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| Whistler Aims To Grow Business From China | 17/12/2009 10:50 |
| Tourism Whistler has announced it will work strategically to take advantage of opportunities for growth in tourism following the announcement that China is granting Approved Destination Status (ADS) to Canada.
“The Chinese travel market is considerable and will only grow in importance as that country’s economy grows and people’s means and desire to travel increase,” [...] |
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| New Pass Offers Savings In The French Alps And Andorra | 17/12/2009 10:48 |
| A new discount pass has been launched in the Alps which offers savings on a wide range of in-resort expenses.
The new SnowBall Pass allows holders to simply shoe their pass at selected venues in top French resorts to receive special prices, offers and discounts. The Pass can be bought before departure in the UK [...] |
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| Schladming Installs Chondola | 17/12/2009 10:44 |
| Schladming has installed its first ?Telemix? or ?Chondola? lift which combines chairlifts with gondolas cabins on one cable.
The new Hochwurzen Sun-Jet lift has a gondola cabin after every three chairs. The new lift makes it easier for the uplift of all mountain visitors, not just skiers and boarders, as well as increasing uplift speed [...] |
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| Weekly World SnowReport 9 December: Warm Snap Inflicts Some Damage, Back To Snow For Most | 09/12/2009 6:14 |
| * More Resorts Opening in Austria
* Still Snowing in Switzerland
* Very heavy Snow in California
* More Big Names Join French Open Resorts List
* More resorts open in New England and Quebec
* Scotland still open!
* Free skiing in Are, Sweden
* Italy reports most snow in the world at present.
Although the snowfall has eased in the Alps [...] |
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| World Weekly Snow Report 2 Deecmber: Heavy Snow Returns To Europe | 07/12/2009 3:50 |
| * Hundreds of powder falls in the Alps
* Banff, ?This is the best snow we?ve seen in 30 years.?
* Heavy Snow in the Pyrenees
* Scotland opens for winter 2009-10
* Whistler November snowfall tops 5.6m In November, most ever in one month.
* Engelberg temporarily cut off by snow.
There have been hundreds of powder snowfalls in the [...] |
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| New Slovenian Ski Hotel Granted Five Star Status | 07/12/2009 3:38 |
| Slovenia?s eco-friendly Bohinj Park Hotel has been awarded five stars according to the official hotel classification scheme, making it the highest quality hotel in northwest Slovenia.
The hotel, which opened for business in the summer of 2009, is situated in the Julian Alps region on the edge of the Triglav National Park. Built mainly from [...] |
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| New Heated Six-Seater Chair At Tux | 07/12/2009 3:37 |
| The Eggalm ski area in Tux, in Austria?s Ziller Valley, has a new luxury six-seat chairlift with weather protection domes and seat heating.
Hintertux is at the deep end of the Ziller Valley. With a summit at almost 3,500m above sea level, is one of the few remaining ski areas that endeavours to open year round, [...] |
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| New Chairlift and More Snowmaking For Châtel | 07/12/2009 3:35 |
| Châtel in the giant French-Swiss Portes dui Soleil ski region has replaced its Linga 2 chairlift ready for the new season, which began in the resort this weekend.
The old Linga 2 chairlift which takes skiers up to Col du Linga at 2050m has been replaced by a new six-searer detachable chairlift, ascending from [...] |
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| World?s Biggest Resorts Open For Winter 09-10 | 07/12/2009 3:31 |
| Many of the world?s leading ski resorts have opened for the 2009-10 ski season this weekend following heavy snowfall in the Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees and lower temperatures in Eastern North America allowing for snowmaking.
In the French Alps, Courchevel and Meribel joined Val Thorens opening in the Three Valleys and in Austria the Arlberg opened a [...] |
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