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23 March 11:03:07	Verbier Tuesday morning news from Guy Ordway (Performance Verbier) - "So many people are trying to watch the men's Verbier Extreme (www.xtremeverbier.com) online their server's crashed."   Performance Verbier
16 March 11:07:45	Julia Mancuso, the US skier who picked up two silver medals in the Vancouver Olympics, is competing in the Verbier Xtreme (www.xtremeverbier.com) on March 20. More at PlanetSKI.   PlanetSKI
12 March 15:13:34	The 2010 Winter X Games Europe is the first Winter X outside the USA. It's taking pace in Tignes (next door to Val d'Isere in France) March 10-12.   2010 Winter X Games Europe
2 March 10:14:08	Avalanche risk is high across the Alps following the heavy snowfall. There have been fatalities. 3 Brits were rescued from an avalanche in Champex. More at PlanetSKI.   PlanetSKI
25 February 14:44:03	To wear or not to wear a helmet for skiing? Boris Johnson has joined the debate - "Goggles, yes; a woolly hat, yes; but a helmet – not on your nelly." Check out his article in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
14 September 05:16:10	"Save £100 per booking" with Crystal on Christmas ski holidays departing Dec 19/20.   Crystal
13 September 10:59:05	Esprit Ski (www.espritski.com) and Ski Total (www.skitotal.com) have 'Crunch Busters' offers for the 09/10 ski season for early bookings.   Esprit Ski Crunch Busters
6 September 10:50:52	Stuart McLeod and Katie Waddington, with 30+ years in the business betwen them, have launched Zenith Holidays. In addition to a number of well-known French resorts, they are offering the less-known Austrian resorts of Pitztal and Leogang.   Zenith Holidays
24 August 11:01:11	30% less snow in The Alps by 2030 according to the Holiday 2030 report from Halifax Travel insurance. More at Sustainable Travel.   Sustainable Travel
22 August 06:23:29	Scott Dunn is offering an "Incredible 15% early booking discount" for stays during selected dates in Jan & Feb 2010 at any Zermatt or St Anton chalet booked before Aug 31.   Scott Dunn
22 August 06:22:19	Andrew Dunn, MD of Scott Dunn (www.scottdunn.com) - "I want to make it clear that we haven't bought Descent or taken on any of their portfolio of chalets. All we are trying to do is to help in what is very difficult situation."   WeLove2Ski
22 August 06:21:32	Some owners of luxury chalets previously marketed by Descent have set up Consensio Holidays (www.consensioholidays.co.uk) to "market directly similar style holidays in these properties this winter on a cooperative basis..." More at WeLove2Ski.   WeLove2Ski
22 August 05:18:17	James & Nicky Dobree who own the Ferme de Moudon (www.fermedemoudon.com) in Les Gets, have lost out in the collapse of Descent (www.descent.co.uk) but are saying they will honour bookings - "We are absorbing that loss from a goodwill perspective..."  The Times
22 August 05:06:06	Luxury ski chalet operation Descent International (www.descent.co.uk) has gone into voluntary liquidation. Early bookers are unlikely to see the return of their deposits. More in The Times.   The Times
22 August 05:04:59	More ski operators are set to go bust - "We understand several other companies, including one well-known name in the chalet market, are on the brink." More in The Times.   The Times
14 August 06:26:30	UK holiday giant TUI Travel reports ski bookings down 21% compared with this time last year. The group has "planned to remove 15% of capacity although we have retained flexibility to alter this to reflect developments in demand." More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
15 July 10:32:14	Eurostar to the Alps for the 09/10 ski season is going to be £30 cheaper than last winter. Departures St Pancras start Dec 19 for the Saturday daytime and Jan 1 for the Friday overnight.   Eurostar Ski Train
8 June 06:39:29	Early signs are that the ski holiday operators' strategy for the 09/10 season in Europe will be to cut capacity and increase prices in order to avoid a repeat of the "two for one" offers and £199 chalet deals of the 08/09 season.
