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France Montagnes video goes viral

France Montagnes video goes viral

If you’ve been scrolling through Facebook in the last couple of days, you’ll probably have seen this great video from France Montagnes – currently going viral across the Internet. Overheard in Ski Resorts ‘Overheard in French Ski Resorts’ plays on the well-trodden meme previous seen in ‘Shit Snowboarders Say’ etc but crucially manages to be...
Freeze Big Air Festival in London postponed

Freeze Big Air Festival in London postponed

Just over a week ago, the Freeze Big Air Festival planned for the Olympic stadium in Stratford, London was announcing Nile Rodgers and Chic as their headline act. Yesterday they confirmed on Twitter – one month before the event – that it will not take place at all:   We announce the postponement of Freeze...
Crystal Ski staff star in their new viral video

Crystal Ski staff star in their new viral video

We were impressed with Crystal Ski’s recent video ‘The Mountain is Yours‘, released last week. Filmed in Hintertux in April 2015, the short film depicts five amusing ski stereotypes: the Mile Muncher, the Gadget Guru, the Piste Princess, the Park Rat and the Apres Animal.   Crystal staff, rather than models Rather than using models,...
Interview with the London Ski Show on their move to Battersea

Interview with the London Ski Show on their move to Battersea

42 years ago it all started at the Chelsea Horticultural Society, but this year’s London Ski & Snowboard Show will be the first in many years not to be held in either Earls Court or Olympia. We asked the Suzanne Bayliss, Marketing Manager for the Show, about how the organisers have managed the change and...
P&V team up with La Folie Douce

P&V team up with La Folie Douce

The biggest challenge facing tour operators is being able to differentiate their product. After all, if you’re trying to choose who to go with to a particular destination, then the ski area is the same, the lift pass is the same, and the choice of ski schools and ski hire is the same. Some companies...
InTheSnow magazine to ambush London Ski Show

InTheSnow magazine to ambush London Ski Show

Credit to InTheSnow, who announced some clever distribution today to put their magazines in the hands of people heading to the London Ski and Snowboard Show.     The Telegraph London Ski & Snowboard Show The London Ski and Snowboard Show is owned and organised by the Telegraph group. The Telegraph is the headline sponsor....