skiing: Lift Tickets Meet a Pricing Model That Goes Beyond Distribution
July 30, 2014 – Gregg Blanchard On Monday we talked about yield management. And, more specifically, how this practices hinges on matching price to…