Ski and Mountain Resorts
Like other destination resorts ski and mountain located resorts are extremely complicated to both execute and operate. They are capital intensive, suffer from seasonality issues, access to their markets, and need to constantly reinvent themselves in the mind of the consumer. We have worked internationally in this arena for over thirty years. Representative engagements include:
- Investinor AS, a countrywide ski industry growth strategy and business plan for the sovereign wealth fund of Norway to guide their direct investment in Norwegian mountain resorts
- Valle Nevada, an operational audit, expansion plan, and real estate development program, Valle Nevada, Chile
- Beijing Raissun Investment Co, Ltd., development programming and financial projections for a major proposed area north of Beijing, Chongli China
- CitiGroup, development and expansion analysis for Niseko Higashiyama Resort, Japan
- SAMA Dubai Holdings, development potential and expansion plan for the Cedars of Lebanon ski area, Lebanon
- ARUP Muhendislik ve Musavirlik Ltd STI, market analysis and development programming for Koraglu Mountain Resort, Turkey
- Nippon Cable, repositioning and development strategy, consumer research, and financial analysis for Sun Peaks, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Aspen Skiing Company, development analysis and programming recommendations for new Snowmass Village base area, Snowmass, CO
- Squaw Valley, USA, analysis of the expansion plans designed to increase destination visitation, Squaw Valley, CA
- Mt. Mansfield Corporation, an assessment of the mountain expansion potential, operational audit of all operating businesses, and development program for Stowe, VT