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Publisher’s Memo :: Grooming Our Future
As the ski industry’s leaders reach retirement age, preparing their successors for the next step is paramount. While succession planning sounds intimidating, it simply…
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Taos Ski Valley First Ski Resort to Become Certified B Corp
SAM Magazine—Taos Ski Valley, N.M., Feb. 22, 2017—Taos Ski Valley is the first ski resort in the world to become a Certified B Corporation,…
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NSAA President Michael Berry to Retire
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 26, 2017—During yesterday’s National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) board meeting in Denver at the SIA Snow Show, NSAA president Michael Berry…
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Year-End Bookings Slower, But Revenues Up
SAM Magazine—Denver, Jan. 19, 2017—With the Christmas holiday season and the month of December now officially in the books, many western mountain lodging properties…
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Mike Bandelin Promoted to GM at Diamond Peak
SAM Magazine—Incline Village, Nev., Jan. 13, 2017—After serving as Diamond Peak’s interim general manager during the 2015-16 season, Mike Bandelin had the “interim” removed…
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Northstar Pledges $30,000 to Workforce Housing Initiatives
SAM Magazine—Truckee, Calif., Jan. 5, 2017—Mountain resorts continue to make progress combating the ongoing housing crisis, with Northstar California the most recent to step…
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Indoor Terrain Park Coming to Mexico
SAM Magazine—Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jan. 5, 2017—Powdr plans to open its newest Woodward center in October 2017 at a location nowhere near the snowy…
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Despite Slow November, Winter Bookings Still Look Strong
SAM Magazine—Denver, Dec. 20, 2016—Golf clubs and bicycles got some additional use during an unseasonably warm November, which appears to have had an adverse…
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Cutter’s Camp 15th Anniversary Dates and Locations
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Dec. 20, 2016—This spring, Cutter’s Camp will celebrate 15 years of gathering freestyle terrain professionals for educational seminars and hands-on workshops.…
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Jackson (N.H.) Ski Touring Center Expands
SAM Magazine—Jackson, N.H., Dec. 12, 2016—The Northeast’s biggest cross-country ski center just got bigger, thanks to the completion of a $500,000 capital expansion project.…