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WhoDeb Hatley, Owner of Hatley Pointe, North CarolinaRecorded onJuly 30, 2025About Hatley PointeClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Deb and David Hatley since 2023 - purchased from Orville English, who had owned and operated the resort since 1992Located in: Mars Hill, North CarolinaYear founded: 1969 (as Wolf Laurel or Wolf Ridge; both names used over the decades)Pass affiliations: Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass – 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Cataloochee (1:25), Sugar Mountain (1:26)Base elevation: 4,000 feetSummit elevation: 4,700 feetVertical drop: 700 feetSkiable acres: 54Average annual snowfall: 65 inchesTrail count: 21 (4 beginner, 11 intermediate, 6 advanced)Lift count: 4 active (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 ropetow, 2 carpets); 2 inactive, both on the upper mountain (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 double)Why I interviewed herOur world has not one map, but many. Nature drew its own with waterways and mountain ranges and ecosystems and tectonic plates. We drew our maps on top of these, to track our roads and borders and political districts and pipelines and railroad tracks.Our maps are functional, simplistic. They insist on fictions. Like the 1,260-mile-long imaginary straight line that supposedly splices the United States from Canada between Washington State and Minnesota. This frontier is real so long as we say so, but if humanity disappeared tomorrow, so would that line.Nature's maps are more resilient. This is where water flows because this is where water flows. If we all go away, the water keeps flowing. This flow, in turn, impacts the shape and function of the entire world.One of nature's most interesting maps is its mountain map. For most of human existence, mountains mattered much more to us than they do now. Meaning: we had to respect these giant rocks because they stood convincingly in our way. It took European settlers centuries to navigate en masse over the Appalachians, which is not even a severe mountain range, by global mountain-range standards. But paved roads and tunnels and gas stations every five miles have muted these mountains' drama. You can now drive from the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwest in half a day.So spoiled by infrastructure, we easily forget how dramatically mountains command huge parts of our world. In America, we know this about our country: the North is cold and the South is warm. And we define these regions using battle maps from a 19th Century war that neatly bisected the nation. Another imaginary line. We travel south for beaches and north to ski and it is like this everywhere, a gentle progression, a continent-length slide that warms as you descend from Alaska to Panama.But mountains disrupt this logic. Because where the land goes up, the air grows cooler. And there are mountains all over. And so we have skiing not just in expected places such as Vermont and Maine and Michigan and Washington, but in completely irrational ones like Arizona and New Mexico and Southern California. And North Carolina.North Carolina. That's the one that surprised me. When I started skiing, I mean. Riding hokey-poke chairlifts up 1990s Midwest hills that wouldn't qualify as rideable surf breaks, I peered out at the world to figure out where else people skied and what that skiing was like. And I was astonished by how many places had organized skiing with cut trails and chairlifts and lift tickets, and by how many of them were way down the Michigan-to-Florida slide-line in places where I thought that winter never came: West Virginia and Virginia and Maryland. And North Carolina.Yes there are ski areas in more improbable states. But Cloudmont, situated in, of all places, Alabama, spins its ropetow for a few days every other year or so. North Carolina, home to six ski areas spinning a combined 35 chairlifts, allows for no such ambiguity: this is a ski state. And these half-dozen ski centers are not marginal operations: Sugar Mountain and Cataloochee opened for the season last week, and they sometimes open in October. Sugar spins a six-pack and two detach quads on a 1,200-foot vertical drop.This geographic quirk is a product of our wonderful Appalachian Mountain chain, which reaches its highest points not in New England but in North Carolina, where Mount Mitchell peaks at 6,684 feet, 396 feet higher than the summit of New Hampshire's Mount Washington. This is not an anomaly: North Carolina is home to six summits taller than Mount Washington, and 12 of the 20-highest in the Appalachians, a range that stretches from Alabama to Newfoundland. And it's not just the summits that are taller in North Carolina. The highest ski area base elevation in New England is Saddleback, which measures 2,147 feet at the bottom of the South Branch quad (the mountain more typically uses the 2,460-foot measurement at the bottom of the Rangeley quad). Either way, it's more than 1,000 feet below the lowest base-area elevation in North Carolina:Unfortunately, mountains and elevation don't automatically equal snow. And the Southern Appalachians are not exactly the Kootenays. It snows some, sometimes, but not so much, so often, that skiing can get by on nature's contributions alone - at least not in any commercially reliable form. It's no coincidence that North Carolina didn't develop any organized ski centers until the 1960s, when snowmaking machines became