In Light of the Credit Crunch Many Ski Operators Are Cutting Their Amount of Luxury Catered Chalets
Partly due to the recession skiing bookings went down last winter.
This is even with strong early on reservations along with great snow conditions.
This drop in no.s follows on from seven years of sequential growth in the skiing industry, and the numbers shrunk from 1.1 million two years ago to less than a million last ski season.
This is in part due to vacationers giving the season a miss, while other holiday makers who’d generally have two snowboarding trips, only had one.
Sales for the independent travel sector fell by 15% and numerous no frills airlines reducing the no. of airplanes to certain destinations.
Moreover tour operators also saw their sales reducing by about the same amount.
All the same, the leading companies market share continued at just over a healthy 70% and skiing holidays France continued to remain the most visited ski destination with 37% of skiing holidays.
This meant that several ski operators lowered the no. of ski chalets they rent this coming season.
Luxury catered chalets in particular are going to witness a drop in numbers due to the fact that a catered chalet costs more for the tour operator with regards to chalet hosts and lease if it is unsold.
It remains unlikely we will find the special offers which were on the market this season.
Costs are expected to rise, prices are unlikely to go up a lot.
