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This year’s ski season in Alta Badia gets underway on 5 December and its annual culinary event – The Gourmet Skisafari – is celebrating its 10th edition on Saturday, 9 December. It will feature no fewer than four Michelin starred chefs – Massimiliano Alajmo, Andrea Berton, Simone Cantafio and Tomaž Kavčič.
Picking the right ski resort can often be tedious and difficult but that doesn’t make it any less important – especially for beginners new to the realm of snow sports. One of Europe’s leading holiday operators, Sunweb, has analysed the number of green and blue runs in 16 of Europe’s top ski destinations revealing the best location for fledgling skiers, with La Plagne emerging as the most beginner-friendly resort, with a total of 79 green and blue runs, allowing new winter sports enthusiasts to make the most out of the trip.
Pierre & Vacances has introduced a new range of Sunday-to-Sunday options for the upcoming ski season. Recognising the additional stresses often associated with changeover day, the leading provider of self-catered accommodation across Europe hopes that bringing greater flexibility to everyone’s favourite alpine fix will bring a host of additional benefits.
Rob Rees brings us the most leftfield “city and ski” combo this side of the Urals. A few days in Istanbul mid-winter and three days skiing out east by the Armenian & Iranian border make for a truly unique ski trip.
What happened to that new year’s resolution to live a healthier life? It’s not too late. The New Year’s Eve Programme at Park Igls Medical Spa Resort beautifully located on the slopes above Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol, will put you on the right track before the clock strikes twelve and the fireworks go off.
Peak Retreats, the French Alps ski specialist, is offering a new concept to help its clients break up their self-drive journeys to and from the French Alps. Adding to their range of en-route hotels, the ‘en-route escapes’ concept allows skiers to explore more of France on their way to or from their ski holiday.
Forty years ago… It all began for Interski when we took our first clients to Courmayeur, in Italy’s Aosta Valley, way back in Winter 1983/84. Forty years later and we’re still providing the same great service, taking happy skiers to the mountains every winter.
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A unique destination offering stunning scenery, a relaxed atmosphere and the chance to spend quality time with family and friends, creating memories to last a lifetime… that is what you will find on a winter holiday the Austrian way.
As well as offering favourites such as Avoriaz, Tignes, Val Thorens and St. Anton, flexiski have added some fabulous new resorts such as Andermatt and Crans Montana in Switzerland and Alpe d’Huez in France with three-night breaks available from £320pp.
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Some 20 years ago a new mountain village concept was born, pioneering and innovative. An entirely pedestrian resort, ski-in-ski-out, with only the swish of skis on snow to break the silence. This was the visionary gamble of Canadian promoter “Intrawest” renowned for its Whistler and Mont Tremblant projects.
As winter in North America approaches, Ikon Pass holders can look forward to over $1billion in new and improved infrastructure and experiences aimed at enhancing the guest experience, including new terrain expansion, reimagined base areas and lodges, innovative beginner areas, new lifts and gondolas, expanded snow making, imaginative culinary offerings, improved skier services and more.
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Méribel ESF has announced a series of exclusive ESF Masterclasses to help take your skiing to new heights. ESF Masterclasses are designed to cater to all skill levels from a basic skier eager to improve to an expert skier intent on reaching new objectives. Masterclasses will run weekly for four weeks from Sunday, 7 January 2024.
As the UK’s leading ski tour operator to Norway, Ski Safari continues to develop and improve a programme first launched over 10 years ago. The latest addition is the up-and-coming resort of Gausta in the heart of Telemark, Norway.
Once the final skiers left the mountain last April, the famous Bellecôte Gondola was dismantled, and the 102 cabins went up for auction. These vintage bubbles, dating from 1973, had a starting price of €500 / £430 each and sold in just one-and-a-half-hours.
As winter 2023/24 draws closer, Ski Solutions, Britain’s original tailor-made ski tour operator and largest specialist ski travel agency, has introduced a brand-new Winter Inspiration hub to provide a one-stop shop for all things ski this season. From new accommodations and resorts, to a competition and an interview with a ski racing champion; this is the place to start planning your next ski holiday.
A new survey by ski chalet specialist Le Ski predicts that the UK snowsports market will grow by 14% in winter 2023/24. The survey was conducted by YouGov for Le Ski during August 2023 and showed that 1.12 million British skiers and snowboarders took to the slopes last winter.
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Verbier Tourism will be helping peak Londoners’ interest in the upcoming ski season with a rare chance to experience the resort’s famously fun apres-ski vibe on home turf.
Over two exclusive nights at the end of this month, the Iron Bloom Shoreditch will be converted into a winter wonderland, recreating the Alpine town’s world-famous party atmosphere and cementing Verbier’s reputation as a place to be seen after a day sloping about.
As the 23/24 ski season approaches, winter sports enthusiasts can look forward to an array of exciting new offerings and innovative enhancements at top resorts around the world.
From expanded skiable acreage and state-of-the-art technology to luxurious accommodations and breathtaking amenities, these resorts are raising the bar to provide unforgettable experiences for guests. Here are plenty of reasons to book a snow trip this winter.
After 31 years of ownership, the Kemmerer family announced its intent to sell Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) in Wyoming, US. The Kemmerer family bought JHMR in 1992, and their passion, dedication and commitment turned the Resort into a world-class destination.
Travellers looking for luxurious accommodation options in Val d’Isère need look no further, as the mesmerising alpine destination has announced an array of exciting new accommodation offerings for the second half of 2023.