efficient and common enough for mass deployment. But it's plenty cold up at 4,000 feet, and there's no shortage of water. Snowguns proved to be skiing's last essential ingredient.Well, there was one final ingredient to the recipe of southern skiing: roads. Back to man's maps. Specifically, America's interstate system, which steamrolled the countryside throughout the 1960s and passes just a few miles to Hatley Pointe's west. Without these superhighways, western North Carolina would still be a high-peaked wilderness unknown and inaccessible to most of us.It's kind of amazing when you consider all the maps together: a severe mountain region drawn into the borders of a stable and prosperous nation that builds physical infrastructure easing the movement of people with disposable income to otherwise inaccessible places that have been modified for novel uses by tapping a large and innovative industrial plant that has reduced the miraculous – flight, electricity, the internet - to the commonplace. And it's within the context of all these maps that a couple who knows nothing about skiing can purchase an established but declining ski resort and remake it as an upscale modern family ski center in the space of 18 months.What we talked aboutHurricane Helene fallout; “it took every second until we opened up to make it there,” even with a year idle; the “really tough” decision not to open for the 2023-24 ski season; “we did not realize what we were getting ourselves into”; buying a ski area when you've never worked at a ski area and have only skied a few times; who almost bought Wolf Ridge and why Orville picked the Hatleys instead; the importance of service; fixing up a broken-down ski resort that “felt very old”; updating without losing the approachable family essence; why it was “absolutely necessary” to change the ski area's name; “when you pulled in, the first thing that you were introduced to … were broken-down machines and school buses”; Bible verses and bare trails and busted-up everything; “we could have spent two years just doing cleanup of junk and old things everywhere”; Hatley Pointe then and now; why Hatley removed the double chair; a detachable six-pack at Hatley?; chairlifts as marketing and branding tools; why the Breakaway terrain closed and when it could return and in what form; what a rebuilt summit lodge could look like; Hatley Pointe's new trails; potential expansion; a day-ski area, a resort, or both?; lift-served mountain bike park incoming; night-skiing expansion; “I was shocked” at the level of après that Hatley drew, and expanding that for the years ahead; North Carolina skiing is all about the altitude; re-opening The Bowl trail; going to online-only sales; and lessons learned from 2024-25 that will build a better Hatley for 2025-26.What I got wrongWhen we recorded this conversation, the ski area hadn't yet finalized the name of the new green trail coming off of Eagle – it is Pat's Way (see trailmap above).I asked if Hatley intended to install night-skiing, not realizing that they had run night-ski operations all last winter.Why now was a good time for this interviewPardon my optimism, but I'm feeling good about American lift-served skiing right now. Each of the past five winters has been among the top 10 best seasons for skier visits, U.S. ski areas have already built nearly as many lifts in the 2020s (246) as they did through all of the 2010s (288), and multimountain passes have streamlined the flow of the most frequent and passionate skiers between mountains, providing far more flexibility at far less cost than would have been imaginable even a decade ago.All great. But here's the best stat: after declining throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, the number of active U.S. ski areas stabilized around the turn of the century, and has actually increased for five consecutive winters:Those are National Ski Areas Association numbers, which differ slightly from mine. I count 492 active ski hills for 2023-24 and 500 for last winter, and I project 510 potentially active ski areas for the 2025-26 campaign. But no matter: the number of active ski operations appears to be increasing.But the raw numbers matter less than the manner in which this uptick is happening. In short: a new generation of owners is resuscitating lost or dying ski areas. Many have little to no ski industry experience. Driven by nostalgia, a sense of community duty, plain business opportunity, or some combination of those things, they are orchestrating massive ski area modernization projects, funded via their own wealth – typically earned via other enterprises – or by rallying a donor base.Examples abound. When I launched The Storm in 2019, Saddleback, Maine; Norway Mountain, Michigan; Woodward Park City; Thrill Hills, North Dakota; Deer Mountain, South Dakota; Paul Bunyan, Wisconsin; Quarry Road, Maine; Steeplechase, Minnesota; and Snowland, Utah were all lost ski areas. All are now open again, and only one – Woodward – was the project of an established ski area operator (Powdr). Cuchara, Colorado and Nutt Hill, Wisconsin are on the verge of re-opening following decades-long lift closures. Bousquet, Massachusetts; Holiday Mountain, New York; Kissing Bridge, New York; and Black Mountain, New Hampshire were disintegrating in slow-motion before energetic new owners showed up with wrecking balls and Home Depot frequent-shopper accounts. New owners also re-energized the temporarily dormant Sandia Peak, New Mexico and Tenney, New Hampshire.One of my favorite