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...
Industry gathers for LISTEX Luxury in London
Tour operators, destinations, properties and members of the media gathered in London last week for ‘LISTEX Luxury’ – a focus on the top end of the market. After networking sessions in the morning, James Gambrill from the Ski Club of Great Britain opened the afternoon forum session with a look at the data behind the...
Where bubble lifts go to die…
We’d already heard of the Taninges bubble graveyard, near Morzine in France, but never managed to visit. Now we don’t need to, as Alex Irwin from the YouTube channel ‘150 Days of Winter‘ has done it for us. Alex spent several hours exploring the many fascinating chairlifts, gondolas and cable cars spread across the site....
7 takeaways from the latest Ski Club of Great Britain consumer research
Earlier this month, we attended LISTEX online, organised by the Mountain Trade Network. During the event, The Ski Club of Great Britain presented their latest consumer research. Here are seven quick takeaways from that report… Book early Almost 1/4 of people have already booked their ski trip for next winter. Most of these will be...
Will AI make ski photographers redundant?
Following up on our recent blog post ‘Will ChatGPT make ski experts redundant?‘, we thought we’d extend the theme by asking a friendly AI to create some images for us. There were some worryingly scary results… The terrifying pain of snow… A smiling 6 year-old boy throwing snow into the air with joy, dressed in...
Will ChatGPT make ‘ski experts’ redundant?
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is changing fast. A few years ago, it was just the name of one of Steven Spielberg’s less good movies, but in 2023 AI has moved from the world of ‘futurologists’ into the mainstream. The chances are that even if you haven’t tried ChatGPT (or Google’s ‘Bard’), you will certainly have heard...