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French snowsports in decline

Alan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:54:09 +0000

Along with the Ski Club’s Snowsports Analysis that is produced every autumn, the Crystal Ski Industry Report that also is produced every year is an indicator of snowsports within the UK.

Published on July 13^th, the 2010 report showed an 11% decrease in the snowsports market in the UK during the 2009/10 season with the number of skiers diving to less than a million compared to the reported 1.06m that hit the slopes the winter before.

The factors that are blamed for the decrease in numbers are the weak pound and the harsh financial climate. The ash cloud crisis and the airline strikes as well as UK weather conditions also contributed.

However, alongside this fact, there were also capacity reductions within the tour operator sector which dropped by ten percent compared to the 13% decrease in the independent sector.

France was hurt the most by the 2009/2010 capacity cuts which saw the amount of UK holiday goers drop by 3.8% even though it is still the most popular ski location for Brits followed closely behind by Austria which saw its share of visitors increase by about 25.6%.

The Crystal report also showed that capacity cuts have caused supply to become more in line with demand which in turn should help to strengthen tours in the future. The report predicts that the tour operator packages will start to offer better value to customers that are very sensitive about prices during the coming winter.

The Sterling gaining strength should also help make ski holidays more affordable this winter with the economy turning up slightly and a new budget to help boost the ski industry.

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Two new French ski areas under construction

Alan — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:04:05 +0000

This month in France expansion efforts on the Avoriaz ski resort will start in order to create two new districts of resorts, each complete with accommodation complexes.

While this may be enticing, the more exciting part of the expansion may be the fact that Avoriaz is planning to add in a new water park and replace their cable car link between the Morzine valley and the resort with a state of the art lift. A great deal of the development will be complete in time for the winter of 2011.

The new ski resort districts will be named Amara and Crozats and will add a total of nine new residences that offer holiday goers 40 new apartments to choose from when searching for accommodation.

Amara will have two opening stages, one in December of 2011 and another a year later in December of 2012 and will offer a spa centre complete with a swimming pool, a day nursery, Turkish bath and Jacuzzi, and the usual mix of shops, bars, and restaurants.

In September of this year work is also expected to begin on the water park facility, which will be named the ‘Aquariaz’ and have a mountain water park theme with plenty of natural vegetation from the tropics, allowing skiers a chance to experience two drastically different climates in one holiday.

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Top 10 French ski resorts

Alan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:39:42 +0000

Most Brits love a ski holiday and of course the best nearby location is France. For this reason every year around 200,000 Britons travel down to the French Alps via air, car, or rail to experience the light-hearted fun of sun.

For those who are thinking about a trip down to France this year, it may be helpful to know the top ten resorts as of 2010. They are in no specific order: Chamonix, Val d’Isere, Tignes, Courchevel, Val Thorens, Les Deux Alpes, La Plagne, Alpe d’Heuz, Meribel, and Les Arcs.

Outside of these top ten, there are plenty of ski resorts scattered across France for snowboarders and skiers of all ages and levels. In fact, most ski resort areas are able to accommodate all levels of skiing quite comfortably. Those, the choice may simply become the habitat that you would like your resort to embody from village to traditional to ski-in ski-out resorts.

Of course, in order to get the most out of your ski holiday, while booking your accommodations you may also want to concentrate on the total ski area that you choose, given the fact that there are many interlinked ski domains throughout the country.

Thus, you could head to areas such as Three Valleys that offers easy access to three different resorts in one holiday. Another great choice is the Paradiski Area which links Les Arcs, La Plagne, and Espace San Bernard together offered triple as many trails within one location.

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New Teletext ski packages

Alan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:06:39 +0000

It will be easier to keep track of last minute ski bargains this winter due to the new Teletext Holidays ski price index that has just been released. The index will be updated every week and is designed to help people who want help planning a budget for their winter holiday.

It can be found online at www.teletextholidays.co.uk/skipriceindex and is the first ski company that is capable of not only tracking the cost of an upcoming ski holiday but also the other items that will need to be added into a budget such as lift passes and boot hire.

In order to keep the index complete, the team at Teletext Holidays will track multiple last minute holiday packages from multiple companies every week.

According to the company Andorra, France and Bulgaria topped the index for the best ski package prices which will matter this year as Alison Steed the editor of mymoneydiva.com stated that the ski market will suffer this year from the recession. Steed added that if a person is not an avid skier the idea of a ski holiday this year may appear to be an unaffordable luxury.

The good news is that Steed added that the prices will decrease the ski season continues forward which makes the middle of the season the best time to get a bargain ski holiday.

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French Ski resorts booming

Alan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:09:36 +0000

The ski season last year from 2008-2009 has been great for France due to excellent ski conditions combined with cold weather that kept the snow falling.

As a result, France ski resorts saw their visits increase by about 6.6%, which partially may be due to the fact that the season set of record of 58.6m sky days. Overall the total revenue for operators of French increased over 8.9%.

However, not all ski areas saw the benefits of the increase in skiers over the season, since the ski resorts that benefited the most from the great season were locations such as Plancher Les Mines found in Franche Cornte, Metbeif in Jura, and Le Lioran in Massif Central.

Areas such as Massif Central, which only contributes to about two percent of the skiing activity in France, saw an increase of visitors by over 63% over the last season, while areas that usually attract the most skiers from Britain such as the Alps only saw an increase of about 6.6%.

There are three possible explanations for this occurrence, the recession which caused skiers and holiday goers in general to stay closer to home, the second because there was better snow in the less popular ski areas, and the third because many international resorts suffered from the foreign markets contracting.

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