revitalization stories has been in North Carolina, where tired, fire-ravaged, investment-starved, homey-but-rickety Wolf Ridge was falling down and falling apart. The ski area's season ended in February four times between 2018 and 2023. Snowmaking lagged. After an inferno ate the summit lodge in 2014, no one bothered rebuilding it. Marooned between the rapidly modernizing North Carolina ski trio of Sugar Mountain, Cataloochee, and Beech, Wolf Ridge appeared to be rapidly fading into irrelevance.Then the Hatleys came along. Covid-curious first-time skiers who knew little about skiing or ski culture, they saw opportunity where the rest of us saw a reason to keep driving. Fixing up a ski area turned out to be harder than they'd anticipated, and they whiffed on opening for the 2023-24 winter. Such misses sometimes signal that the new owners are pulling their ripcords as they launch out of the back of the plane, but the Hatleys kept working. They gut-renovated the lodge, modernized the snowmaking plant, tore down an SLI double chair that had witnessed the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And last winter, they re-opened the best version of the ski area now known as Hatley Pointe that locals had seen in decades.A great winter – one of the best in recent North Carolina history – helped. But what I admire about the Hatleys – and this new generation of owners in general – is their optimism in a cultural moment that has deemed optimism corny and naïve. Everything is supposed to be terrible all the time, don't you know that? They didn't know, and that orientation toward the good, tempered by humility and patience, reversed the long decline of a ski area that had in many ways ceased to resonate with the world it existed in.The Hatleys have lots left to do: restore the Breakaway terrain, build a new summit lodge, knot a super-lift to the frontside. And their Appalachian salvage job, while impressive, is not a very repeatable blueprint – you need considerable wealth to take a season off while deploying massive amounts of capital to rebuild the ski area. The Hatley model is one among many for a generation charged with modernizing increasingly antiquated ski areas before they fall over dead. Sometimes, as in the examples itemized above, they succeed. But sometimes they don't. Comebacks at Cockaigne and Hickory, both in New York, fizzled. Sleeping Giant, Wyoming and Ski Blandford, Massachusetts both shuttered after valiant rescue attempts. All four of these remain salvageable, but last week, Four Seasons, New York closed permanently after 63 years.That will happen. We won't be able to save every distressed ski area, and the potential supply of new or revivable ski centers, barring massive cultural and regulatory shifts, will remain limited. But the protectionist tendencies limiting new ski area development are, in a trick of human psychology, the same ones that will drive the revitalization of others – the only thing Americans resist more than building something new is taking away something old. Which in our country means anything that was already here when we showed up. A closed or closing ski area riles the collective angst, throws a snowy bat signal toward the night sky, a beacon and a dare, a cry and a plea: who wants to be a hero?Podcast NotesOn Hurricane HeleneHelene smashed inland North Carolina last fall, just as Hatley was attempting to re-open after its idle year. Here's what made the storm so bad:On Hatley's socialsFollow:On what I look for at a ski resortOn the Ski Big Bear podcastIn the spirit of the article above, one of the top 10 Storm Skiing Podcast guest quotes ever came from Ski Big Bear, Pennsylvania General Manager Lori Phillips: “You treat everyone like they paid a million dollars to be there doing what they're doing”On ski area name changesI wrote a piece on Hatley's name change back in 2023:Ski area name changes are more common than I'd thought. I've been slowly documenting past name changes as I encounter them, so this is just a partial list, but here are 93 active U.S. ski areas that once went under a different name. If you know of others, please email me.On Hatley at the point of purchase and nowGigantic collections of garbage have always fascinated me. That's essentially what Wolf Ridge was at the point of sale:It's a different place now:On the distribution of six-packs across the nationSix-pack chairlifts are rare and expensive enough that they're still special, but common enough that we're no longer amazed by them. Mostly - it depends on where we find such a machine. Just 112 of America's 3,202 ski lifts (3.5 percent) are six-packs, and most of these (75) are in the West (60 – more than half the nation's total, are in Colorado, Utah, or California). The Midwest is home to a half-dozen six-packs, all at Boyne or Midwest Family Ski Resorts operations, and the East has 31 sixers, 17 of which are in New England, and 12 of which are in Vermont. If Hatley installed a sixer, it would be just the second such chairlift in North Carolina, and the fifth in the Southeast, joining the two at Wintergreen, Virginia and the one at Timberline, West Virginia.On the Breakaway fireWolf Ridge's upper-mountain lodge burned down in March 2014. Yowza:On proposed expansions Wolf Ridge's circa 2007 trailmap teases a potential expansion below the now-closed Breakaway terrain:Taking our time machine back to the late ‘80s, Wolf Ridge had envisioned an even more ambitious expansion:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

