SAM Coverage
Departments: Summer Ops
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IAAPA 2013
SAM gathers some great new products and ideas from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions annual trade show. SAM visited the IAAPA…
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Sochi, The Prequel
Russia’s Winter Games has deep North American roots. Sochi, Russia, won the bidding for the Olympic Games in July 2007. But the effort had…
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Summer in the Mountains
To find out just how important summer operations are at mountain resorts, SAM conducted a survey. The results show that summer is a very…
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Cleaning Up
Sugar Bowl’s maintenance building is a model of cleanliness and efficiency thanks to an in-house competition. It’s always a struggle to keep our maintenance…
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Don’t Hire, Audition!
No joke: the ski industry can learn a thing or two about hiring from the amusement park business. It’s a common problem at resorts…
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Blue Pages :: November 2011
CAN ANYONE CERTIFY TERRAIN PARKS?… TIME IS ON THEIR SIDE… ONTHESNOW BIDS TO BE ONE-STOP SOURCE… SNOCOUNTRY STEPS UP ITS GAME… SUMMER OPS BILL:…
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Speak Out :: Correction
Correction to “The H-2B Dilemma” (March 2009). In “The H-2B Dilemma” (March 2009), we misquoted Phil Simon of CIEE, a company that helps place…
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Going Down the Tubes
Resorts find tubing succeeds year-round. Summer tubing can be both profitable and promotional for winter resorts. As with winter tubing, profit margins are high,…
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Mountain Spy :: July 2010
Mountain Spy Liz Eren tries to stump customer service with this issue’s question on camping at resorts. THE QUESTION: CAN I CAMP AT YOUR…
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The Future of Real Estate, Part II
A closer look at key trends and discoveries about Boomers and Gen X as revealed in the Kelsey Norden real estate survey. In the…