Due to the delicious and filling meal Hotel Tirolerhof provided the previous night the day started a little then anticipated. Luckily the bus stop is 10 metres from the hotel but it took a sprint of the Usain Bolt type to catch the bus, which takes a mere 4 minutes into St Anton. We spent [...]
When booking a ski holiday you always look at the piste map before making that final desicion (well I do anyway). The search more often than not returns a low quality image or an interactive version so complicated you regret pressing the view here button. That all changed when looking at the Arlberg ski area [...]
I have recently stumbled across a great company offering weddings in the Austrian Alps. There are many larger companies that will organise a ski wedding for you, but this is a small, independent company that looks like it would fit the bill for those with a wedding party of 60 or under. Elevation Weddings are [...]
Skiers face a particularly tough market in the 2010/11 season as UK school holidays coincide with those of overseas schools. Stuart de Bourgogne, Club Med’s UK agency sales manager, warned schools in France, Switzerland and Belgium would all be sharing their winter holidays with British schools, meaning there would be greater competition for accommodation in [...]
Crystal ski March and April special offers Italy, Cervinia from £259pp Hotel Des Guides BB dep 21st March 2010 Austria, Mayrhofen Ski Area from £295pp Guesthouses dep 3rd April 2010 Italy, Val di Fassa from £475pp Chalet Violetta dep 3rd April 2010 France, Morzine from £535pp Club Hotel Le Viking dep 27th March 2010 Austria, [...]
Jean-Claude Baumgartner, director of Satski International and Satsports has been featured on tonights Sport Relief version of Dragon’s Den. Where all else pitches failed the Satski pitch won positive feedback from all the dragon’s. In the end Satski managed to get an investment of £130,000 for 49% equity in the business from Peter Jones, mobile [...]
Accorhotels has a fantastic promotion starting now. Up to 50% off 2 000 hotels across Europe! 10-day supersale, don’t miss it! Personally I always use Accor Hotels when en route to ski trips. There are Accor hotels all over Europe and plenty on all the main driving routes to ski resorts. There are different levels [...]
Do you fancy being in a big budget movie? A major big screen film is looking for extras who will be in the Austrian resort of St Anton during mid March. The Arlberg area will feature heavily in the movie. The movie’s stars are: Bill Nighy (Harry Potter, The Boat That Rocked, Love Actually, Doctor [...]
Morzine is located in the Northern Alps in France. It is right in the middle of the famous Portes du Soleil ski area, which is one of the most varied ski area in France. The village itself is a very charming alpine town with most of the accommodation being clad in traditional mountain wood. Morzine [...]
If you’re in need of an end of season snow fix then it’s not too late to take advantage of one of Snowcoach’s End of Season Sale specials. Here’s a selection of their best deals: 12 March- 7 nights – St Gervais Club Hotel Terminus – 3/4 Board – Travel by coach Only £498 save [...]