GDP Script/ Top Stories for November 27th  Publish Date:  November 27th    From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast.  Today is Wednesday, November 27th and Happy birthday to Bruce Lee  ***11.27.24 - BIRTHDAY – BRUCE LEE***  I'm Keith Ippolito and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia.  John Berry Opens Christmas Tour Friday In Sugar Hill  Three Gwinnett schools are getting new principals. Here's what we know.  Man Shot In Hand After Chase With Gwinnett County Police  Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on how to store food when you lose power  All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe!  Break 1: 07.14.22 KIA MOG  STORY 1: John Berry Opens Christmas Tour Friday In Sugar Hill  For the 28th year, country music star John Berry is launching his "Christmas with John Berry" tour, starting on Nov. 29 at The Eagle Theatre in Sugar Hill, a traditional opening venue. The 14-date tour includes familiar cities and new stops like Cowan, Tennessee. Berry, an Atlanta native with a four-decade career, continues to thrive despite past health challenges. He enjoys the tour's camaraderie, performing a mix of his hits and Christmas classics. Berry plans to record a new album next year and remains active in music production and charity work.  STORY 2:   Three Gwinnett schools are getting new principals. Here's what we know.  The Gwinnett County Board of Education has appointed new principals for Harmony Elementary, McClure Health Science High, and Twin Rivers Middle schools. Emily W. Nelson, previously Harmony's assistant principal, will replace retiring principal Jonathan Day. Gypsy Hernandez, former principal at Coleman Middle School, will take over at McClure, succeeding Nicole Mosley. Quincy L. Wallace, assistant principal at Lanier High School, will replace Betsy Kelly at Twin Rivers. These appointments, nominated by Superintendent Calvin Watts, bring experienced leaders with diverse educational backgrounds to their new roles.    STORY 3: Man Shot In Hand After Chase With Gwinnett County Police  In unincorporated Norcross, a Gwinnett County police officer shot a man during a foot chase on Friday night. The incident occurred near Dawson Boulevard and McDonough Drive NW when officers on a crime suppression detail attempted to speak with the man, who fled. During the chase, the man dropped a gun, ignored the officer's warning not to pick it up, and was shot in the hand. He later surrendered and was hospitalized. The officer was unharmed. The investigation is ongoing, and police are seeking information from the public, with Crime Stoppers offering a reward for tips leading to an arrest.    We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info.  We'll be right back  Break 2: 08.05.24 OBITS_FINAL  STORY 4:  Snowland Celebration Starts This Week At Great Wolf Lodge  Great Wolf Lodge has kicked off its Snowland celebration, running through Jan. 6, 2025, transforming the resort into a winter wonderland with daily snow showers, Santa visits, and holiday-themed activities. 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On this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, I talk to Kristel Ouwehand, also known by her Tibetan language name, Tenzin Dolma, the founder of Snowland Academy in Gansu province where she lives with and teaches young Tibetan artists. Beginning at age 17, Tenzin traveled across Central America, Europe, parts of the Middle East, and the east coast of Africa before settling in India. She stayed in India for 11 years, mastering the traditional art of thangka painting. She also learned to craft butter sculptures and sand mandalas, contributed as one of 30 artists painting a new prayer hall, and even organized and translated for a year-long fundraising arts tour in North America from 2005-2006. In 2007, Kristel relocated to China, initially living in Sichuan until the earthquake in 2008, and then in Qinghai. In 2010, a pivotal moment occurred when a monk approached her, seeking art lessons. In the summer of 2014, she settled in Labrang (Xiahe), Gansu, where Snowland continues to operate today.Link to Snowland Art:http://www.snowlandart.org/about-us/

