La Clusaz, Le Grand Bornand, Manigod and Saint-Jean de Sixt, four charming French ski resorts, have joined to become ‘Lake Annecy Ski Resorts’ – www.lakeannecy-skiresorts.com The four resorts are in the Aravis mountain range in the Northern French Alps, touching the edge of Lake Annecy and just under an hour from Geneva. These ski areas […]
Book your winter ski, snowboard or activities trip to Alberta with Crystal Ski
To celebrate the launch of a new multi-faceted campaign* highlighting the winter activities and products available within the Province of Alberta in Western Canada, Crystal Ski has some great packages for ski, board and snow enthusiasts. The forthcoming winter season, sees a number of new lifts, upgrades, refurbishments and activities available across the world class […]
TUI Ski receives award at GuestLogix Conference
TUI Ski, home to Crystal Ski, received the ‘In recognition of onboard retail innovation and excellence’ award at the GuestLogix Conference in Toronto, Canada, on 6 October 2011. TUI Ski has selected GuestLogix’s onboard point-of-sale and retail technology platform in 2009 for it to be used on coaches and in resort in over 120 ski […]
Slow-Snow Zones for La Dolce Vita in Cortina d’Ampezzo
First it was slow-food….and now the latest trend on the slopes is slow-snow. Well, slow skiing anyway. Cortina d’Ampezzo is one of the first resorts in Europe to designate an area for relaxed, chilled-out skiing as part of the slow-life movement. It’s all about taking things a bit easier and actually appreciating the mountains, stopping […]
Crystal Ski staff helps local residents
Age UK Richmond and Crystal Ski help local residents makeover their overgrown gardens. Staff volunteers from Crystal Ski joined forces with Age UK Richmond to help two local residents tidy their overgrown gardens. Susan Hollins, Volunteer Co-ordinator from Age UK Richmond said: “Giving time to support older people is hugely rewarding. We are so grateful […]
Crystal Ski won Best Ski Tour Operator Award
Crystal Ski won Best Ski Tour Operator at the recent TTA/Worldchoice Conference 2011 at the PortAventura theme park in Salou, Spain. Susan Allan, Area Sales Manager Scotland & North East Specialist Holidays Group collected the award on behalf of Crystal Ski. Established in 1976, Worldchoice has a long history of supporting the independent travel agent. […]
Girls go down for DSUK …
Seven girls from TUI Travel are taking on a skydive with the Red Devils next month to raise funds for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). Amy Fletcher, Kerry Faulkner, Haley Cutts, Tracey Goughan, Charlotte Woods, Joanna Green, Shelley Tasker who work within the Specialist Holidays Group of TUI Travel PLC, home of Crystal Ski, Thomson Lakes, […]
Crystal finest adds 17 new hotels and seven new ski resorts (some with the ‘Greatest Snow on Earth’)
This season, Crystal finest once more expands its programme by adding seven new resorts, 17 new luxury hotels and apartments as well as three premier chalets. The new resorts in Austria are: Alpendorf in the extensive Salzburger Sportwelt with over 280km of piste; Obertauern, Austria’s only purpose-built resort in the Salzburgland province and Sölden which […]
ROXETTE MAKES ISCHGL’S SEASON OPENING A JOYRIDE!
Ischgl’s five month long winter ski season will be launched on Saturday 26 November with an open air evening concert by pop duo Roxette, it was announced today. The Austrian village has a reputation for marking the ski season opening and closing weekends with a high energy rock concert featuring international stars. The pop duo […]
What’s HOT this Winter – Crystal Ski 2011/12
UK’s Number 1 Ski Specialist offers winter sports holidays to: 3 continents, 13 countries 148 resorts Departures from 19 UK airports, two stations and numerous ferry points NEW for 2011/12 RUSSIA FINLAND (Lapland) WIDER CHOICE 16 new resorts 15 more flight routes Six new chalets Over 80 new hotels INCREASED CUSTOMER VALUE A week self […]