How Grand Massif went from 2800 Facebook fans to 10000 in one week…
In the last few years, we’ve seen many innovative campaigns by ski resorts using social media. Some have worked, some have sunk like a stone, but few have been as successful as the pre-season Facebook promotion by the Grand Massif region in France. Pre-season opening promoted exclusively on Facebook After the great snow that fell in...
How Tignes became sexy…
We have noted before on Skipedia how sex sells, even in the snowports industry. Sex sells snow too… From the good old days of adverts for cigarettes to Oslo Vinterpark’s cheeky approach to marketing, sex has been a regular theme. But no one has outdone Tignes with their impressive and audacious sexy campaigns, a brief example...
ESF La Rosiere tackle ‘ski hosting’ ban by adding new social skiing service
There will be few readers of Skipedia unaware of the ongoing saga between the French authorities and British ski tour operators offering ‘ski hosting’ [for the uninitiated, try the following articles]. With the next stage in the appeal process not due until May 2014, ski hosting will not be offered this winter season. Crystal Holidays...
Swiss Ski Resort Analysis shows lift passes most expensive in Europe
We recently came across an excellent research document – ‘Bilan de la saison des domaines skiables suisses – Hiver 2012/13‘ . It was created by Laurent Vanat, who was also responsible for the ‘2013 International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism‘. Most visited Swiss ski resorts The report is packed full of data. This graph was...
Serre Chevalier offer exclusive ski day for Facebook fans
We’ve seen some nice Facebook promotions by resorts before. This summer Verbier teased their fans to decide if they should open for a day. Free skiing for Facebook fans Currently Serre Chevalier are planning to start off the 2013/14 winter ski season with an exclusive ski day for their Facebook fans. One day before the...
Val Thorens engage via social media with #WantToSki campaign
Some images capture your attention more than others, and this unusual photo we saw on Facebook this morning was one of those. Val Thorens use #WantToSki hashtag The picture piqued our interest, so we took a look at Twitter to see what was happening around that #WantToSki hashtag. It turns out Val Thorens have built a...