No recovery yet for snowsports equipment sales in the UK
Earlier this week we blogged about the recovery, albeit modest, in the number of Britons taking skiing holidays. This first increase in passengers in five years was welcome news, but was offset by research from from Snowsports Industries of Great Britain (SIGB) showing continued falls in equipment sales. Dramatic collapse in sales of skis and...
Les Sports de Neige
Not anything to do with marketing, but love these illustrations about ‘Les Sports de Neige’. Click on the image to see the large size version. By Iain Martin
The Best Personalised Number Plates in the Alps…
During a recent trip to La Rosiere, we spotted this great personalised number plate, owned by Laura from the tour operator SnowCrazy: Also seen in Courchevel by the Courchevel Enquirer was this Range Rover (possibly owned by Ski Val?): This plate has been spotted in Verbier: Sue Bennett told us that she bought this numberplate after fracturing...
Five Quick Tips We Picked Up at Brighton SEO
There were so many great ideas at the excellent Brighton SEO last week. Here’s a few quick tips I picked up from the day: 1. Build your own voucher discount page There’s an increasing trend of consumers defaulting to organisations like QuidCo, or simply searching for ‘voucher codes’: So why...
Skiplex expand to Reading and create a ski industry success story
Followers of industry stats will know that the number of people taking snowsports holidays has decreased in each of the last four years. So with a market that’s fallen by almost 25% it’s a rare pleasure to find a business that’s bucking the trend and expanding rapidly. Skiplex recently opened its second centre in Reading,...
More pictures of cars covered in snow…
Less than a week ago we were contemplating just what it is that makes a car covered in snow so appealing. And as the snow has kept coming down, that gives us the chance to share even more great photos of cars, vans and buses, all stuck in this great snowfall that the Alps has...