Interview with Tim Wall for Welove2ski
The latest in Iain’s series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews has been published on welove2ski.com In this instalment, Iain speaks with Tim Wall, owner and founder of Pub Le Ski Lodge in La Tania, Les 3 Vallées. You can listen to Iain’s full interview with Tim in Episode 299 of The Ski Podcast:
The Best Ski April Fools in 2024
The first day of April often brings sunshine, sometimes brings snow, but always brings a round of ‘April Fools’ gags, albeit of varying quality. Here’s our pick of the best of this year’s ski April Fools: Méribel: Most Effort You’re on the slopes, it’s lunchtime, but the queue for the mountain restaurant is way too...
Five Ski April Fools in 2019 That You May Have Missed
It’s that day of the year when you need to have your wits about you – on the off-chance that the April Fool you’ve come across is subtle enough to be convincing. Here are five of the Best Ski April Fools that we came across today: €50 Congestion Charge to be introduced in La Tania...
La Tania launch new logo
Last week La Tania launched their new logo – the first since the resort opened almost 25 years ago. Bear’s Dwelling ‘La Tagna’ originally meant ‘bear’s dwelling’ and the new logo refers to this (although it has also been described on Twitter as like ‘looking through a tunnel to an odd-shaped mountain in the distance’.) The...
What were the Top 10 Posts on Skipedia in 2014?
During 2014, we published 60 posts on Skipedia, covering brands as diverse as Lidl and HSBC, destinations from Flaine to Denmark and tour operators from Crystal to AliKats. But which were our most read blog posts? Here’s our top ten – in reverse order – from 2014: 10. Mountain Base hit a PR goldmine We reported...
La Tania meets Gordon Ramsay (but who won?)
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares has been running on Channel 4 since 2004. The final series of the programme has just started, focussing specifically on Europe’s holiday hotspots, and is called ‘Ramsay’s Costa del Nightmares‘ The successful show shows the celebrity chef attempt to convert struggling restaurants using his unique and direct approach. Ramsey meets T. Wall...