Browsing entries tagged with Tour Operator
29 May 2019
Ski tour operator Flexiski has been bought by Hotelplan UK, the company that owns Inghams, Esprit Holidyas and Ski Total. Flexiski specialises in tailor-made, short-stay ski holidays and was set up in…
2 Nov 2018
Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa ski area has been put on the UK skiers’ map by small tour operator Ski 2 which pioneered holidays here 20 years ago. Ski 2 now takes around 2,500 guests a year to this…
19 Oct 2018
A Chamonix tour operator has compiled a top tip sheet of advice to help skiers avoid being caught out by the ever-present chalet scams that circulate the internet at this time of year. Every winter, people…
6 Aug 2018
Government plans for Brexit could see the price of European holidays rise by almost a third and put thousands of British jobs at risk by forcing British companies to pay into overseas state social insurance…
8 Jun 2018
Crystal Ski Holidays has added the Austrian resort of Serfaus to its 2018-19 winter programme, much to the delight of Where to Ski and Snowboard editors Chris Gill and Dave Watts. Serfaus, on the Austrian…
4 Jun 2018
The French Alps specialist Peak Retreats has become the first mainstream UK operator to add Arêches-Beaufort to its programme for next winter. This village, in the heart of the Savoie region of France,…
2 May 2018
No sooner is the 2017/18 ski season over than Crystal Ski Holidays has launched its Guide to the Mountain for winter 2018/19. Rather than the traditional tour operator brochure, the 60-page guide…
28 Jan 2018
The French ski resort of La Rosière has become even more family-friendly this season, with new developments including a 1km “Fun Cross track” and an extensive spa. Tour operator Peak Retreats specialises…
22 Nov 2017
With snow in the Alps, and more cold and snowy weather due to blow in over the coming weekend, now is a pretty good time to buy a ski holiday. Particularly this week, because tour operators and ski companies…
22 Oct 2017
Tour operator Ski 2 has specialised in holidays to the small village of Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa region since it started almost 20 years ago. Last year it branched out to offer ski holidays to…
4 Aug 2017
Norwegian has added two new low-cost flights to the US, which will further help reduce the cost of ski trips to North America this coming ski season. Norwegian will be flying into Chicago and Austin, Texas,…
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”…
31 Mar 2017
The ski domain of Val Cenis is half a century old in April, and from 1-8 April has a week of events planned in celebration. Val Cenis Vanoise is the ski area shared by three quiet, traditional villages…
7 Dec 2016
Crystal Ski Holidays and the Met Office have teamed up to work out the likelihood of the UK receiving snow this Christmas. The ski tour operator has created a snow calculator called Remember That December?…
7 Nov 2016
Crystal Ski Holidays has over the past year raised £68,000 for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK), the charity that provides access to adaptive skiing and snowboarding for people with disabilities. A money,…
3 Nov 2016
Tour operator Ski 2, which specialises in the Italian resort of Champoluc, is branching out with a new operation in Les Gets, France this winter. Ski 2 has been operating in Champoluc for 18 years, but…
4 Oct 2016
Japan is to host the first ever international freeride competition next January. The Freeride World Tour (FWT) this week announced a qualifier for the tour will take place in Hakuba, high in the so-called…
23 Sep 2016
The UK snowsports industry has come together to support the future of skiing and snowboarding in Great Britain. Every skier who books a holiday with a number of tour operators including Crystal, Inghams…
8 Sep 2016
Specialist French Alps ski tour operator Peak Retreats has become the first to offer Praz de Lys to the British market. Just 40 minutes from Geneva Airport, sitting at 1500m in the Giffre Valley, Praz…
30 Aug 2016
Ski tour operator Inghams has added the resort of Montgenèvre in France to its programme for the forthcoming season. Inghams will offer two chalets in Montgenèvre, the3.5 diamond Chalet Rocher de L’Aigle…
3 Aug 2016
Ski tour operator Crystal has added the family-friendly resort of Trysil in Norway to its programme for the coming ski season. Trysil is Norway’s largest alpine resort, with 71km of pistes over…
28 Jul 2016
Early booking offers on ski holidays across Europe and North America are running out soon. While skiers are worrying about the cost of Brexit, tour operators are offering a mass of incentives to ensure…
19 Jul 2016
