Mont Tremblant in Quebec, Canada is one of the major resorts on the Fortress/Intrawest chopping block.
It appears the troubled company which owns major North American ski resort operator Intrawest has been granted another chance to survive.
The Fortress Investment Group LLC owns Intrawest, operator of leading Canadian resorts of Mont Tremblant and recent Olympic venue Whistler. Fortress is reported to have reached agreement with its creditors to extend the time it needs to refinance its debt through to mid-April.
Continue reading ‘Whistler and Tremblant stay in Intrawest-Fortress hands, for now’
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Ski Rebel magazine increases visitation by more than 575%
Never in the history of Ski Rebel Magazine has the online media property recorded such a significant online increase. A 575% increase in visitation has propelled the site to historic new heights.
And the Vancouver winter Olympics are largely responsible for the new found success of this month’s incredible success. Nine of the top ten most read stories are Olympic related. Continue reading ‘Olympic coverage drives February traffic to historic new highs’
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Olympic Rings go white after Canada gets a gold medal
Let’s face it. These Vancouver Winter Olympic Games got off to a rocky start. The snow melting away at Cypress Mountain. Then, the tragic death of the Georgian luger on day one of the Games. An embarrassing malfunction at the worst possible moment during the opening ceremonies. The cauldron being cruelly fenced off from the public. The number of canceled tickets and event delays wasn’t setting up Vancouver for success.
Continue reading ‘Canada breaks new ground with Olympics’
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Travel Alberta is hoping Games will benefit tourism
When it comes to attention grabbing opportunities at the Olympics, there are no short lists as people flock to them.
It’s argued, that one could have spent these Games roaming from pavilion to pavilion and still not have enough time to see everything.
With these Winter Olympics headed to the finish line, one can only ask where did Pierre de Coubertin Olympic motto (Citius, Altius, Fortius.) focus get the interest by deep pocketed multinationals.
Continue reading ‘The road less traveled: Chasing gold, takes a life of its own outside sporting venues’
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American Lindsey Vonn after her crash in Wednesday's giant slalom.
On this fourteenth day of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, German Viktoria Rebensburg took slalom gold while all eyes were on American Lindsey Vonn crashing and breaking her finger.
German rookie Rebensburg won a surprise gold Thursday in the women’s giant slalom, with Slovenia’s Tina Maze getting silver and Austrian Elisabeth Goergl getting bronze. Rebensburg’s combined time was 2:27.11 over two runs, the second of which was postponed till Thursday because of bad weather. The German was 0.04 seconds ahead of the Slovenian. Defending Olympic champion Julia Mancuso finished eighth.
All the attention on Wednesday’s first run was on American superstar Lindsey Vonn crashing out and breaking a finger bone. She did not compete Thursday, but is expected to be a part of the slalom competition this weekend.
Continue reading ‘Olympic Update: Deutsche slalom, Vonn’s digits, Yanks’ combined’
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The Snow Leopard says he won't finish last in the men's slalom.
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, may not have a chance for Gold but he’ll be making history on Feb. 27th when he becomes the first Ghanaian to compete in the Winter Olympics slalom race.
Known as the Snow Leopard, he started skiing just six years ago in England and managed to qualify for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. After years of struggling for support to continue training and to make it to FIS competitions around the world, sleeping in airports and using borrowed gear, Kwame has gained international fame everywhere along the way leading to the Vancouver Games.
Continue reading ‘Vancouver 2010 Legends: Ghana’s Snow Leopard ready to make history’
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The US's Bode Miller.
On this eleventh day of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Americans continue to dominate the medal count after Bode Miller captured super-combined gold on Sunday and Lindsey Vonn added a super-G bronze on Saturday.
Bode Miller’s gold was his third podium finish in as many races and the United States’ eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out of a possible 18 from six alpine disciplines raced so far. It’s a record-breaking Olympic campaign for the US Ski team, but superstar Vonn had to settle for third in Saturday’s womens super-G after being upstaged by Andrea Fischbacher of Austria and Slovenian Tina Maze. Fischbacher’s win eased the huge pressure that had been mounting against underperforming alpine giants Austria.
In Sunday’s ski-cross debut, the heavily favored Canadians went home empty-handed after Canada’s Chris Del Bosco crashed near the end of the final race. Gold went to Michael Schmid of Switzerland, silver to Andreas Matt of Austria, and bronze to Norway’s Audun Groenvold.
Continue reading ‘Olympic Update: Miller time, ski cross time, slalom time’
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