A empresa gaúcha Gramado Parks, conhecida por empreendimentos imobiliários e por atrações turísticas, como o Snowland, passa por um momento de crise. Para projetar como esta tensão impacta outros projetos semelhantes, recebemos neste episódio Caio Calfat, presidente da Associação para o Desenvolvimento Imobiliário e Turístico do Brasil, vice-presidente do Sindicato da Habitação (Secovi) de São Paulo, e fundador da Caio Calfat Real Estate Consulting.

Jill spent nine years building trust, friendship and the story of Cora's escape from an abusive, polygamist marriage through her artwork. Snowland will be Jill's first feature length film. Her journey has gone from shooting stills as a middle-schooler, to being a Mountain Dew girl in a series of commercials that paid her college tuition, to running the film projector in what she called a truly great job, to premiering Sister Wife at Sundance and winning the Jury Award at SXSW, to the adventure that Snowland will soon take.

Conhecido por proporcionar entretenimento e hospitalidade, o Gramado Parks é uma empresa brasileira que se destaca no mercado pelas suas inovadoras atrações, parques, hotéis e gastronomia. Responsável pelo Snowland, Rio Star e outros empreendimentos espalhados pelo Brasil, agora o grupo está retomando as suas atividades após um ano incomum, criando estratégias e definindo planos. E para nos falar sobre esse processo, o Seu Podcast de Turismo conversou com Rogério Mendes, diretor comercial do Grupo Gramado Parks.  Iniciando a sua trajetória em 1972 como Café Colonial Bela Vista, o Gramado Parks passou a explorar novos mercados apenas em 2012, com a descoberta das águas termais na cidade de Gramado. Porém, foi mesmo em 2013 que a empresa histórica deu um passo inovador, inaugurando o Snowland, primeiro parque de neve indoor das Américas. Crescendo ainda mais, em 2018 o grupo lançou o seu primeiro empreendimento, o Wyndham Gramado Termas Resort Spa, oferecendo hospedagem de alto padrão em meio aos vales da Serra Gaúcha. E para continuar nesse embalo, em 2019 a organização atingiu um nova cidade, o Rio de Janeiro, que agora possui a maior roda gigante da América Latina, o Rio Star. "Estamos sempre prontos para oferecer uma experiência plural, para que todos tenham a chance de se divertir", conta Rogério Mendes, que percebe uma evolução significativa no turismo da cidade em relação ao ano passado. "Gramado tem reagido bem durante esse período. Os empreendimentos têm seguido os protocolos, e eu espero que com a evolução da vacina a gente possa ampliar cada vez mais essa capacidade, atendendo todos com mais segurança, pois as pessoas já estão mais confiantes para viajarem", diz. Acquamotion Inaugurando o primeiro parque aquático indoor do país, o Acquamotion, o Grupo Gramado Parks se destaca ainda mais no setor de atrações turísticas. Agora, quem viajar para Gramado terá a chance de inovar no seu itinerário e se divertir em tobogãs e piscinas, e tudo isso sem precisar se preocupar com o frio. "O Acquamotion foi projetado para que o turista viva uma experiência sensorial única em águas termais quentinhas, piscinas temáticas e toboáguas ", conta Rogério, que fala sobre o desenvolvimento dessa proposta. "Queríamos um espaço que fosse possível ser aproveitado em qualquer estação do ano e que mergulhasse o visitante em uma história mágica", detalha. Quer saber mais sobre o Gramado Parks? Confira a entrevista completa através do Seu Podcast de Turismo, nas plataformas Spotify, Google Play e Apple. https://www.brasiltravelnews.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Seu-Podcast-de-Turismo-95.mp3

Conhecido por proporcionar entretenimento e hospitalidade, o Gramado Parks é uma empresa brasileira que se destaca no mercado pelas suas inovadoras atrações, parques, hotéis e gastronomia. Responsável pelo Snowland, Rio Star e outros empreendimentos espalhados pelo Brasil, agora o grupo está retomando as suas atividades após um ano incomum, criando estratégias e definindo planos. E para nos falar sobre esse processo, o Seu Podcast de Turismo conversou com Rogério Mendes, diretor comercial do Grupo Gramado Parks.  Iniciando a sua trajetória em 1972 como Café Colonial Bela Vista, o Gramado Parks passou a explorar novos mercados apenas em 2012, com a descoberta das águas termais na cidade de Gramado. Porém, foi mesmo em 2013 que a empresa histórica deu um passo inovador, inaugurando o Snowland, primeiro parque de neve indoor das Américas. Crescendo ainda mais, em 2018 o grupo lançou o seu primeiro empreendimento, o Wyndham Gramado Termas Resort Spa, oferecendo hospedagem de alto padrão em meio aos vales da Serra Gaúcha. E para continuar nesse embalo, em 2019 a organização atingiu um nova cidade, o Rio de Janeiro, que agora possui a maior roda gigante da América Latina, o Rio Star. "Estamos sempre prontos para oferecer uma experiência plural, para que todos tenham a chance de se divertir", conta Rogério Mendes, que percebe uma evolução significativa no turismo da cidade em relação ao ano passado. "Gramado tem reagido bem durante esse período. Os empreendimentos têm seguido os protocolos, e eu espero que com a evolução da vacina a gente possa ampliar cada vez mais essa capacidade, atendendo todos com mais segurança, pois as pessoas já estão mais confiantes para viajarem", diz. Acquamotion Inaugurando o primeiro parque aquático indoor do país, o Acquamotion, o Grupo Gramado Parks se destaca ainda mais no setor de atrações turísticas. Agora, quem viajar para Gramado terá a chance de inovar no seu itinerário e se divertir em tobogãs e piscinas, e tudo isso sem precisar se preocupar com o frio. "O Acquamotion foi projetado para que o turista viva uma experiência sensorial única em águas termais quentinhas, piscinas temáticas e toboáguas ", conta Rogério, que fala sobre o desenvolvimento dessa proposta. "Queríamos um espaço que fosse possível ser aproveitado em qualquer estação do ano e que mergulhasse o visitante em uma história mágica", detalha. Quer saber mais sobre o Gramado Parks? Confira a entrevista completa através do Seu Podcast de Turismo, nas plataformas Spotify, Google Play e Apple. http://brasiltravelnews.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Seu-Podcast-de-Turismo-95.mp3

Quem não quer visitar a Serra e sentir a neve, né? E a boa notícia é que você não precisa depender da sorte, não! Seja bem-vindo à SNOWLAND, uma das atrações mais sensacionais - e geladas! - de Gramado! O local é uma excelente opção para quem quer vivenciar a experiência da neve, seja só pra sentir o frio e a textura ou, claro, praticar os esportes radicais de neve como ski e snowboard! Aqui, crianças e adultos se divertem nas muitas atrações disponíveis no parque, que vão de patinação no gelo ao tubing – ou seja, garantia de que todo mundo volta feliz da vida para casa! Não vai perder de viver essa experiência congelante na SNOWLAND, né? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/souguia/message

