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It’s snow time: 10 new winter holidays in Europe for skiers and non-skiers

The Observer 31 Oct 2021
Lovely Hotel Adler, which has a great restaurant and a wellness centre in the village of Villabassa, is the base for the week and, from this winter, the tour is offered with the option of rail travel instead of flights ... Photograph. Niels Saint-Viteux ... Transfers to Tignes, Les Arcs, La Plagne, Méribel, Les Menuires or Val d’Isère are included ... .
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Desperate to hit the slopes? These are the ski resorts to book for 2022

Metro UK 18 Oct 2021
Winter is coming (Picture. Metro.co.uk). Ski holidays were all but impossible last year but with Covid rules easing and snow already covering the Alps, it’s time to start booking for the upcoming season ... Tomorrowland) ... A four-night festival ticket and ski pass from March 22 to 26 costs from £360, tomorrowland.com Float away in Val d’Isère, France ... ....
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In love with the Resistance: My mother-in-law's war

BBC News 26 Sep 2021
Last year Marion's younger sister, Huguette, revealed how Marion had taken her to hide in the ski resort of Val d'Isère after their mother, Edith, was arrested in 1943 and sent to the gas chambers at Auschwitz ... So she parted from Pierre again to return to Val d'Isère, for a reunion with Huguette.
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French Alpine skier Giraud-Moine calls time on career at age of 29

Inside The Games 09 Sep 2021
French Alpine skier Valentin Giraud-Moine has announced his retirement at the age of 29 ... He topped the European Cup downhill rankings in 2020 and finished 14th in what proved to be his final race in Val d’Isère in December ... .
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Belmondo, French cinema’s handsome devil, dies at 88

Dawn 07 Sep 2021
In this file photograph taken on Dec 7, 1961, Jean-Paul Belmondo and his wife Elodie walk through the streets of Val d’Isère, a region in Spain, after finishing shooting his last film.—AFP. PARIS ... He was 88. The death of a leading figure in French cinema was felt across the country ... Godest said Belmondo passed away at home, adding ... A boxer’s charm ... .
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Schmidhofer returns from injury as Austria holds Alpine skiing training camps

Inside The Games 16 Aug 2021
Former world champion Nici Schmidhofer returned from injury as the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) held training camps for its Alpine skiers ... The 32-year-old tore her knee ligaments at Val D'Isère in December 2020 ... After returning from her lay-off, Schmidhofer expressed her excitement at returning to action ... View this post on Instagram ... .
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A Chalet in Alpine Hotspot Verbier, Switzerland, Heads to Auction

Barrons 01 Apr 2021
From Penta Worldwise. Coconut Cartel Founder Danielle Zighelboim’s Favorite Things ... Gallina said ... Verbier is the highest-ranking Swiss ski resort and the third in the Alps following Saint-Martin-de-Belleville in the Three Valleys and Val-d’Isère, both of which are located in France, according to Knight Frank’s Ski Property Report 2021 ... .
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Why you should visit Scotland for your next ski trip

Metro UK 15 Mar 2021
You don’t have to leave the UK to shred some pow (Picture ... Advertisement ... (Picture ... UK ... Andy jokes that skiers should be ready for two-person chairs rather than the heated gondolas of Val d’Isère ... French ski specialist Ski France is now offering contactless catering at its chalets across the French Alps, including in Tignes, Val d’Isère and Courchevel ... .
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How are ski resorts becoming more sustainable?

Yahoo Daily News 05 Mar 2021
While the cost of snowmaking – €2 to €3 per cubic metre according to Val d’Isère’s estimates – makes resorts naturally sparing in their use of artificial snow, many are turning to sustainable means to create it, using the plentiful sunlight in the mountains to generate ...
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World champion Faivre wins World Cup GS

TSN Canada 28 Feb 2021
BANSKO, BulgariaMathieu Faivre won a World Cup race for the first time in more than four years on Sunday, earning a pat on his back from French teammate Alexis Pinturault ... Faivre also won gold in the parallel event at the worlds but had not triumphed in a World Cup race since his only previous win in Val d’Isère, France, in December 2016 ... ___.
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Kriechmayr confirms favorite status with worlds super-G gold

Odessa American 11 Feb 2021
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr overcame a tricky course and high expectations to win the men’s super-G at the skiing world championships on Thursday ... Beating Romed Baumann and Alexis Pinturault, who took silver and bronze respectively, Kriechmayr confirmed his status as one of the race favorites ... “Not at all ... 54 in Val d’Isère.”.
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Kriechmayr wins super-G gold at World Champsionships

TSN Canada 11 Feb 2021
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ItalyCanada's Brodie Seger finished a career-best fourth in the men's super-G at the alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. The top three faced some anxious moments when the unheralded Canadian came down as a late starter. Wearing bib No ... "I'm incredibly fired up right now ... “A really tough race for me ... 54 in Val d’Isère.”.
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Canadian Seger finishes just off podium in super-G at world championships

Info News 11 Feb 2021
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Canada's Brodie Seger finished a career-best fourth in the men's super-G at the alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. The top three faced some anxious moments when the unheralded Canadian came down as a late starter. Wearing bib No ... "I'm incredibly fired up right now ... “A really tough race for me ... 54 in Val d’Isère.”.
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Slalom review – abuse on the slopes in tense teen ski prodigy drama

The Guardian 09 Feb 2021
... an ambiguity that will err leniently on the side of love? Slalom is the debut feature by director and co-writer Charlène Favier, who has indicated that it is drawn from personal experience and her own teen years growing up in the ski resort of Val-d’Isère in south-eastern France.
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On your marks, get set, book! Savvy travellers are already snapping up holidays for 2022 ...

The Daily Mail 05 Feb 2021
Pictured is the French ski resort of Val d'Isère ... Sleeping 14, Chalet Le Bel Air in Val d’Isère is ideal for some New Year fun with friends — five nights departing January 4, 2022, costs from £938 per adult half-board, plus child discounts of up to 50 per cent, including charter ...
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