The National Ski Areas Association is the trade association for ski area owners and operators.
It represents 329 alpine resorts that account for more than 90 percent of the skier/snowboarder visits
nationwide. Additionally, it has over 400 supplier members who provide equipment, goods and
services to the mountain resort industry.
The association's primary objective is to meet the needs of ski area owners and operators
nationwide and to foster, stimulate and promote growth in the industry.[more...]
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As president and CEO of the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee, Governor Romney successfully organized and steered the 2002
Winter Olympics. In addition to his achievements as Massachusetts governor, Romney’s expertise also includes his impressive business acumen. Romney was the CEO of management consulting firm Bain & Company, and co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. Romney left Bain Capital to direct the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee and the 2002 Winter Olympics, which at that time were facing a $379 million budget shortfall.
Bert Jacobs is the co-founder and Chief Executive Optimist of the Life is Good Company. Life is Good is a $100 million privatelyheld business based in
Boston, Mass. In 1994, with a combined sum of just $78 in the bank, Bert and his brother John officially launched Life is Good. Today, Life is Good products are sold by more than 4,500 retailers nationwide, and in 30 countries worldwide. Bert, John, and The Life is Good Company are living proof that “optimism can take you anywhere.” Believing that consumers are already overwhelmed by too much noise in the marketplace, Life is Good has never spent a penny to advertise its products.
Like all segments of the American economy, the leisure travel market has shifted in multiple directions over the past 18 months.
Wealth has been lost (and somewhatregained), while millions of jobs have disappeared, savings have gone up, and confidence remains down. Are these shifts structural or merely cyclical? Adam Sacks, one of the nation’s preeminent travel economists, will discuss the findings of recent analysis of income and wealth trends and their implications for destination marketing across different generations – and we all know how critical Boomers are to the ski industry. When will stay-cations become vacations again?
The Obama Administration’s choice for US Department of Agriculture, Under Secretary is not only an avid skier – he is an avid skier
with a vast portfolio of skiresort experience. Recently appointed Harris Sherman, formerly with Arnold & Porter and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, will share his vision for public land management and developed recreation under the Obama Administration. Harris will give meaning to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack’s new “restoration” theme, address national roadless and planning regulations, and issue a call to action to resorts to work in partnership with the Forest Service.
CONVENTION REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS
Weigh in on Health Care Reform Now! Visit NSAA’s Legislative Alert and Action Center using this easy link.
In under 5 minutes, you can send a custom message on ski industry concerns with
the newly proposed health care reform bill to the President and your Congressional delegation.
New Chair for ANSI ASC B77 Standards Committee LAKEWOOD, Colo. – December 9, 2009 – The National Ski Areas Association
(NSAA), acting as the Secretariat for the ANSI ASC B77 Standards Committee of Passenger
Ropeways, today announced the nomination of Scott Pierpont, general manager of Grand
Targhee Resort, Alta, Wyo., to be the new chairman of the standards committee.
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Mitt Romney to Headline Annual Ski Industry Convention LAKEWOOD, Colo. – December 7, 2009 – The National Ski Areas Association announced today that Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor and likely frontrunner
for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, will be the keynote speaker at its annual
National Convention & Tradeshow to be held May 2-5 at the Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate, Fla.
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H1N1 Influenza Management in Hotels Click here for information from the American Hotel & Lodging
Association website on managing any potential H1N1 flu outbreak in your lodging business.
