Folie Douce in Val d’Isère ‘now run by Luc’
Browsing through ‘The Sunday Times Guide to Ski & Après-Ski’ recently we were amused to see that the Folie Douce in Val d’Isère is ‘now run by Luc’. ‘Luc’ is the founder of the Folie Douce empire The Luc in question is Luc Reversade, now known as the brainchild behind the whole Folie Douce ‘clubbing...
Mindfulness in Les Menuires article in Totally Snow
Iain visited ‘Yoga Week’ in Les Menuires in April 2019. His article on ‘mindfulness’ has now been published in Totally Snow magazine.
Which French ski resorts had the most snow in 2018/19?
If you were guessing which French ski resort had the most snow last winter, it’s unlikely you’d guess correctly. Resorts always talk about their micro-climates, caused by being at the end of a valley where the weather systems stop and drop. But would you have guessed that Les Contamines was the French resort with the...
Les 3 Vallées announce partnership with ‘Frozen II’
In a coup for Les 3 Vallées, today the world’s largest ski area announced a partnership with the much-anticipated movie ‘Frozen II’ – or as it is known in French ‘La Reine des Neiges II’. The sequel to ‘Frozen’ – the highest grossing animated film of all time – will be released on 20 November....
Which is the Most Searched Ski Resort?
The second annual E-Tourisme Survey report on French ski resorts by French agency CyberCité has revealed some interesting data: Chamonix: Most Searched ski resort CyberCité looked at Google data from July 2018 to April 2019 and found that Chamonix was the most searched for ski resort in France during the period. The figures below show...
27 Takeaways from the 2019 International Report on Snow and Mountain Tourism
‘Skiing is not dead’ (in Asia, anyway) Laurent Vanat, international expert in ski business and ski resort management, has published the 11th edition of his ‘International Report on Snow and Mountain Tourism’. The headline takeaway is that global skier numbers are up for the second season in a row, although this is driven by...