The world has gone Pokémon GO crazy — or so it seems — and of course skiing has crept into the picture, too. The office of ski tour operator Erna Low has been included in the game as a PokéStop.…
29 Jun 2016
Ski tour operators are speaking out to reassure customers that their prices will remain unchanged despite the recent economic and political volatility caused by the Brexit vote. Mountain Heaven provides…
9 Jun 2016
Le Ski has announced a new regional flight route for the coming winter. The ski tour operator that specialises in the premium French resorts of La Tania, Val d’Isère and Courchevel, will fly from Manchester…
27 Jan 2016
With just two weeks before the start of half term, and spring-like conditions in the Alps with sunshine and fabulous snow on piste, tour operators are releasing fantastic offers to entice families to the…
26 Nov 2015
Three ski tour operators have been honoured at this year’s British Travel Awards. Ski Amis, Mark Warner and Crystal Ski were named Best Small, Best Medium and Best Large Ski and Winter Sports Holiday…
24 Nov 2015
Ski tour operator Peak Retreats has teamed up with Helly Hansen to offer skiers the chance to win a ski outfit for the coming season. Helly Hansen provides uniform for 40,000 ski and mountain workers in…
8 Oct 2015
A tour operator has introduced a new service allowing skiers to take their dogs on holiday. VIP SKI has launched a “dogsalong” service in a handful of their chalets in Alpe d’Huez and Morzine in…
21 Sep 2015
Chalet owners are warning skiers of the importance of booking directly or using reputable, established tour operators after reporting a website to Trading Standards for mis-selling their properties. Where…
8 Jul 2015
Do you want to reward the tour operator you used last year for your ski holiday? Now’s your chance, with Ski Amis, Crystal Ski, Esprit Ski, Inghams and Ski Olympic among those companies nominated by…
28 May 2015
Inghams is to open a Chalet Hotel in Italian ski resort of Champoluc this winter. The four-diamond Chalet Hotel Champoluc is set at the skiers’ end of the village centre, in a virtually ski-in/ski-out…
22 May 2015
Neilson has become the latest ski tour operator to employ qualified instructors to guide its guests around resorts. The instructors will also offer free coaching in the half-day sessions, which are guaranteed…
24 Mar 2015
After weeks of spring sunshine, winter has returned to the Alps — heralding another fine end to the ski season. If you’ve not been out yet, or craving a second ski trip, now’s the time to grab a…
2 Mar 2015
Selfie sticks, long johns, santa hats and mankinis are the items most left behind in ski resorts according to Crystal Ski. This season the world’s biggest ski tour operator says it has been left with…
5 Feb 2015
Businesses in Verbier have slashed up to 15% off their prices to help visitors struggling with the recent currency swing. In January, the Swiss National bank cancelled its fixed exchange rate policy, causing…
22 Jan 2015
Ski tour operator Inghams is guaranteeing frozen prices in Switzerland until the end of February. Following last week’s announcement on the discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate, the Swiss franc…
17 Dec 2014
Ski hosting was under the spotlight again last week when The Ski Club of Great Britain appeared in court in France. In April of this year, Ski Club leader Ken Piddlesden was stopped by gendarmerie on the…
12 Dec 2014
British skiers are keeping calm and carrying on, despite a lack of snow in resorts for the time of year. Where to Ski and Snowboard has this morning talked to a variety of tour operators from Inghams…
4 Dec 2014
Some some significant snow is in the offing over the next week or so in the Alps, says WTSS weather expert Fraser Wilkin, founder of Weather to Ski, so try not to panic about the snow conditions. Images…
20 Nov 2014
If all this snow falling in the Alps is making your mouth water, and you have a few days of holiday not yet taken this year, then your luck is in. Ski tour operators are currently offering some massive…
13 Nov 2014
Crystal has today announced that ski hosting will be suspended in Italy this winter due to “local legal restrictions” similar to those in France. A spokesman for Crystal told Where to Ski and Snowboard:…
12 Nov 2014
There’s more encouraging news this week for the British ski industry — 72% of luxury tour operators say bookings are up on this time last year. And, perhaps surprisingly, Brits remain the top consumers…
26 Sep 2014
The ski shows in London and Manchester are only one month away — and we have four pairs of tickets to each event worth £24 and £20 respectively to give away. The shows kick of 24 October in Manchester,…
19 Sep 2014