Ronaldo Kalil Fagundes é sócio e vice-presidente de hospitalidade da Gramado Parks. Engenheiro civil, foi um dos responsáveis por fundar a Prime Vacation. Nesse episódio, ele conta quais os caminhos de sucesso da multipropriedade e como é se relacionar com mais de 20 mil famílias. Ainda na pauta, a história de inovação do Snowland e da roda gigante Rio Star, os planos de expansão, o impacto do home office no turismo, inovações na jornada do cliente, pós-venda e produtos multidestinos. :: Estrutura do episódio • 04:05 - Tendência da Economia Compartilhada/Multipropriedade. • 06:25 - Na prática, como é se relacionar com mais de 20 mil famílias? • 09:26 - Relacionamento pós-venda com o cliente. • 13:14 - O impacto da entrega da obra nos números de cancelamento. • 22:41 - Novas perspectivas sobre o home office. • 24:37 - Novos hábitos do consumidor, impactos na multipropriedade e lifestyle. • 29:29 - Onde nasceu, quem é e para onde vai a Gramado Parks. • 33:21 - A história de inovação do Snowland. • 38:03 - Rio Star, entretenimento e hospitalidade. • 44:19 - Jornada do cliente e alternativas à captação e vendas agressivas. • 48:33 - Sala de vendas da Disney e exemplos de benchmark. • 50:59 - Vendas online: investimentos, visão de mercado e resultados. • 53:01 - Desafios da administração de multipropriedades. • 58:58 - Mercado financeiro x Multipropriedade. • 01:03:06 - Financiamento da produção e abertura de capital. • 01:05:00 - Produtos Multidestinos. • 01:06:15 - Brownfield x Greenfield. • 01:07:50 - Conselhos para começar no negócio de Multipropriedade.

The Hallmark Hall of Fame, originally broadcast December 19, 1954, A Christmas Carol starring Lionel Barrymore in a recorded performance. A rebroadcast of "Mr. Barrymore's last perfromance as Scrooge." Barrymore had died November 15, 1954. Also The Cinnamon Bear, originally broadcast December 19, 1937, Snowman. The Flying Hat takes everyone to Snowland, Jimmy and Judy ask the Snowman where to find Nickie Frudle.

Today on the Local News Hour : ( 09:36) - Summit County Council Member Roger Armstrong recaps Wednesday's meeting. (26:03) - Park City Institute Executive Director Ari Ioanides has details on the season that PCI announced last night. (37:27) - Katy Wang, Director of Park City Film and Filmmaker Jill Orschel have details about tomorrow's special presentation and conversation about her feature film in progress - Snowland.

Durée : 5:04 - Cette semaine, les élèves de la section internationale de CM2 de l'école Anatole de Monzie à Nantes nous présentent leurs chroniques spéciales Noël ! Et en anglais s'il-vous-plaît ! Ils interviendront régulièrement à l'antenne pour nous apprendre un peu d'anglais sur des thématiques spécifiques. Vous avez aimé la chronique ? Retrouvez leur texte ci-dessous : Simon : Hello, my name is Simon. Léna: Hello, my name is Léna. Simon : Today, we have a special guest ! He is ... a snowman ! Léna: Oui, vous avez bien entendu. Aujourd’hui, nous recevons...un bonhomme de neige pour une interview très spéciale! Avant cela, un peu de vocabulaire pour bien comprendre : - snowflakes : des flocons de neige - the reindeer : les rennes - to leave : partir   Léna: Hello, Mr Snowman. What is your name ? Charlotte: My name is Olaf. Léna: How old are you ? Charlotte: I am 10 snowflakes old. Léna: What is your favourite season ? Charlotte: My favourite season is Winter because I live again. Léna: Do you have a dream ? Charlotte: My dream is to live in Summer. Léna: Where do you live ? Charlotte: I live in Snowland. Léna: What is your favourite animal ? Charlotte: My favourite animal is the reindeer. Léna: Who is your best friend ? Charlotte: My best friend is the child who created me. Léna: What is your favourite cake ? Charlotte : My favourite cake is the carrot snowcake. Simon : Thank you very much, Olaf, for answering our questions. Charlotte : You’re welcome. Wooo, it’s very hot here... I really need to leave now ! Simon : Bye Olaf, and Merry Christmas !  

