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Luxury Skiing in Verbier

By Kirsty Edwards | Published: April 4, 2011
Verbier and high end luxury go hand in hand; few resorts offer more luxury chalets than Verbier and for years it has been the winter playground for the world’s rich and famous. Anyone who is anyone, from pop stars to royalty, flock to what is one of the world’s top ski destinations every season, and so the opening of a new luxury chalet will inevitably cause a stir. That is exactly what happened with Chalet No. 14 – the most recent addition to the luxury ski chalet scene in Verbier.

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Skiing off the Beaten Track

By David Froom | Published: February 15, 2011
So you think you know everything there is to know about skiing in Europe? Done the Three Valleys? Of course you have. Val d’Isere and Tignes? Without a doubt. Les Arcs, La Plagne, La Rosiere? We cover all of these resorts time and time again in our blog posts and for the majority of the holidays we sell. Some of the more niche destinations are also becoming well travelled roads amongst the UK ski package holiday market. Chamonix, Morzine, Zermatt and Verbier have all become popular destinations in recent years and whilst a blog with this title would have featured them a few years back, these days we send so many people to such destinations that they simply no longer qualify as anything other than mainstream. Not that there’s anything wrong with the mainstream resorts, mind you. They all have superb modern lift systems, large ski areas, established ski schools and the altitude to ensure good conditions all through the season.

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Meet the Interactive Resorts team!

By David Froom | Published: September 10, 2010

Interactive Resorts is now established as the UK’s biggest ski specialist travel agent. Unlike some other agencies, we deal only in Ski and Snowboard holidays which means our specialist knowledge of ski resorts is unrivalled in the industry. Not only that, but we’re completely independent, which means that when you deal with us for your Skiing or Snowboarding holiday, you’ll receive completely impartial, objective advice and help with choosing your holiday. In order to provide such a service, we dedicate a lot of time to picking only the very best people to work in our sales team. Everyone in our sales department has done at least one season in resort, with some having done upwards of 5 seasons abroad. This is the first in a series of “meet the team” articles which will profile some of our staff members old and new and give you the chance to find out about the people who make your holidays happen.

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A week’s Ski Holiday in Zermatt and Verbier

By David Froom | Published: March 25, 2010

Having worked in the ski industry since 2004, I’ve seen a lot of resorts. In fact, until last week there were only 2 major resorts in our programme that I had never visited. I won’t tell you which one I’m still to experience, but Zermatt has now been ticked off the to-do list. The only question I was asking myself is why has it taken me until the age of 30 to get out there?

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Les Portes du Soleil, Val d’Isere, Verbier and a lot of motorway!

By Isabel Evans | Published: February 9, 2010

Working for a ski company means that familiarisation trips out to resort and the chalets are part and parcel of the job. Perk yes, but absolutely necessary! It is essential for us to know as much as we possibly can about each chalet we sell, to avoid any kind of disappointment once clients reach resort. This time round, James and I jetted off to, well, everywhere. Val d’Isere, followed by Verbier (I wouldn’t recommend that trip, it’s a long way, especially on a hangover!), followed by Les Gets, Morzine and finally Avoriaz. We saw loads of chalets and thought we would share our honest opinions.

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Skiing in Verbier, a trip to remember!

By Chris Dryland | Published: February 3, 2010

Having recently returned from a trip to Verbier I thought I’d share my sample sized experience with the rest of the ski community.

Well firstly I have to say Verbier has been on my wish list for a very long time so when the opportunity arose to stay with a luxury operator in Verbier my neurons were buzzing with excitement. Read More »

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Espace Killy: 3 days and counting!

By David Froom | Published: November 25, 2009

Here we are, another year has passed and another ski season is about to kick off. Forget all those excited blogs and tweets in October about new snow in Europe and a few resorts in the States opening early, we’re now getting ready for the real snow. The first guests for UK tour operators will be arriving in Tignes and Val d’Isere on Saturday, that’s the 28th November, which is the official opening date for the Espace Killy.

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Weekending by Rail

By David Froom | Published: September 18, 2009

So as we’ve already established, I’m a convert to the train. Having always hated flying, my first attempt to get out to the Alps by rail went so well that I vowed never again to fly where the train was possible. Imagine my thought process when I got invited out for a few days in Verbier at the beginning of last season. Never one to pass up the kind offer of staying in a 4 star chalet without paying, I gladly accepted and then set about working out how to get to resort. The brief was simple; arrive in Verbier on Thursday evening and everything is organised right up until you leave on Sunday morning. The thought racing through my head was can I organise train times in order not to take too much time out of the office, but also to make very most of the whole weekend in resort? Read More »

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Is it worth booking your 2009 / 2010 catered chalet holiday early?

By Niall | Published: May 22, 2009

Chalet exteriorBased on last seasons last minute deals, I would have said no as there were some great bargains to be had… but is it going to be different next season? The answer is YES. If you want to find the best chalet option with the most convenient flights for the group, you need to get it booked early.

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Spring Powder in Verbier

By Chris Callaghan | Published: April 12, 2009

Our Morzine Chalets specialist, Chris Callaghan waxes lyrical on Verbier ski resort, having just returned from his first taste of boarding outside of France.

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