11 May 06:12:44	Credit crunch - word is that Rossignol is cutting payments to its endorsed skiers by 50%, a drop of £35,000 for the highest earners.   Rossignol
11 May 06:12:10	Bode Miller, who has his own ski social networking site SkiSpace (www.skispace.com) has signed up for ABC show "The Superstars" which airs in June for 6 weeks.   Awful Announcing
11 May 06:11:26	The original 70s Superstars features a young Jean-claude Killy. Check out the YouTube video.   YouTube
9 May 10:56:04	A fantastic European snow season was marred by the death of extreme skier Shane McConkey on March 26 2009 while ski-base jumping in Italy. Check out the memorial site (www.shanemcconkey.org) and the YouTube tribute video. RIP.   YouTube
24 March 12:52:17	Big savings on March and April skiing from Mark Warner - Italy, France and Austria.   Mark Warner
8 March 12:31:49	Offers from Scott Dunn so good they're "unpublishable." Savings of at least £640 on Lodge Drambuie in St Anton departing March 15 or 22.   Scott Dunn
2 March 06:29:25	Esprit Ski has "Fantastic Family Offers" for March and April.   Esprit Ski
2 March 06:28:37	Skiworld is offering "half-price chalets" for the last weeks of March.   Skiworld
28 February 11:23:33	Exclusive Chalet Merlot in little-known Sainte Foy is unlikely to be offering last-minute discounts but does offer easy access to Val d'Isere, Tignes and Les Arcs.   Chalet Merlot
28 February 10:17:25	Thomson has March ski deals across European resorts + Finland.   Thomson
28 February 10:10:57	Ski Total is offering "up to 50% off" in top ski resorts including Val d’Isère, Meribel, Chamonix and Verbier.   Ski Total
28 February 10:10:22	Crystal has March ski deals in most European countries.   Crystal
10 February 06:19:58	Val d'Isere specialist YSE is cutting prices of all remaining holidays in any available chalet to £599 per person for Feb and March. "First come, first served" but weeks starting 15 Feb and 29 March are not included.   YSE
15 January 05:15:40	Credit-crunched Courchevelski: fewer Russians are to be found in Courchevel this year. Christina Zarpova from KMP Group, an agency that specialises in taking Russians to Courchevel and other leading ski resorts, says that business is down 60% this year.  KMP Group
31 December 10:58:57	The Gorzderette - ice climbing and Nordic skiing feature in La Plagne Jan 23-25 2009.   Gorzderette
31 December 10:58:25	The new 21-mile Lötschberg Base Tunnel between Bern and Visp has cut up to 65 minutes off the rail journey from Zurich and Bern airports to ski resorts in the south of Switzerland like Zermatt and Saas Fee.   Express route to the slopes
18 December 05:04:45	Graeme Bell, not the former Brit racer Graham Bell, was one many involved in the gondola tower collapse at the Canadian resort of Whistler. His cabin hit the ground, breaking one of the windows, which allowed the occupants to escape.   Financial Post
16 December 05:03:28	Speaking in the Observer, Felix Tanguay, Verbier ski guide with Powder Extreme, predicts "This isn't just a great start to the season, it's the season of the decade, the one that people are going to be talking about for years to come."   The Observer
16 December 05:02:19	Hot ski for '09 is the Armada JJ. A new shape and technology borrowed from water skis create an "all-mountain powder ski" which delivers both "flotation in bottomless powder" and "carvability on firmer snow." Check out the vid on YouTube.   YouTube
8 December 07:07:46	Owned and run by skiers for skiers, Ski Lodge Engelberg is the place to stay, hang out and talk powder in the off-piste paradise of Engelberg in Switzerland. A new restaurant and bar open this season and it's getting a lot of coverage in the UK press.   Ski Lodge Engelberg
7 December 10:03:13	Michael Mason is the SkiBodyguard. A CPO (close protection operative) as well as a qualified BASI Ski Instructor, expect to find him on the slopes of Verbier and other top resorts this season.   SkiBodyguard