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With the UK ski industry and especially travel companies, being hit incredibly hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is there light at the end of the tunnel for tour operators and agents when things fina...
Since launching in March 2020 MTN has quickly become an established voice for the mountain industry, with several international media titles relying on MTN for information, insights and commentary on ...
With the toughest challenges in living memory facing the winter sports industry, we have been asked by many media outlets how the industry will survive, what will change and what challenges should we ...
On December 16 the first in the MTN Creates Virtual Event Series took place with MTN First Tracks. James Gambrill CEO of Mountain Trade Network revealed the findings from the latest MTN consumer resea...
At our ‘First Tracks’ event earlier this week we spoke with Verbier, Val Thorens and the Tirol region about their experiences and plans around opening for this winter season, their hopes a...
Our 2021 LISTEX, LISTEX Luxury and SASTEX events are now open for registration. Join us in May, June or September 2021 to network with colleagues from the mountain sport industry, arrange one t...
With so many questions still remaining about skiing this winter, good communication is vital to increase consumer confidence and provide clarity about resort openings and all operations for the 2020/2...
We sat down (virtually of course) with Nick Rocco of payments specialist and LISTEX Luxury sponsor Flywire to speak about the future of luxury travel. Watch the interview below, and take advantage of ...
MTN CREATES is a series of one day virtual events to provide insights, support and connections to the mountain industry over the forthcoming winter season. With so much uncertainty surrounding the sha...
Summer 2020 saw many mountain resorts enjoy their busiest ever season – not a situation that was expected given the impact of the pandemic was still very much being felt. Although many nations a...
Mountain Trade Network launched in April 2020 just after mountain resorts across the world closed. At our first online event MOTEX all the way back in April we started to survey skiers in the UK, to u...
Online retailer SportPursuit has hit their target to plant 100,000 trees. A range of initiatives have engaged SportPursuit customers to reach this total since September 2019, including a referral sche...
This week sees the launch, by the NSSA, of the Alpine All Stars programme and the National Schools Leagues. Both events running in partnership with a number of UK snowsports facilities and supported b...
Ski Safely is a dedicated press and media subscription service for all organisations in the winter sports industry. A subscription to Ski Safely provides you with the opportunity to update the key UK ...
Whilst we are planning (quite rightly) as an industry how to manage the many complex challenges of the forthcoming winter, it is just as essential that we can lift our heads and plan beyond the pandem...
Like many other travel related organisations the US Travel Association have been grappling with what is the most effective, and responsible, message to be broadcasting to travel consumers right now? A...
Last week MOTEX: Routes to Recovery took place on Mountain Trade Network, with over 20 expert speakers contributing and presenting over 10 webinars to examine all aspects of our ‘routes to recov...
How does this season look for groups? It looks like challenging times for the groups market for a number of reason: Suppliers are unable to offer the same flexibility to groups as to individual bookin...
This great article from the San Francisco Chronicle looks ahead to a possible scenario in Lake Tahoe this winter as we approach a season like none that have gone before. Concerts, movies, restaurant m...
Mountains 4 All is the brainchild of Ski2Freedom founder Catherine Cosby, who for many years has been extolling the virtues of travel to the mountains as a source of well-being for both mental and phy...
School ski trips have long been a key feeder for the wider market, as they take away the need for a whole family to give the sport a try – with the associated costs and challenges, and allow ind...
LISTEX Luxury Online began on June 24 with the latest research from MTN into the ‘State of the Luxury Snowsports Market’ The largest piece of research undertaken by MTN (in partnerships wi...
SASTEX Online began on June 23 with the latest research from MTN into the ‘State of the Mountain Market’. Findings were drawn from the large piece of research undertaken by MTN (in partner...
LISTEX Online began on June 22 with the latest research from MTN into the ‘State of the Snowsports Market’ The largest piece of research undertaken by MTN (in partnerships with Sport Pursu...
A panel of industry experts gathered (virtually of course) at the LISTEX Online event on June 22 2020 to address questions submitted by the MTN community on the theme of ‘what does our industry ...
June is an action-packed month for MTN, with three excellent online mountain trade events coming your way. Due to the current climate, our three June industry networking events will be brought to you ...
Jason Wills of Powder Eight Consulting joined us for MOTEX in April 2020 to provide an overview of what companies and brands should be considering in their marketing for both the short term and...
Virtual events have exploded in popularity since the start of the Covid-19 crisis. There are so many options available to run your events it can be difficult to chose which technology is best suited t...
Chris Thompson of Ballard Down Consulting joined us for MOTEX in April 2020 to provide a prediction of what a post Covid-19 world may look like, and how to prepare. Chris joined us after his webinar p...
Of all the graphs presented at MOTEX last week, this one was possibly the most revealing. The blue sliver is those respondents from the survey conducted at the end of April 2020 who confirmed they hav...
Since the impact of the coronavirus pandemic began to become truly apparent in it’s scale and ferocity, there has been a huge amount of commentary and content published about how businesses an...
Britain’s best slalom skier and multiple Olympian Dave Ryding has produced a series of ski fitness videos for Snowsport England, in association with LISTEX research partner Sport Pursuit and David ...
Wildfires in Australia, floods in the UK, and freezing levels above 3000m in many areas of the Alps – 2020 has started with a clear message from Mother Nature that all is not as it should be.....
Media partners include: A Luxury Travel Blog, The Telegraph and others The event will start at 9.00am with a networking breakfast, followed by the LISTEX Luxury Forum, Trade Exchanges and a P...
Britain’s best slalom skier and multiple Olympian Dave Ryding has produced a series of ski fitness videos for Snowsport England, in association with LISTEX research partner Sport Pursuit and David ...
