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...
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’),...
Iain’s article ‘Parrots in the Snow: the rise and fall of Bladon Lines‘ has now been published in ‘Ski+Board’ magazine. It’s also now available as a special episode of The Ski Podcast My first experience of working in the ski industry came 35 years ago when I went to Chatel...
Iain from Skipedia recently went ski touring in Morocco. Flying into Marrakech, and then travelling to Imlil (1740m), Iain then spent three nights at the Refuge des Mouflons (3207m), ski touring to different 4000m peaks. Ski hire was from Braemar Mountain Sports, guiding and logistics were organised by Toubkal Guide. You...
These are difficult days for the ESF in the UK. The current legal cases against Simon Butler and Le Ski have stirred up plenty of negative sentiment within the British market against the ESF. Both cases – which deal with different aspects of the law – are currently at different...
Okay, not strictly anything to do with marketing, but just for fun… So why do chalet girls bake a cake every day? As far as I know chalets have always left out a cake for their guests to tuck into for ‘afternoon tea’. After a long day on the slopes,...
Skipedia has been working with ski chalet specialists Le Ski for several years, managing their Adwords account and creating bespoke Content Marketing projects. Huge increase in distribution base Over the last two years, a mix of social-led promotions designed by Skipedia had led to an increase in the Facebook fan base of 400% and added...
Earlier this year, Iain from Skipedia visited the Brighton & Hove Albion FC performance centre in Lancing. He interviewed Chris Hughton, manager of the club, about their pre-season training camp, held in Tignes in the French Alps. This article has now been published in ‘Love The Mountains’ – the summer activity magazine from the publishers...
On Tuesday of this week, Le Ski’s regular email newsletter hit our inbox…and made quite an impression. We don’t think there could be more of a perfect ski industry response to Brexit than this superb graphic. ‘Brexit will make no difference to the quality and delivery of your Le Ski chalet holiday…normal service has already...
Iain Martin moderated the afternoon session ‘The Future is Mobile’ at the LISTEX Summer Session last week. The afternoon started with a presentation from Google, followed by Iain’s presentation about ‘Adwords for Mobile’. You can view the presentation below and the slidedeck on Slideshare here.
Earlier this month, Skipedia went out to Courchevel 1650 to create some new video content for our client Le Ski. Our previous successful content marketing for Le Ski was designed to increase reach and brand awareness, and successfully added 10000 qualified addresses to their email newsletter list as well as 3000 followers to their Facebook...
Earlier this month the ‘Ski Debrief’ event took place in Val d’Isere and revealed a contrasting mix of results for French resorts this winter. Attendees included Laurent Reynaud from Domaine Skiable de France (DSF), Michel Giraudy (France Montagnes), Gerard Mattis (FPS), Michel Vion (FFS), Jean-Marc Silva (France Montagnes), Luc Reversade (Folie Douce), Alexis Dussilol (AirBnB)...
