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Romania’s Borsa Revisits Olympic Skiing Development

2018-01-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The City Hall of Borsa has relaunched a project aimed at building an Olympic ski slope in the Carpathians of Northern Romania. In addition to building the longest ski slope in Romania, the project aims to create a world-class support infrastructure. 

Tags: Borsa, Romania skiing, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian Ministry of Tourism, Ski slopes, skiing, Sorin Timis

Sochi’s Alpine Festival BoogelWoogel Tops Guinness Record [Video]

2016-04-10 by Phil Butler

BoogelWoogel

The BoogelWoogel Festival held at Rosa Khotur ski resort outside Sochi, Russian Federation set a new Guinness Book World Record April 9th. More than 1000 skiers clad in bathing suits descended the slopes there, shattering an old record set in Siberia.

Tags: BoogelWoogel, BoogelWoogel Festival, Guinness Book, Nina Zotina, Rosa Khotur, skiing, Sochi

Caucasus Ski Resort ‘Arkhyz’ Offers New Ski Instructor Courses

2016-02-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

In ski news from Caucasus ski resort ‘Arkhyz’, instructors in alpine skiing and snowboarding, and JSC ‘Resorts of the North Caucasus’ will hold certification courses for training courses entry-level instructors ( ‘C’ category) and instructors average level of training (category ‘B’ ), for the upcoming 2016/17 season.

Tags: Arkhyz, Arkhyz resort, Caucasus, Northern Caucasus, Russia skiing, ski instruction, skiing, snowboarding, winter attractions

Graubünden skis into digital with dual Facebooks

2014-11-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Graubünden Travel Experts

Switzerland’s top holiday destination, Graubünden has ramped up further their digital marketing by launching a second Facebook page aimed at agent training.

Tags: Alps, ski destinations, skiing, snowboarding, swiss alps, Swiss travel

Aeroflot flies your ski gear free

2014-10-31 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aeroflot logo

Russia’s biggest airline, Aeroflot has announced still more incentive to fly with them. Starting November 1, 2014 till March 31, 2015 the air carrier will have free extra baggage piece for carrying one set of skiing equipment under 23 kg. According to the press, passengers get one set of skiing equipment including one baggage piece with one pair of skis (or snowboard) […]

Tags: aeroflot, Russian airlines, ski vacations, skiing, Winter deals

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