Compagnie des Alpes expects business up 2 percent on previous season

bandit wrote:

"the attractiveness of our sites and quality of our services showed through"

As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I find little attractive to my eye in the Tarentaise Ski Factories.

It's a good business model though, if CdA could stick a dome over Birmingham and fill it with snow they would (and it would be an improvement) and they'd fill it if the bars were doing two for one of beer and they claimed a couple of hundred km of piste.

ise wrote:

It's a good business model though, if CdA could stick a dome over Birmingham and fill it with snow they would (and it would be an improvement) and they'd fill it if the bars were doing two for one of beer and they claimed a couple of hundred km of piste.

When you do subtle, it's always worth reading :lol:

Admin wrote:Compagnie des Alpes, the world's leading ski resort operator, has announced a small fall in sales to the end of March, but expects full season figures to show an improvement of around 2 percent (compared to the record numbers of the previous season.

The CDA had a very good last season so it would be hard to top that. I haven't looked in detail at the CDA figures, I'm currently looking into other resorts in more detail. However given that lift pass costs rose again this season it might be that a 2% increase in turnover (if that is what they are reporting) equates to a 1% loss when adjusted for price increases of around 3%.

March was poor for everyone as there were no school holidays during that time.

CDA resorts actually do better in poor snow years because skiers migrate from the mid and low mountain resorts.