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Early snow cover at altitude in the Alps is the deepest in recent years. Sadly, we cant enjoy it at the moment. But its my belief that the European ski season will have a strong second half from mid or late February until late April. In Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy too many livelihoods depend on skiing for cancellation of the entire season. And theres no harm in planning ahead, so heres our lowdown on this winters ski season... Q. Does the emergency over coronavirus mean the end of th...

TV tonight: Micky Flanagan gives viewers the backstage treatment Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett Micky Flanagan: Peeping Behind the Curtain 9pm, Sky One Cockney comic Micky Flanagan gives viewers the backstage treatment at his 2017 sellout An’ Another Fing tour in this documentary. Culminating in a run at the O2 in London, it has since become one of the world’s biggest comedy tours, and this film charts Flanagan’s slow burn success ...

Beauchamp Estates There’s been a change in the water – a very definitive shift in the ways that the international super-rich manage their roster of overseas properties. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, it was very much the status symbol that the well-heeled be in possession of a miniature property empire; a house in London, a ski property in Verbier, maybe somewhere down the South of France and somewhere in the Caribbean (ideally Mustique). These days, the super-rich are far more likely to rent...

Princess Eugenie with her sister Beatrice (Image: GETTY) The Princess married Jack Brooksbank, a brand ambassador who worked in hospitality, back in October 2018. Singer-songwriter Ricky Wilson, frontman for the Kaiser Chiefs, also appears in the Teenage Cancer Trust video. He comments: “Their work couldn’t be more important, particularly now during this pandemic as young people face increased isolation. “Every day seven young people aged 13 to 24 are told the news they have cancer, throw...

Unacceptable scenes in the centre of Lugano LUGANO Images of people close together and without masks have raised a wave of indignation on social media Unacceptable scenes in the centre of Lugano Di Marco Ortelli 14 dicembre 2020 , 09:26 OnTheSpot Images are being circulating on social networks regarding the lack of measures being respected this weekend in the center of Lugano. This is what happened over the weekend post 7pm where groups of people were spotted in the center ...

Mega-queues at Swiss ski resorts are producing a seriously frosty reception By Time Out editors Advertising It’s normally Britain that loves a good queue, but skiers in Switzerland seem intent on giving the Brits a run for their money if recent queues at ski resorts are anything to go by. The past weeks have seen impossibly long queues at several resorts across the country, including Engelberg and Verbier, while various media reports have showed huge, snaking lines of skiers as people wait f...

SITE Incentive Summit Europe 2020 Incentive Summit Europe, SITE’s inaugural European event, brought together almost 60 incentive travel professionals at the award winning W Verbier in Switzerland over three days in late April to build enduring connections, be immersed in high level experiential learning and discover the incentive appeal of a dynamic year-round adventure destination. Details

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images But, the question from those affected by the closures is, if its safe for Switzerland to open its slopes, why isnt it safe for other countries? In Megeve, the ski lift closures will mean a loss of eight million euros (nearly $10 million). And, says Jullien-Breches, for every euro lost on the slopes, a further seven will be lost in the villages hotels, restaurants and bars. Many local businesses, she fears, simply wont survive. "I wish I could do something ...

Getty Images / WIRED On the slopes, the overriding feeling is devastation. As resorts are laid waste to Covid-19, British ski instructors have been racing to beat a political flurry: Brexit. With the December 31 deadline approaching, hopefuls have had to complete a literal giant slalom within a fifth of the theoretical time it would take the world number one – equivalent to running a marathon in under two-and-a-half hours. Dubbed the Eurotest, it’s a gruelling challenge. But it’s one that...

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