Ski resorts fight global warming
November 30, 2009 ·
Ski resorts across the country used the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season. Warmer temperatures at night are making it more difficult [...]
3 more Tahoe ski resorts to open for season
November 20, 2009 ·
Three more Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts plan to open for the season this week. Heavenly on Tahoe’s south shore will open Friday, while Squaw Valley USA and Northstar-at-Tahoe just north of Tahoe will open Saturday. Boreal atop Donner Summit kicked off the season Oct. 9, and Mt. Rose Ski-Tahoe southwest of Reno opened Oct. 30. [...]
Trump Hotel opens in Waikiki
November 17, 2009 ·
The Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, the first new Waikiki luxury property to open in more than 20 years, welcomed its first guests Monday. Guests were greeted with Hawaiian dance and live music. The 38-story, 463-unit tower is located steps from the sand and Fort DeRussy Park. It features a library, wine [...]
Canada’s secret slopes
November 11, 2009 ·
All Olympic eyes will be on Whistler Blackcomb next year as it hosts the 2010 Winter Games’ alpine skiing events. But those in the know will be heading to British Columbia’s vast, snowy interior for its cool old-school mountain towns and the best powder and terrain in North America. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Serious skiers [...]
Ski Utah predicts 3 percent growth in skier visits
November 10, 2009 ·
The number of skier visits in the state will increase by an estimated 3 percent in the 2009-10 season to about 4.1 million, the president of industry group Ski Utah said Tuesday. That would provide a boost to a struggling state economy increasingly dependent on tourism, and mark a turnaround from last year when the [...]
Hotel rates down 8.8 percent this year
November 9, 2009 ·
Hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 percent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice. “It is expected that the steepest declines in ADR (average daily rates) have [...]
Outside magazine’s best ski resorts
November 9, 2009 ·
Outside magazine’s November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont. For the deepest snows, Outside lists Alta/Snowbird in Utah, Jackson Hole, Wyo., Alyeska Resort in Alaska and Silverton Mountain in Colorado. For the apres-ski party scene, the magazine recommends Breckenridge in Colorado, Whistler-Blackcomb in British Columbia, Park City, [...]
