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Lifts in Courchevel will be adapted for the children
The famous ski resort of Courchevel in France has decided to care not only about the oligarchs, but also the younger generation. Before the winter 2012-2013 season administration of the resort decided to upgrade all 18 chairlifts lifts to make them more comfortable for the children.
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Ski resorts in Austria will unite
Two ski resorts in Austria - Alpbach and Wildschönau - will be merged into a single ski area, which will be named Ski Jewel. The slopes of the two resorts will be united thanks to the new eight-place gondola, which is planned to be installed this summer.
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Skiing in India: grass instead of snow
India is not among the top ski holiday destinations. Despite the proximity to the Himalayas, ski resorts in India are a rarity.
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Klosters: new bike free-ride route
A grand event will be held at the popular European ski resort of Klosters in Switzerland. On June 30, 2012 summer season will be opened here. But it is designed not for skiers, but cyclists.
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Alpine skiing in France: summer 2012
Due to the unusually snowy winter snow cover level in the French Alps, especially on glaciers, allows some resorts to announce opening of the summer ski season. So, on last weekend its first guests received Les Deux Alpes ski resort located in the heart of the Oisans Alpine mountain range at the foot of one of the largest glaciers in Europe.
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Swiss ski resorts: unsuccessful season
Ski resorts in Switzerland have lost client’s interest. In total nine regions of the country recorded a decrease of the main indicators of tourist demand after the ski season.
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Ski resort in France as the capital of mountain biking
French ski resort of Les Deux Alpes promises to become a new Klondike for the fans of winter and summer extreme. This summer season resort will attract visitors by the Crankworx festival, which will be held in Les Deux Alpes from 9 to 15 July, 2012.
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Schladming: new hotel for the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2013
Schladming ski resort is considered to be one of the most renowned in the Austrian Alps. It hosted major alpine skiing world championships for many times. In 2013 Schladming will host the next Alpine Skiing World Cup.
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Dubai alpine ski center acquired penguins
Dubai continues to attract tourists with exotic. At the unique Ski Dubai resort now it is possible not only to ski in the desert. Here also appeared new guests, who promise to become a symbol of the resort. They are penguins.
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Alpine skiing in France: successful season in the Alps
According to official statistics, the last 2011-2012 season was quite successful for the French Alps. The number of tourists visited ski resorts in France at the famous peaks increased compared with the previous year by 2%.
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Ski resorts in Austria suffer from noise
Residents of Zell-Am-Se town had to complain about excessive noise, which produces numerous bars of the Austrian ski resort in the Salzburg region.
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Bulgarian ski resort: Easter skiing
According to the Bulgarian National Television, the resort administration decided to offer unique opportunity to free skiing on the slopes of Pamporovo before the Easter after consultation with the Smolyan city authorities, which is located near the resort.
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Kronplatz closes ski season with bed and table race
One of the most popular Italian ski resorts - Kronplatz - will close the season on its slopes on April 22, 2012 by organizing a cheerful Locknfescht festival.
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Mariah Carey will close the season in Ischgl
This year, the main star of the closing ceremony will be Mariah Carey. The famous American pop diva will give a concert in Ischgl on April 30, 2012.
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March discounts at the Norwegian mountain ski resort
Popular Norwegian ski resort of Hemsedal in the near future will organize the traditional "family week in Hemsedal". This year the event will take place in two stages from March 25 to April 8 and April 15-29. All those, who will book hotel rooms online for these periods, will receive a 25 percent discount not only for accommodation, but also on ski passes, ski training courses, equipment rental and children center services, as well as a special entertainment program and special menus in local restaurants.
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Austrian rescue teams searched for musicians and "celebrities"
Recently Austrian rescuers had to work more than usual. Two men were unable to descend from the Alpine slopes without assistance. One of the unlucky climbers was a musician, while the second pretended to be a celebrity.
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David Guetta will come to Sölden
Sölden ski resort, which has the reputation of "the snowiest resort in Austria" and which traditionally hosts the first stage of Alpine Ski World Cup, may also be considered as the most rave area in the Alps. Anyway, this spring Sölden will deservedly bear this title as here will come the №1 DJ in the world - David Guetta.
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Serre Chevalier in spring: festivals and tours
Serre Chevalier ski resort prepared a set of interesting festivals and events at the end of the season, which were not held during the whole winter. Spring on the resort slopes promises to be a very busy season.
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Ski hotels in Europe: price and quality from Trivago
In the wake of growing demand for budget hotels in the UK Trivago.co.uk tourism portal prepared a special rating of cheap ski hotels represented in the network.
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Austrian ski resort: language lessons on the lift
Nassfeld ski resort is one of the largest winter recreation areas in Carinthia, which offers a special service on its slopes. To be more precise - not on the slopes, but on the lift.
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Skiing in Switzerland: strong franc enables big discounts
Because of strengthening of the Swiss franc against euro and dollar prices for holiday in Switzerland have significantly increased and many tourists prefer to visit less expensive resorts in French or Austrian Alps. To save potential customers many ski resorts in Switzerland reduced prices for accommodation and services.
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Seefeld will celebrate the end of winter
At the world-famous Austrian ski resort of Seefeld on February 19 will be organized Maskentreiben 2012 festivities. Originally a small celebration created by local residents for the tourists evolved into a vivid entertainment show, enjoying great popularity among the guests of the resort.
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Ice festival at Norwegian ski resort
This year the Ice Music Festival will be held from 3 to 5 February, while the ticket price will be about 300-400 NOK for the entire festival. Ticket holders will be able to reach the venue of the festival on a free bus from the central square of Geilo.
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The cheapest ski resort in Europe is located in Romania
Predial ski resort in Romania became the cheapest European winter skiing destination. The average price of accommodation in local hotels was about 55 Euros per night.
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Ski resorts in Spain are fighting for snow
Heavy snowfalls, which literally flooded half of Europe in early January would have been now like manna from heaven for some ski resorts in Spain. Because of the unusually warm weather many ski holiday centers in Madrid forced to close most tracks or open only a small number of them.
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Ski resort in the United States will build the fastest gondola in the world
Vail, the US ski resort with a half century history, reported about construction of a new super-modern gondola timed to the 50th anniversary of the resort, which will be celebrated here in the next 2012-2013 ski season.
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New snow parks will be opened in Andorra
Ski resorts in the Principality of Andorra are very popular both among professional athletes and tourists, who like to spend holidays in the mountains. At the same time to maintain the highest level of service infrastructure of the resort is annually upgraded and improved in line with the latest alpine skiing technology.
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Finnish ski resorts are waiting for the Russian influx
Ski resorts of Finland during the first days of the New Year are waiting for the mass arrival of tourists from Russia. According to some Finnish media, in particular Helsingin Sanomat, during the period from 2 to 4 of January, 2012 the border between Russia and Finland in both directions will be crossed daily by 50 000 tourists.
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Ski resorts in Bulgaria will improve food services
The agency for food safety of Bulgaria started active checks of catering services in connection with the start of the winter tourist season at Bulgarian ski resorts. The reason for such large-scale action was the fact that serious violations were revealed during the late summer spot checks of such facilities. Representative of the Bulgarian agency for food safety Lubomir Kulinsky also said that many cooks at the Bulgarian resorts do not have professional education, which violates the nutrition law.
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The most expensive ski-passes are in Switzerland and Norway
Ski resorts of Norway and Switzerland earned not only the title of the snowiest resorts in Europe, but also one of the most expensive. The study of the German travel portal ab-in-den-urlaub.de demonstrates the level of prices for one-day ski passes. On average the most expensive passes were found in the two countries mentioned above.
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