Exclusive: Crystal Ski may not operate any ski holidays this winter
Crystal generated a good amount of PR when they announced this week that they will be giving customers free Covid19 insurance. However, every news outlet reporting this development appear to have simply ‘copy and pasted’ the press release without reading it. Crystal may not operate any ski holidays this winter While the ‘Crystal Holiday Promise’...
Crystal Ski’s ‘Confessions’ video nails how ski ‘addicts’ feel…
Just before half-term Crystal Ski released a new video that nails exactly how skiing and snowboard ‘addicts’ feel about their sport. “It’s been 285 days since my last ski trip…” Set in the style of an AA or NA meeting, ‘Confessions’ is perhaps the first SA (‘Snowlovers Anonymous’?) meeting. Funny, but not widely seen It’s...
The Art & Science of Content Marketing – LISTEX Presentation
Last month Iain from Skipedia presented at the LISTEX forum on the topic ‘The Art & Science of Content Marketing’. He looked at the importance of having clear goals first for any campaign, then deciding on the format and platforms to be used. Iain included examples from the ski industry, including content by Crystal Ski,...
Crystal Ski’s great new video aims to bring new skiers to the slopes
We are big fans of the new video released by Crystal Ski Holidays this week. “Winter holidays. What’s the big deal, right?” is a tongue-in-cheek attempt to address some of the typical objections that non-skiers have to taking their first ski holiday. UK market has plateaued It’s no secret that the UK market has hit...
Does size matter? Scaling the UK snowsports market.
The French are bigger than we are. So are the Americans. But does size matter? And to be specific, how big is ours? We speak, of course, of the size of the UK snowsports market. No more Crystal Industry Report In recent years the Crystal Ski Industry Report has always been the starting point for...
Crystal Ski staff star in their new viral video
We were impressed with Crystal Ski’s recent video ‘The Mountain is Yours‘, released last week. Filmed in Hintertux in April 2015, the short film depicts five amusing ski stereotypes: the Mile Muncher, the Gadget Guru, the Piste Princess, the Park Rat and the Apres Animal. Crystal staff, rather than models Rather than using models,...