Tour operators say skiers and snowboarders are well into booking their holidays for this winter season. “We’ve been hugely busy in May, June and July,” said Nick Morgan of Le Ski, which offers catered…
17 Sep 2014
A newly refurbished three-star hotel is opening this season in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier, in its move to offer more affordable lodging. The Montpelier Hotel, a former Inghams property near the sports…
9 Sep 2014
Where to Ski and Snowboard was officially launched last night — 20 years since the first edition was published. Tour operators, ski journalists, long-standing readers and contributors, advertisers and…
6 Sep 2014
Le Ski has announced it will submit an appeal to France’s Supreme Court in Paris, to fight a ban on British tour operators guiding their clients around French ski resorts. The appeal court in Chambery…
4 Sep 2014
The future of ski hosting in France continues to be in doubt tonight, with the news that Le Ski’s appeal against a ban has been rejected. Tour operator Le Ski today had its appeal against a ban on ski…
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…
21 May 2014
A Ski Club Leader is due to appear in a French court this September under the same legislation that affects UK tour operators’ ski hosting service in France. Ski Club chief executive Frank McCusker confirmed…
20 May 2014
The ski season might have only just finished, but skiers and snowboarders are already booking up for next year — with leading tour operators offering competitive early booking deals. French Alps specialist…
14 May 2014
The court case against Le Ski for illegal ski hosting was postponed again at a court hearing in Chambéry today (Wednesday). In February last year Nick Morgan, co-founder of the tour operator Le Ski was…
16 Apr 2014
We need your ski resort reports! We’re about to start updating Where to Ski and Snowboard for the next season, using information we have gathered, that sent to us by the tourist boards and tour operators…
9 Apr 2014
Tour operators are welcoming the news that a new airport is to be built in Sweden, close to the ski resorts of Sälen in Sweden and Trysil, Norway. There have been rumours of an airport in Sälen for years.…
26 Mar 2014
Tour operators are reporting a sudden rise in the number of people booking a last-minute ski or snowboard holiday — and offering fantastic deals for those looking for a snowy escape. Fresh snow has covered…
16 Mar 2014
A ski tour operator is being lambasted for offering to pay the fine imposed on parents for taking their children on a ski holiday during time term. MountainBase, a tour operator based in Bedfordshire that…
5 Feb 2014
A British man will next month attempt to break the Ski World Record by skiing 20 different countries in 31 days to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK. Jamie Stephenson, who works for the tour operator…
3 Feb 2014
Tour operators are reporting a rise in interest for Austrian resorts — especially Kühtai — following the celebrity winter sports television programme The Jump. The Channel 4 programme — described…
29 Jan 2014
Skiing in North America has suffered some terrible fortune in recent years, but this season looks to be a record-breaker. Last year, 11% more skiers and snowboarders visited US ski areas than in 2011/2012,…
25 Nov 2013
Neilson, which provides ski as well as sailing and beach holidays, has been sold by Thomas Cook. The company has been sold to private equity firm Risk Capital Partners for £9.15million, as part of Thomas…
16 Nov 2013
Crystal Holidays has won two prestigious travel industry awards. Last Thursday, 7 November, the tour operator won Best Winter Sports Operator Award at this year’s Scottish Passengers Agents Association…
26 Sep 2013
Have a bobble hat at the ready and in London this weekend? Head along to the Fulham Ski Fête on Sunday afternoon to help break the world record for the largest gathering of people wearing bobble hats…
20 Sep 2013
Crystal Ski Holidays has teamed up with ski school Evolution 2 to offer social skiing for its customers in France. In February British tour operators withdrew ski hosting or guiding from their programmes…
19 Sep 2013
Crystal Ski and Ski Amis are among a number of shortlisted contenders for Best Ski and Winter Sports Holiday Company in the British Travel Awards. The British Travel Awards are the largest consumer voted…
6 Sep 2013
Ski and snowboard holiday bookings are up 10 per cent on last year, according to some of the UK’s major winter tour operators. Crystal, Thomson, Esprit Ski, Ski Total, Peak Retreats and Ski Collection…
22 Jul 2013
Specialist North America ski tour operator Frontier Ski has relaunched itself for the luxury market, with an expanded heliskiing section and new resorts in Canada and the USA. Jackson Hole is one of the…
