Mountain huts by night
Great for lunches, mountain huts come alive in the evening where the warmth and atmosphere contrasts with the frigid and silent world outside. Dinners in a mountain hut are pinnacle moments of any corporate ski trip.
Winter ends with a snow party
Last week, there was a burning snowman in Zurich. Last weekend, there were the final days of glacier skiing in Innsbruck - winter is ending. But it goes out with a bang, with a weekend of sunshine to cap a cold, snowy week.
Corporate skiing through the ages – a seasonal guide
Where to ski, at what time of the year and why. The beauty of skiing in the Alps is that there is a right time and place to ski, in pretty much every month of the year. Event planners have so many options to deliver corporate ski trips year-round.
Mountain huts with differing vibes
A key component of any corporate ski trip, group dining in a mountain hut can take various formats, from pit stops to fine dining, wine, and some Saturday Night Fever on the table.
Cervinia - the Italian roof of the Alps
Even in the highest ski resort in Italy, you have to arch your back to take in the peaks above the village. The Cervinia horizon includes the highest skiing in the Alps and the mighty Matterhorn.
Morzine-Avoriaz – the best corporate ski trip in France?
5 reasons why we rate Morzine-Avoriaz amongst the best, if not the best, corporate ski resort in France.
Half a metre falls on Tirol
A solid half a metre of snow fell on Tirol, Austria in the last 24-hours, with even more in drifts. The biggest dump of the season so far and it was met with clear skies. What a day to be a skier!
Cold, sunny and powdery – snow conditions in the Alps
Some days, you head up to the mountains expecting a leisurely piste ski under sunny skies. Then, a riding buddy points out some untracked, distant couloirs.
Hospiz Alm – the most celebrated hut in the Alps
With roots as a 14th-century high-alpine refuge, the Hospiz Alm is possibly the most famous mountain hut in the Alps. Today, it serves après ski crowds, gourmands and wine connoisseurs. It’s probably the most famous hut in the Alps.
Kitzbühel – the most atmospheric resort in the Alps
There are arguably prettier villages, certainly more dramatic horizons, and there are undoubtedly resorts with more potent après ski, than Kitzbühel, but it is hard to look beyond Kitzbühel for atmosphere – the place is absolutely captivating.
Innsbruck – the best ski transfer airport in the world
Jan. 2, 2025
Airport transfers are the least enjoyable part of any corporate ski trip. Resorts such as Val Thorens and Val d’Isère are victims of the Alps geology and require lengthy airport transfers. But Innsbruck, located in one of the principal valleys of the Alps, offers some of the ski world’s shortest airport transfers.
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January snow conditions set to be excellent
Dec. 23, 2024
The season for corporate ski trips rarely includes Christmas or New Year, but the events come thick and fast when the second week of January arrives. The exceptional conditions in the Alps right now will ensure great skiing when the corporate ski trips begin in a couple of weeks.
Best Xmas conditions for many years - Read more
New for 2025 in Lech am Arlberg
Dec. 19, 2024
Whether it was the people or the skies, change was in the air yesterday in Lech am Arlberg, as the most charming resort in the Alps geared up for the busiest weeks of the calendar and a weather system forecast to bring in more than a metre of snow.
New snow and venues - Read more
The Arlberg opens – winter is here
Dec. 5, 2024
Glacier skiing beginning in September is always a joyous moment, but when the big beasts of skiing open their slopes, it feels like winter has arrived.
Day 2 and blue - Read more
Snow conditions in the Alps
Nov. 29, 2024
Winter is rolling in, with fresh snow over the last couple of days greeting the opening ski areas. Austria boasts the biggest skiable areas, Zermatt the best snowpack.
News from the slopes - Read more
Laughing at future corporate ski trips
April 5, 2024
In 2007, visionary comedians created a celebrated comedy festival in the Austrian mountains – the Altitude Festival – how prophetic the name now is.
Innovating the corporate ski trip - Read more
The Arlberg opening weekend – the best conditions in recent memory
Dec. 3, 2023
With more than half a metre of snow falling across the Arlberg and frigid, piercing blue skies today, this was as good as it gets for opening weekends anywhere.
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The switch is flicked on winter
Nov. 4, 2023
60cm of snow fell on the Austrian glaciers yesterday, Kitzbühel is blanketed and Ischgl and Obergurgl are on track to open in the next few weeks....
60cm of snow falls - Read more
5 reasons why corporate ski trips are peerless.
Dec. 12, 2022
What is that makes corporate ski events so uniquely special, dates in calendars that excite like nothing else? Whilst team events in different seasons...
Corporate ski trips deliver like no other - Read more