Wintersports Rediscovered
World famous extreme skier and mountaineer – Chris Davenport – will be in the UK for one night only to host an exclusive evening dedicated to his awe inspiring skiing adventures around the globe.
The Ski Club of Great Britain are teaming up with Helly Hansen and Snow+Rock to present the one-off lecture at the historic Royal Geographic Society in London at 7pm on Friday 17th October.
Courchevel is currently the target of several real estate developers as they focus on building new luxury resorts at the world famous mountain resort. Unlike the current real estate doldrums that are affecting the United States at the moment, it would seem that things are still steaming along in destination alpine resorts.
Among the new changes to take place are a redesigned arrival area of Courchevel 1850 that will include a state of the art tourist complex development by MGM.
A 10,000 square metre site will house a holiday residence featuring 42 apartments and a 22-suite hotel with a major luxury spa. This development will further improve the entry to Courchevel 1850 and is expected to open its doors in December 2009.
But sooner that that, the “La Potiniere” hotel, located in 1850, has been completely demolished to make way for a four-star (The highest category in France) luxury hotel made up of 15 suites, an apartment, a relaxation centre (swimming pool, spa, hammam, sauna, Jacuzzi…), all; due to open for the coming winter this December.
Another four-star luxury hotel, Le Strato, construction of which began in 2007, also plans to open its doors for the 2008/2009 winter. It will be made up of 21 rooms, four suites, a restaurant, piano bar and relaxation centre (swimming pool, spa, hammam, sauna, Jacuzzi…)
And finally at Courchevel 1650 the three-star Portetta hotel is undergoing renovations to offer upgraded service facilities.
Courchevel to add major swimming pool facility
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