Uber offers ‘UberSki’ transfers from Switzerland to ski resorts
Uber has launched a new service connecting skiers from the main Swiss hubs to ski resorts. It’s not cheap. Fares cost from CHF140 to a hefty CHF390. Potentially that could be less than train fares for a family of four. Switzerland to French and Swiss resorts According to the website iamexpat.ch, UberSki will connect you...
Trojena: The Saudi Arabian ‘Ski Resort’
The chances are that taking a ski holiday in Saudi Arabia is not top of your bucket list but encouraged by China’s success in hosting a Winter Olympics without any natural snow, the developers of Trojena are determined to give you that opportunity. The ‘ski resort’ of Trojena will be part of NEOM, a proposed...
‘Homeland’: The first ski resort without lifts?
With climate change and global warming at the centre of the conversation around skiing, it’s more common to read about ski resorts closing than new ones opening. That makes ‘Homeland’ – a new ski-touring only ski resort in the Lombardy region of Italy – even more notable. The resort opened last winter above the small...
Captain America goes skiing…
Wondered who that was whizzing past you at top speed on the slopes? Could it have been Captain America? Maybe Spiderman? Okay, they are fictional characters, but what is real is that Marvel have produced a new line of comic book covers with a ski or snowboard theme. Honestly, I hadn’t heard of some of...
The sad demise of the catered chalet ski holiday
Looking through a recent survey from Le Ski, I was struck by one stat in particular. While it was encouraging to read that the number of UK skiers and snowboarders is predicted to grow by 14% in winter 2023/24, the fact that only 13% stay in catered chalets highlighted how much the market has changed....
New survey shows number of UK seasonal staff down by 69%
The cost of obtaining visas, work permits and other paperwork after Brexit has been blamed for a huge decrease in British seasonal staff working in the EU. A new survey – ‘Unlocking Travel’s Potential: The importance of UK-EU mobility for jobs and growth’ – commissioned by Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT) in conjunction with ABTA...