In recent weeks, the ski world has been rocked by a number of acquisitions: Vail bought Stowe, Aspen-KSL bought Intrawest, then Mammoth, June, Bear and Snow Summit.
We've talked about consolidations before in this thread, which was pretty much all about Vail. And I've talked about it on my blog, which you can read here. But given all the recent developments, I thought I'd start a new thread to just talk about consolidations, in general. I mean, how do you feel about all this?
I found the following video excerpt on Mountain Riders Alliance's Facebook page, and I thought it was pretty interesting. It's an excerpt from a film called Resorting to Madness made in 2006 about consolidations and what they can mean for the ski industry. Hal Clifford, who's speaking here, is a former real estate editor for SKI magazine and the author of a book called Downhill Slide, which examines why the corporate world is bad for the skiing, ski towns, and the environment. Although the book came out out in 2003, it's still a fascinating read. Some of the material is dated, but a lot of it still rings true.
We've talked about consolidations before in this thread, which was pretty much all about Vail. And I've talked about it on my blog, which you can read here. But given all the recent developments, I thought I'd start a new thread to just talk about consolidations, in general. I mean, how do you feel about all this?
I found the following video excerpt on Mountain Riders Alliance's Facebook page, and I thought it was pretty interesting. It's an excerpt from a film called Resorting to Madness made in 2006 about consolidations and what they can mean for the ski industry. Hal Clifford, who's speaking here, is a former real estate editor for SKI magazine and the author of a book called Downhill Slide, which examines why the corporate world is bad for the skiing, ski towns, and the environment. Although the book came out out in 2003, it's still a fascinating read. Some of the material is dated, but a lot of it still rings true.