The road to Erzurum. Photo courtesy of Nadezhda Chipeff.

Each year is a tossup come the time to decide just how much time to dedicate to winter ski holidays.

Heading to the Alps, Canada, or the United States, may seem like an extended holiday, but then again, after a while, it may also start feeling like you’re eating the same bowl of soup every day. Continue reading ‘Skiing in Turkey: Erzurum is far away from Courchevel’

The Crystal Finest preview brochure for winter 2012/13 is out with the latest collection of bespoke chalets, first class hotels and stylish apartments in many of the world’s best ski destinations in Europe, North America and Japan (www.crystalski.co.uk/finest). Continue reading ‘Crystal 2012/13 brochure hitting the streets early with big offers’

Skiers can help their favourite good cause when they book online through www.easyfundraising.org.uk/travel/ – an innovative charity shopping website that gives an average 5% of each sale to charity.

Continue reading ‘Ski rental website donates 5% of sales to charity’

The new hotel Tirler Alm at Val Gardena caters to the allergic sensitive skiers.

A new hotel that has been designed and built for people affected by allergies has opened in the south Tyrol area near Val Gardena. Continue reading ‘Allergy ‘free’ hotel opens in south Tyrol’

The Banff region is extending the Ski Big 3 ticket to include snowshoeing, tubing and sightseeing within the price of the ticket.

The Tri-Area ski pass or ‘SkiBig3’ ticket (www.skibig3.com) has extended access beyond the slopes of the ski areas of Mount Norquay, Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village to include additional options of snowshoeing, tubing or a sightseeing tour at no extra cost. Continue reading ‘Banff tri-area ski pass is extended to include tubing, snowshoeing and sightseeing’

The Nira Alpina is the latest ski and ski out destination St-Moritz clientele.

The brand new resort Nira Alpina hotel (www.niraalpina.com) has become one of the prime locations for ski-in and out locations at St. Moritz since the hotel opened last September. Located above Lake Silvaplana, a short 10 minute drive from St Moritz, the resort is linked via the Corvatsch cable car to the highest ski lifts in the region, shared with St Moritz, providing access to the most challenging ski runs.

Continue reading ‘New hotel with walk-in access to St. Moritz lifts opens’

French government has increased VAT to 7 per cent on lift passes.

Following in the footsteps of its European counterparts, the French Government has increased the Value Added Tax (VAT) on lift passes from 5.5% to 7% as from 1 January 2012 as a way to reign in on a ballooning debts.

Continue reading ‘French tackle austerity by raising VAT to 7% on lift tickets’