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Issue July 2010 Author Ken Castle Volume 49-4 Page 31 Subject Real Estate Will resort real estate ever recover from The Great Recession? If it does, who will buy, and what will they be looking for? Speculators, who helped spur double-digit appreciation at resorts for nearly two decades, are largely gone from...
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Issue July 2010 Author Rick Kahl Volume 49-4 Page 42 Subject Finance "Good day, Eeyore," says Pooh. "At least we haven't had an earthquake," Eeyore replies. That's the mindset of many banks these days. There isn't a lot of lending going on, but at least the financial system didn't collapse. And at some point...
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Issue May 2010 Author Robin Smith Page 44 Subject Snowmaking Among resorts that make snow, snowmaking is the biggest line item in the energy budget. Typically, 67 percent of all energy consumed by resort operations is used in snowmaking. In many other departments, resorts have already acted to cut costs. Snowmaking now represents th...
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Issue March 2010 Author Tom Winter Volume 49-2 Page 46 Subject Area Management, People They like chocolate. They are powder junkies. Nominated by their peers, bosses, and former professors, this year's crop of hot young talent in the ski industry is a varied group, working in such disparate positions as ski p...
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Issue March 2010 Author Ken Castle Volume 49-2 Page 35 Subject Internet, Marketing If you've been tinkering with Twitter, fussing with Facebook and blogging with bravado, you're well-established in the Social Media Club. Congratulations and take a bow. Last season many resorts were just starting to experiment, enamored with the pr...
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Issue January 2010 Author Elia Hamilton Volume 49-1 Page 40 Subject Terrain Park There's this family out there-Jane, Phil, and two kids Jonny, 15, and Sally, 13-who all love to ski during Christmas vacation and President's week. They bring along Uncle Herb, the 52-year-old single car salesman, because they th...
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Issue January 2010 Author Justin Downes Volume 49-1 Page 58 Subject Business, International, Resort Development It's been a short 60 years since the founding of modern China, and a substantially shorter timeframe for its winter sports evolution. Yes, winter sports, along with the rest of this enormous economy...
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