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Ischgl Searching For “The Queen of the World”

Ischgl is looking for the most beautiful girl in the world and they’re pretty confident they’ll find her as the “Queen of the World” will be elected in the Tyrolean event ski metropolis Ischgl on 13 December.
Beauty queens from 50 countries will present themselves to the jury in the third largest beauty contest in the world.

The Pardorama, a modern construction of steel and glass on the Pardatschgrat, with its terrific views of the mountain panorama, will provide the perfect setting for the beauty contest. Competitors will arrive from Australia to Nigeria, from Korea to Iceland – the most beautiful of the beautiful will present themselves to a celebrity jury in Austria’s highest event centre.
Erich Reindl, founder of “Miss Austria” and organizer of “Miss Germany” and “Miss World” for 20 years now, is an expert regarding Miss contests and, as coorganizer, will guarantee a glamorous event. Queen of the World contests have already taken place in Moscow on the Red Square and on a Boeing 767 from Berlin to Frankfurt.
Tickets are available for 69 euros – including cable car access ticket, buffet and show – from Paznaun – Ischgl Tourist Association or via www.ischgl.com.

New backcountry tours at Zell am See and Kaprun

New tours in the backcountry of Zell am See and Kaprun will be available from January in addition to the 138km of groomed piste the resorts offer.
From January 2009 however, experienced skiers and boarders can head for the virgin backcountry to enjoy downhill runs off the prepared pistes. This is possible thanks to Volker Hölzl and his ‘Freeride Experience’ team who will commence guided tours of the back country areas previously known only to a very few locals.

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Austria ski holidays season 2008 - 2009 the Ice-Breaker

  • By: Ivaylo Yordanov

  • After some great skiing and snowboarding on the Austrian glacier resorts offering summer snow sports, now it is time for the real winter ski season 2008 / 2009 in Austria.

    The travel planet may be going through a downward spiral, excluding European skiing in Austria. It embraces its own in the global market. The skiing crowd has evidently increased in Austria. Austria comes just subsequent to France in amass of fashionable European ski objectives. Austria is the number one target for pop idols and crowned heads, with its well-appointed choices and chocolate box scenery.
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    Hermann Maier now content to savour each victory, not look to the future

    Hermann Maier was content to live in the now Sunday.
    The great Austrian ski racer wasn’t dwelling on the past or speculating on his future after winning the opening super-giant slalom race of the World Cup season.
    “It’s a special victory,” said Maier, who won the race in one minute 29.84 seconds. “I didn’t expect to win this race.”
    It was the 54th World Cup victory of Maier’s career, but the first since winning a downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 2006.

    “It’s a better feeling than some other races I won,”

    he said. “Now I can enjoy it much more.

    Austria ski holidays season 2008-2009: the Ice-Breaker

  • by Ivaylo Yordanov
  • After some great skiing and snowboarding on the Austrian glacier resorts offering summer snow sports, now it is time for the real winter ski season 2008/2009 in Austria.

    The travel planet may be going through a downward spiral, excluding European skiing in Austria. It embraces its own in the global market. The skiing crowd has evidently increased in Austria. Austria comes just subsequent to France in amass of fashionable European ski objectives. Austria is the number one target for pop idols and crowned heads, with its well-appointed choices and chocolate box scenery.

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    World’s biggest ski resorts kick off season

    More than a dozen of the world’s top resorts have now opened for the winter – in most cases thanks to heavy snowfall which has brought several feet (60cm+) of fresh snow to some resorts in the Alps, as well as big falls in the Pyrenees and at least a foot (30cm) to most.
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    Kitzbühel claims snowfall bigger now than forty years ago

    Despite having had its earliest opening in its 80 year history with ski lifts, due to huge snowfalls a year ago, Kitzbühel has been battling to shake off an image of being a potential early victim of global warming. The resort – which has one of the lowest major ski areas in the world – had a difficult winter in 2006-7 when the famous Hahnenkamm downhill race, in common with many others in the Alps and North America, had to be cancelled.

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