Top ten Christmas treats

Run out of ideas for Christmas presents?  Check out our FSN’s Top Ten Ski Gifts for Christmas 2012. 

From quirky helmet covers to enrouage the most reticent of toddlers to wear a helmet to these exquisitely iced apres-ski biscuits, the list includes … Read More

Cosmos launches first-ever ski packages

With over fifty years of experience in family holidays, Cosmos Holidays has launched its first ever ski package programme.  It has initially introduced packages to Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the back of new Monarch flights to Munich, Friedrichshafen and Innsbruck.

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New deluxe hotel in Gstaad

The Alpina Gstaad opens this month.  It is the first completely new luxury hotel to open in the glitzy Swiss resort of Gstaad in 100 years. 

At a cost of 300 million Swiss Francs, this five-star deluxe property simply … Read More

Chemmy’s comeback

British number one skier, Chemmy Alcott, is returning to racing.

The women’s downhill season has started this week in Lake Louise, and Chemmy is making her comeback to racing on the very same course where she experienced serious leg injury in a horrendous crash … Read More

Snow, snow and more snow…

We’ve woken up to heavy snow right across the Alps this morning, and the good news is there’s loads more to come. 

Here are some early morning shots from various resorts’ Facebook sites in France and Italy, where the heaviest new … Read More

Tickets for Sochi 2014 test events now available

Sochi has put more than 100,000 tickets on sale for test events in the build-up to the next Winter Olympics, as Russia prepares to welcome the world of winter sports in 2014. 

Sochi is hosting sixty test events this winter, including the … Read More

EasyJet introduces allocated seating

EasyJet introduced allocated seating to its flights today, as the winter services to the Alps get underway for skiers and snowboarders.  

This new system is being implemented not only to the skiing destinations, but across the entire easyJet network.  

As … Read More

myBunjee – a perfect Christmas gift

If you’ve ever tried answering your mobile phone whilst on a chairlift – juggling with gloves, ski poles and phone all with numbly-cold fingers – you need myBunjee!

This handy little gizmo will prevent you from dropping your phone in … Read More

New Paralympics websites ready for Sochi 2014

On the back of the massive success of the London Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has just launched three new websites for the Paralympic sports of alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey in preparation for the new Winter … Read More

Free skiing for kids

Children under the age of 16 can ski or snowboard for free during low season at the SkiWelt in the Austrian Tirol. 

Before Christmas (from 8-21 December) and from mid-March until the end of the season (16 March-7 April, 2013), kids … Read More