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Huge Snow Centre Proposed For Jeju, Korea

A second indoor snow centre has been proposed for Korea. Ice Park will be built on Jeju Island. Along with a snow slope the facility will include a short track speed skating rink.

The International City Development Center announced that the Jeju IcePark will be a core project of the international free city. It will cover and area of some 700,000 square metres and cost some W900 billion (US$1=W1,264) to build.

The ice rink will accommodate 10,000 people, and there will also be an ice cliff for climbing, an ice and snow sculpture park, a penguin town, and a park with bobsleigh rides.

The Development Center believes Ice Park will generate W345 billion for the region and create 10,000 jobs.

666.78% more visitors come to SkiRebel Magazine in March

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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SkiRebel Magazine Celebrates 1st Year…

Since the relaunch of the popular skirebel.com portal in February 2007, SkiRebel Magazine has managed to attract more than 22,658 unique visitors with some 67,000 page impressions.

Since migrating the PDF only online ski magazine to a more user friendly online format, magazine management is ecstatic with the initial results. So far 2008, SportsRebel Media Ventures (SMV) Ltd., the main shareholder of the online property is forecasting tripling online visits. So far the first week forecast is blowing that forecast out of the water.
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WORLD LIFT TICKET PRICE REPORT 2008 PUBLISHED

For the seventh year, independent ski area research company Snow24 plc, based in Scotland, Great Britain, have published their unique comparison of six-day lift ticket prices worldwide. The World Lift Ticket Price Report, sponsored by Liftopia.com, compares the high season, non-discounted, prices of ski passes at more than 550 ski areas in 40 countries* around the world in US Dollars, European Euros and British Pounds. Continue reading ‘WORLD LIFT TICKET PRICE REPORT 2008 PUBLISHED’

WORLD LIFT TICKET PRICE REPORT 2008 PUBLISHED

• Canadian resorts move in to the list of the world’s 10 most expensive tickets.
• Canadian ticket may be northern hemisphere’s most expensive outside peak season.

For the seventh year, independent ski area research company Snow24 plc, based in
Scotland, Great Britain, have published their unique comparison of six-day lift ticket prices worldwide. The World Lift Ticket Price Report, sponsored by Liftopia.com, compares the high season, non-discounted, prices of ski passes at more than 550 ski areas in 40 countries* around the world in US Dollars, European Euros and British Pounds.
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New Korean Ski Area Installs 11 Carpet Lifts

The Kangwonland Ski Resort in northern South Korea is now home to eleven new SunKid conveyors measuring a total of 516 metres in length, each with a capacity of 1400 skiers or 2000 pedestrians per hour. Continue reading ‘New Korean Ski Area Installs 11 Carpet Lifts’

Korea’s first indoor snow slope opens this saturday

After several decades of proposals that have failed to materialise, South Korea’s first indoor snow centre, Tiger World, opens on July 7.

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