Dieser Remix von der Strecken Musik ist der Hammer genauso wie die Strecke selber aus dem Spiel Mario Kart

The POWERUP Podcast QUARANTINE SESSIONS Episode 1 Hey Guys! Yup we been away for awhile so we thought we would make a new series Quarantine Sessions! Here I (@malczzero) will cover Anime/gaming/manga news that is going on during the pandemic. Hope you guys are staying safe and entertained! Love from the PowerUp Team! To catch us online Follow us on! Twitter: @POWERUPPODCAST2 Facebook: @POWERUPPODCASTldn Instagram: @poweruppodldn Gmail: pawaappupod@gmail.com Our Gamer Tags: PSN: @roau_86 Steam: @malczzero ESO: @AinzSungWoo YGOPRO2: @UltraJiren Game Centre (IOS): xZamasux Youtube: MzeroX Credits: Soundbites from URL Smackdown/ @ToryLanez Quarantine radio Song: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online edition - Snowland ( by YanX ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVqNeodC5U

In this week's episode we discuss Tim Burton's Dumbo with interviews from Eva Green and Colin Farrell. The inspirational documentary Children of The Snowland with interviews with directors Zara Balfour and Marcus Stephenson and the featured students Nima Gurung, Jeewan Mahatara, Tsering Deki Lamawho trek home having not seen their families for 12 years. DC's superb Shazam! with an interview from the leading man Zachary Levi. And we review Willem Dafoe as he embodies Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate. We also reveal our trailer reaction to Joker.

Chris Roe joins us in our final episode of series one to chat about his life as a film, television and advertising composer.  We also chat about what concerts we’ve been to and various things we’ve been up to as summer winds down (may include copious amounts of Mario Kart), as well as concluding with a rather juvenile weird gig.  Thank you for your support throughout our first series, and please stay tuned for series two!   Mentioned in this episode:   Chris Roe’s website with showreel and #Friday50: http://chrisroemusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/chrisroemusic/   Bernstein’s On The Town at the BBC Proms: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhj9g9   Spitfire documentary: http://www.spitfiredocumentary.com/   Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva’s concerts with The Hallé and CBSO: https://www.avdeevapiano.com/index.php/concerts-20.html   Warsaw International Festival of Contemporary Music: https://warsawtour.pl/events/61st-international-festival-of-contemporary-music-warsaw-autumn/   Prom 47 feat. Venables’ Venables Plays Bartok: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf4kvq   Useful forums for film composers: https://shootingpeople.org https://www.mandy.com/jobs/uk/crew   MU Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Women Composers: https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/Events/2018/Sep/Wikipedia-Edit-a-Thon-to-Highlight-Women-Composers   Children of the Snowland screening: https://sl.fievent.com/e/children-of-the-snowland-screening-and-q-a/17753923   The Multi-Story Orchestra plays Schumann’s second symphony and Living Programme Notes: https://www.multi-story.org.uk/events/

Dubland 96 has been renamed Snowland 96 because it’s all about The Beast From The East. Dublin was in shut down for 4 days and we hear all about it from PJ and Suzanne. PJ talks about his disgust towards the Lidl vandalism in Tallaght and how his computer is costing him a fortune. Once again Suzanne and PJ try to nail down a UK tour date but are met with ‘an idiot’ receptionist. The episode ends with a very special surprise for one listener… Rate and leave Dubland a review here

Durée : 5:04 - Cette semaine, les élèves de la section internationale de CM2 de l'école Anatole de Monzie à Nantes nous présentent leurs chroniques spéciales Noël ! Et en anglais s'il-vous-plaît ! Ils interviendront régulièrement à l'antenne pour nous apprendre un peu d'anglais sur des thématiques spécifiques. Vous avez aimé la chronique ? Retrouvez leur texte ci-dessous : Simon : Hello, my name is Simon. Léna: Hello, my name is Léna. Simon : Today, we have a special guest ! He is ... a snowman ! Léna: Oui, vous avez bien entendu. Aujourd’hui, nous recevons...un bonhomme de neige pour une interview très spéciale! Avant cela, un peu de vocabulaire pour bien comprendre : - snowflakes : des flocons de neige - the reindeer : les rennes - to leave : partir   Léna: Hello, Mr Snowman. What is your name ? Charlotte: My name is Olaf. Léna: How old are you ? Charlotte: I am 10 snowflakes old. Léna: What is your favourite season ? Charlotte: My favourite season is Winter because I live again. Léna: Do you have a dream ? Charlotte: My dream is to live in Summer. Léna: Where do you live ? Charlotte: I live in Snowland. Léna: What is your favourite animal ? Charlotte: My favourite animal is the reindeer. Léna: Who is your best friend ? Charlotte: My best friend is the child who created me. Léna: What is your favourite cake ? Charlotte : My favourite cake is the carrot snowcake. Simon : Thank you very much, Olaf, for answering our questions. Charlotte : You’re welcome. Wooo, it’s very hot here... I really need to leave now ! Simon : Bye Olaf, and Merry Christmas !  

