Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. appointed e-commerce entrepreneur and former Sears Canada executive Michele Romanow to its Board of Directors, effective June 24. Following Romanow's appointment, the Company will have eight board members, ...
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Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. reported total skier visits increased 26.8 percent in the fiscal third quarter ended March 31 compared to the prior year period, or 2.6 percent on a same-store basis. Lift revenue increased 21.1 percent ...
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Vail Resorts, Inc. has received unanimous approval from the Park City Planning Commission to implement one of the most ambitious and impactful capital plans in the history of the U.S. ski industry for the 2015-16 season. The plan would ...
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Real spending on travel and tourism grew more than twice as fast as real gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter, according to government estimates released Wednesday, March 18. Growth in spending accelerated in the fourth ...
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Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported early season skier visits at its 21 member resorts were approximately one percent off last year’s strong pace. The report covers visits between Opening Day (Oct. 17, 2014) through Dec. 31, ...
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Many of Colorado's resorts recorded more than a foot of new snow in the last 48 hours, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, which said all 21 of its members ski areas and resorts reported fresh powder. Resorts near the Continental ...
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Occupancy and revenue figures for the 2014-15 ski and snowboard season continued their upward trajectory at 19 mountain resorts in six western states last month. As of Nov. 30, “on-the-books” occupancy is up a sharp 9.7 ...
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Heineken Canada is pleased to announce that it has signed a new 3 year partnership agreement with Silver Star mountain resort combining the strengths of Canada's number 1 Import Premium Beer with BC's third largest ski resort. As a ...
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Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire the 50 percent interest in Blue Mountain Ski Resort that it does not already own from Blue Mountain Resorts Holdings Inc. for CAD $58.0 million. “With this accretive ...
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. commenced an initial public offering Tuesday that is expected to raise about $50 million for the operator of seven mountain resorts and $200 million for Fortress Investments, which acquired control of the ...
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Colorado Ski Country USA(CSCUSA)announced ski visitation at its 21 member resorts were up 22 percent since opening day compared to the same period of the prior year. Significantly,this season's first period skier visits,or thos occurring ...
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Durango Mountain Resort recently held a grand opening for Purgatory Cycle Works, a full-service retail, service and rental shop on the resort grounds. The shop, which is owned and managed by Durango Mountain Resort, has three employees, ...
SALT LAKE CITY (BRAIN) — Salt Lake City officials, along with hundreds of part-time workers who support Outdoor Retailer’s winter and summer shows, are breathing a sigh of relief — Outdoor Retailer will remain at the Salt ...
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Outdoor Retailer’s Winter Market kicks off Tuesday with an outdoor demo at Solitude Mountain Resort. But for Salt Lake’s business community, a 4 p.m. announcement at Solitude by the show’s owner, Nielsen Business Media, ...
Interfax cited Mr Valery Golubev deputy CEO of Gazprom as saying that the gasification level in the Krasnodar territory is 80%. The Krasnodar territory is 80% gasified whereas for Russia as a whole it's 63%. Mr Golubev said that over the ...
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