Wintersports Rediscovered
247recruit launched a series of ski job video profiles at The Outdoors Show which took place at the NEC earlier this month. Twelve new videos are now live on their specialist seasonal jobs site at Ski-Jobs.co.uk .
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With the end of March, SportsRebel Media Ventures (SMV) Ltd. is happy to announce that it broke an all time record for monthly unique visitors with a whopping 666.78 % to SkiRebel Magazine in March 2008 to the same period a year earlier. This staggering growth was led with incredible traffic increases of more than 2000 % on March 28th alone.
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An innovative new four star hotel has opened at Kuhtai in Austria. Guests at the AlpinResort Kuhtai are greeted with a fully automated check in using a reservation code at the terminal in the lobby. The guest and reception desk then communicate through hotlines and the infotainment system.
Rooms have twice the living space of a regular hotel room and feature the latest technology, fireplace, sauna, and integral gourmet kitchen. There is also a fitness center, parking garage, elevator, heated ski rooms and a breakfast bakery.
www.alpinresortkuehtai.at
Europe’s Igloo villages, located above several leading ski resorts, are reporting they have already achieved record business this winter and that they will remain open for another four weeks for late bookings.
Three destinations in Switzerland are taking reservations for overnight stays until 12th April, igloos on Zugspitze mountain above Garmisch in Germany are available until 5th April 2008 and at Gstaad until 6 April 2008. Both Standard and Romantic Igloos are available and dates can be checked online at www.iglu-dorf.com .
For non-residents the Igloo villages are open for daytime tours or a drink in the igloo bar when the nearby ski slopes are open, or book a meal such as a fondue dinner with an aperitif.
US alpine ski coach McNichol to step down
Phil McNichol, coach of the US Alpine Ski World Cup team for the past five seasons, is stepping down following a season in which American ski stars claimed a record five titles.
All-women backcountry ski clinic leaves the lift noise and crowds behind
After a quick check of gear — avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel — we smooth climbing skins onto the bottoms of skis for traction, click boots into alpine touring bindings and set off for Snow Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
Indoor ski centre put on ice
The Swiss tourist industry is recommending that plans be abandoned to build an indoor ski dome in order to win new converts to the sport.
Ski execs set sights on China
Ever wonder what a bunch of former executives from Intrawest Corp. — the ski and property company that made Whistler and Tremblant into resorts known around the world– do when their former employer is sold?
Colorado Ski Visits Up So Far in 2008
Record snowfall helped boost the number of visits to Colorado ski areas to about 5.54 million visits in January and February.
The total is a 6.7 percent increase from the same period a year ago and puts Colorado on pace to best last year’s record.
Vail Resorts offers unlimited season pass
(Denver Business Journal) Vail Resorts Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new season pass for next year that’s about $300 cheaper than the current pass.
The Epic Season Pass will offer unlimited skiing at all five of the company’s resorts, with no blackout dates, for $579. For children 5-12, the price is $279.
Prince William and Kate Middleton on ski break
Prince William took his girlfriend Kate Middleton to the slopes of Klosters this week for a invigorating skiing holiday. Kate, 26, looked chic in black and white as she mastered the runs at the resort where their on-off relationship came to light in 2004.
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