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Outside Sports, Queenstown, has brought skiing to Queenstown Airport with ski rentals and lift passes available to arriving visitors. Domestic and international visitors who arrive at the airport this winter will now be able to hire skis and snowboards, book ski passes for Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, or buy their essential Icebreaker beanies and gloves in the winter-themed zone.

The world’s future tourism leaders took to the ski slopes today (17 June) as part of their Queenstown-based adventure tourism diploma. Seventeen young students matched business with pleasure by getting a first-hand introduction to the snow industry from premier ski provider NZSki Ltd as well as a snowboard lesson at Coronet Peak.

Queenstown’s famed Browns Ski Shop has launched New Zealand’s first dedicated mobile fitting service for ski and snowboard equipment. The Browns Ski Shop Platinum Mobile Service enables members of the Browns team to visit customers in their holiday accommodation and fit them out with the most suitable equipment for their needs, using a mobile van especially kitted out for the job.

The last weekend of May saw more than 150 people take part in the Ski Club of Great Britain’s Big Spring Clean event, a mountain clean-up day held at Nevis Range and Cairngorm which involved removing dozens of bags of rubbish from the hillside.

The future of the ski industry is becoming less and less certain while we continue to move further into the recession. With a big question mark over how tour operators will fare next winter, Erna Low has conducted several studies into why its clients have changed their holiday habits.

Queenstown’s five-star Millbrook Resort will offer the services of one of the resort town’s top ski rental suppliers to keen snowsports lovers this winter.

One of New Zealand’s longest-established ski shops with a passion for the snowsports industry has stepped up to support an elite international winter competition.

The ski town of Saalbach, Austria is set to play host to the 2010 EuroSki Pride ski week. A modern and stylish resort with a host of gay friendly venues, there’s much to do even for non-skiers and as for fans of boarding and skiing the resort offers a layout of over 200 kilometres of well prepared ski slopes, 55 modern cable cars and lifts.

Learn to ski weekend breaks at the bargain price of £399 per person - saving £127 are on offer from Skiweekends.com for departures on 27 March and 3 April.

With great snow conditions, longer days and six more weeks of skiing on the cards, SkiHolidayExtras.com - the leading add-ons company - is highlighting its huge range of fun add-ons by suggesting a perfect day in the Alps.

Savings of £50 on ski short breaks and £120 on seven night holidays in late March are available - for telephone bookings only - from Skiweekends.

Ski France now offers short breaks at self-catering apartments - with prices starting from as little as £20 per person for a three night stay.

SkiHolidayExtras.com, the leading add-ons company for skiers, says more than 25% of its clients are opting to hire a protective helmet this season, compared to 5% of clients last year.

According to bespoke operator Bailey Robinson, snow is not just for skiing on. Winter loving travellers who want to try alternative activities should check out the following options in the popular ski destinations of Norway and Canada.

Ski France has re-launched its website with a new dynamic packaging facility. The company claims it is the first time skiers have been able to create a completely tailor-made ski trip online, on one website.

The Hautes-Pyrenees offer the winter sports enthusiast a really authentic, traditional and environmentally friendly skiing holiday.

Skiweekends.com has availability on a choice of Easter ski breaks by coach or by air to Brides les Bains and Chamonix, with prices from as little as £269 per person.

Skiers hoping to hit the slopes on a budget should opt for Bulgaria, according to a survey of ski resorts by leading travel money provider M&S Money.

Twinning a city break with a ski holiday is a great way to see more of an amazing country such as Canada. In Quebec there are two great locations for this twin-centre holiday with a difference – Quebec City and Montreal.

For those who fancy a skiing break - without having to queue at airports or take a ferry and face a long drive on the continent - help is at hand 'north of the border'. Skiing conditions are good at most Scottish resorts including the Lecht in the Cairngorms which has an excellent coverage of hard packed snow on the runs and eight lifts open, with a further three to open shortly.

Enjoy the delights of guaranteed snow in the February half term skiing high above the Arctic Circle with Small Families the UK’s leading operator for single parent holidays.

TignesFest is the fresh new music festival in the Alps - and it's free! Nominated for the Yourope Best European Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2007, and billed as the ‘cool little boutique festival’ by the Sunday Times Style Magazine, TignesFest is a dynamic alpine music event held in one of the top rated (and highest!) ski resorts in the world - Tignes.

To ease skiers' worries about the cost of meals, budget operator Skiweekends.com has introduced a free upgrade to half-board - worth £72 per person - on all its remaining ski weeks by coach to the Three Valleys.

Already a unique celebration of diversity and inclusiveness, Whistler’s WinterPRIDE, taking place from February 1-8, is even more special this year, bringing with it the first-ever Mr. Gay World competition.

The Jiva Hill Park Hotel is offering guests the chance to save money and time with their Weekend Ski package. If the annual exodus to the crowded European ski resorts complete with inflated prices and the need to book months in advance has become tiresome, the Jiva Hill Park Hotel near Geneva offers the perfect solution.

Ski resorts across Europe have been blessed with more heavy snow after a relatively cold, dry spell over the past few weeks. Heavy snow started falling on Sunday and it is forecast to continue until later this week with many resorts expecting over a metre of fresh snow.

Gourmet food, luxury accommodation and some of the best skiing and scenery in the Alps make booking a chalet holiday with The Alpine Club, the luxury chalet company in the Belleville valley, the ideal tonic to the January blues.

Budget ski operator, Skiweekends.com, has added coach and accommodation capacity for families still looking for a value-for-money February half-term holiday. There's now an additional departure on 15 February to Brides les Bains which departs London Victoria at 16.30 and also has pick-ups at Thurrock, Maidstone and Folkestone.

Self-catering accommodation specialist PV-Holidays has announced savings of up to 20 percent on many of its ski apartments in the French Alps for those keen to take advantage of this year’s excellent ski conditions.