The RRC Associates May newsletter is out! Unused Vacation Days It’s hard to believe, but many U.S. workers don’t use all their vacation time – and lose that benefit at the end of the year. I…
Month: May 2014
Ski area Word Cloud
We sometime’s use Word Clouds to display open ended comments from our research projects. Here is an example of the responses to a question about a ski area’s greatest strengths. This winter resort is obviously well-known…
Resort communities see lodging revenue and visitation grow in 2013-14
Ski areas across the US reported a stronger season in 2013-14, with the exception of the Pacific West regions. Read about how the visits, lodging numbers, and revenues performed this winter went at The Denver…
Western drought clips skier visits across U.S.
One of the worst winters ever on the West Coast dragged total visits to the nation’s ski resorts down to the third-lowest mark in a decade. The National Ski Areas Association’s tally of U.S. skier…
Snowsports Season Preliminary Numbers
Deep snowpack and ongoing storms mean the season still isn’t over in many parts of the country. But preliminary numbers from the latest Kottke End of Season Report show that ski and snowboard visits fell…