Browsing entries tagged with Esf
7 Apr 2017
Ski hosting — or guiding — by British tour operators will not resume in France, following a ruling by the Supreme Court in Paris this week. Le Ski has said today it is “extremely disappointed”…
3 Jul 2014
A decision on whether British tour operators will be allowed to continue ski hosting in France will be given on 4 September. Yesterday (3 July), French chalet specialists Le Ski were present at a two-hour…
18 Jun 2014
A British ski instructor says he will “fight to the bitter end” a court ruling that he has been teaching illegally in France. Simon Butler, 51, was on Monday ordered to serve 200 days in jail in France…
20 Nov 2013
A ski resort in France is introducing guided resort tours for the first time this winter. Every Sunday, instructors from the Ecole du Ski Français (ESF) in La Rosière will guide first-timers around the…
7 Nov 2013
The ESF says British bookings are up, as a Court of Appeal hearing over ski hosting in France was yesterday deferred until next May. The case was deferred to give both parties — Le Ski and the Ecole…
14 Jul 2013
Switzerland, Austria and Italy are set for brisk business over the 2013/14 ski season, thanks to the current ban on ski hosting in France. So said Andy Perrin, head of Inghams and sister operators…
21 Jan 2013
Where to Ski and Snowboard readers say they believe the Ecole du Ski Français (ESF) has no right to interfere with ski guiding that tour operators offer their clients. UK tour operator Le Ski is the first…
9 Jan 2013
UK tour operator Le Ski has more than a month to wait until a French court decides whether the company was illegally providing employees to show holiday skiers around the pistes in the Three Valleys last…
22 Aug 2011
France’s national ski school, the ESF, has launched a UK based website to make it easier for skiers and boarders to search and choose their tuition. The single portal entry to the ESF school is managed…
14 Oct 2009
Two French resorts have announced that they will introduce a ‘taxi-ski’ service this winter. For non-skiers or those unable to ski, the ‘taxi-ski’ is a neat solution to meeting…
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