Durée : 5:04 - Cette semaine, les élèves de la section internationale de CM2 de l'école Anatole de Monzie à Nantes nous présentent leurs chroniques spéciales Noël ! Et en anglais s'il-vous-plaît ! Ils interviendront régulièrement à l'antenne pour nous apprendre un peu d'anglais sur des thématiques spécifiques. Vous avez aimé la chronique ? Retrouvez leur texte ci-dessous : Simon : Hello, my name is Simon. Léna: Hello, my name is Léna. Simon : Today, we have a special guest ! He is ... a snowman ! Léna: Oui, vous avez bien entendu. Aujourd’hui, nous recevons...un bonhomme de neige pour une interview très spéciale! Avant cela, un peu de vocabulaire pour bien comprendre : - snowflakes : des flocons de neige - the reindeer : les rennes - to leave : partir   Léna: Hello, Mr Snowman. What is your name ? Charlotte: My name is Olaf. Léna: How old are you ? Charlotte: I am 10 snowflakes old. Léna: What is your favourite season ? Charlotte: My favourite season is Winter because I live again. Léna: Do you have a dream ? Charlotte: My dream is to live in Summer. Léna: Where do you live ? Charlotte: I live in Snowland. Léna: What is your favourite animal ? Charlotte: My favourite animal is the reindeer. Léna: Who is your best friend ? Charlotte: My best friend is the child who created me. Léna: What is your favourite cake ? Charlotte : My favourite cake is the carrot snowcake. Simon : Thank you very much, Olaf, for answering our questions. Charlotte : You’re welcome. Wooo, it’s very hot here... I really need to leave now ! Simon : Bye Olaf, and Merry Christmas !  

This past weekend, Kim and Tamara, along with their families, visiting the Great Wolf Lodges in Grand Mound, Washington and Fitchburg, Massachusetts for their "howliday" Snowland festivities. They swap stories about their weekends and trade notes on the differences and similarities between the two resorts. This week, their girls, Lizzy, Mia and Hannah share their thoughts about the weekend. ON THE PODCAST :40 Kim and Tamara swap stories about their weekends at the Great Wolf Lodge 2:05 Differences in the water parks 5:48 Snowland Suites 8:22 Special delivery from Wiley 9:53 Violet shows up at Scooops 10:40 Snow showers in the lobby 12:12 Holiday decorations 15:00 One or two nights? 16:39 Hannah, Lizzy and Mia share their favorite slide 18:03 The girls talk about Snowland 19:41 Scooops spa 21:00 Waterpark fun 23:40 Magicquest 25:07 Oliver's Mining Experience 27:30 Glow golf 28:30 ShadowQuest 29:07 Breakfast options 29:58 Life-size gingerbread house 32:45 What is the best age for the Great Wolf Lodge? 36:42 Tip of the Week 37:49 Shout out to Suzy!! 38:25 Thank you to the Great Wolf Lodge 38:45 Next week: Lonely Planet's top pick to visit in 2017 KID'S FAVORITES AT THE GREAT WOLF LODGE Hannah, Lizzy and Mia all loved the Howlin' Tornado slide the best Everyone had a good time at the Scooops spa and they loved smelling like vanilla or chocolate afterwards (plus the ice cream!) MagicQuest was a hit with Mia and she is ready to go back and try ShadowQuest Mia and Lizzy also enjoyed Oliver's Mining Experience Everyone thought it was pretty neat to eat in the life-sized gingerbread house Lizzy and Mia had fun playing Glow Golf The Wolf Paw waffles and the breakfast buffet was a big hit! Everyone can't wait to go back and think it is a good option for kids ages 5-15 TIP OF THE WEEK Food can add up at the Great Wolf Lodge but all rooms are equipped with a fridge and microwave and many families will bring a cooler and eat a meal or two in the room. Even if you just heat up leftovers, it is still a savings! FOLLOW US AND SPREAD THE WORD! If you liked this show, please be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play and leave us a review!  Have a question or comment? Send us an email or leave us a voicemail at +1.641.715.3900, ext. 926035#   You can also follow our travels on Stuffed Suitcase and We3Travel, or follow the Vacation Mavens on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Thanks for listening!

Everything’s bigger in Texas - including Christmas. Travel Brigade visits Grapevine, a town just outside of Dallas that’s been officially named, “The Christmas Capital of Texas.” Come tour a downtown Main Street that’s a throwback to a classic Christmas complete with independent stores, restaurants and wineries. We’ll visit the incredible Gaylord Texan Resort with its gigantic atrium full of decorations and take in “ICE!” - an incredible collection of ice sculptures kept chilled down to nine degrees. We’ll also visit Snowland at the Great Wolf Lodge and catch the North Pole Express to Santa’s Village. We’ll even have an interview with a special guest - Mrs. Claus! Enjoy the trip! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TravelBrigade. 

On today’s episode we’re joined by Phil and Chris of the Misdirected Mark Podcast and Encoded Designs (misdirectedmark.com and encodeddesigns.com) to play Heroine from Ginger Goat Games (ginger-goat.blogspot.com). Heroine is an Apocalypse World game built to recreate stories like the…

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