18 Jul 2013
Cosmos Holidays has launched a ski and snowboard programme for the first time ever this week, as news of a revival of fortunes in the British ski industry was revealed. Over the coming winter season, Cosmos…
16 Jul 2013
The number of UK skiers taking a ski holiday grew over the 2012/2013 season, for the first time in four years. Some 5,000 more skiers and snowboarders took a winter sports holiday last year, an increase…
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…
7 May 2013
Five days skiing in the Arlberg, Austria, Verbier in Switzerland and a season pass in top US resorts for just US$689 (£445)? Amazing value if you ask us. The Epic Pass, relaunched by Vail Resorts in 2011,…
7 Mar 2013
British tour operators have united to fight against last month’s ruling that ski hosting is illegal in France. Following the ruling in Albertville on 21 February, tour operator Le Ski made a formal appeal…
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…
3 Jan 2013
The history of skiing and of the British ski holiday will be in the spotlight this evening on BBC News, when journalist Nick Higham talks to Erna Low biographer Mark Frary. Last year, tour operator Erna…
24 Oct 2012
We all know how expensive a ski or snowboard holiday can be; and drinks in resort can add untold extras on top of your bill. Where to Ski and Snowboard editors Dave Watts and Chris Gill introduced the…
5 Oct 2012
The 2012 British Ski and Snowboard Show kicks off at the NEC in Birmingham exactly three weeks today — and we have ten pairs of tickets, worth £30, to give away. The show runs from Friday 26 October…
18 Sep 2012
Did you have an amazing ski or snowboard holiday last year? If so, why not reward the tour operator you went with by voting for them in the British Travel Awards. Eight companies have been shortlisted…
1 Mar 2012
High French resorts are some of the best places to be late season, especially given this year’s good snowfalls. Chalet operator Ski Amis is discounting all remaining rooms in its properties for the…
29 Feb 2012
Tour operator Inghams has launched its Winter 2012/13 Preview brochure, with lots of new deals and properties for next winter – including four smart chalets in St Anton. As well as early booking…
6 Oct 2011
Peak Retreats, specialist tour operator to the French Alps, has won the Best Ski Company award again at the annual Guardian, guardian.co.uk, Observer Travel Awards. This is the third consecutive win for…
15 Aug 2011
A new independent tour operator is offering affordable tailor-made holidays to Serre-Chevalier in the French Alps. British couple Alison Dickie and Duncan Newbury have set up Chez Serre Chevalier with…
1 Aug 2011
With the launch of their Platinum brochure, Ski Total has introduced a range of high quality ‘Platinum 5 Diamond’ chalets and chalet hotels. The ten properties have been chosen for their location,…
2 Jun 2011
Families looking to take a winter sports holiday during half term next February will find it cheaper than last season, especially if they book now. Booking your holiday early may not always get you the…
19 May 2011
Tour operator Inghams will not be offering charter flights into Calgary for skiers headed to Banff and Lake Louise for the 2011/2012 season. Instead the company will switch to scheduled airlines for…
22 Sep 2010
Another industry shake-up has been announced this week, with news that one of the UK’s leading ski chalet operators to France, Ski Beat, has been sold to Directski.com – a dynamic, online independent…
23 Aug 2010
Skiers and boarders looking to visit Canada this winter may be interested in a few novelties from tour operator Canadian Affair. The company has recently released its new 2010/11 winter brochure, including…
1 Jun 2010
Catered chalet specialist Ski Total has announced a fabulous addition to its winter 2010/11 collection: Ischgl in Austria. And with it, a brand new 4-star chalet hotel. There are few British tour operators…
17 May 2010
Chalet specialists Le Ski are inviting early bookings for next winter with a free lift pass and price freeze deal. Holidays booked for Christmas and January 2010/11 are being offered at last season’s…
11 May 2010
We reported on Monday 8 May that Inghams owner Hotelplan UK was in talks to buy out another major ski group. It’s now official: Hotelplan UK, the parent company of Inghams and Inntravel (walking…
10 May 2010
There have been more shake-ups within the ski industry this week: the disappointing demise of Finlays Skiing Holidays after 28 years in business, and the surprise announcement that Inghams may be about…
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