Seven signs your ski holiday has been Americanised
Will skiers in the Alps soon start swapping pichets for pitchers, or flipping burgers on the fourth of July, instead of sipping onion soup on the 14th? The recent announcement that US conglomerate Vail Resorts had bought the resort of Crans-Montana in Switzerland – its second European acquisition in the space of just two years – certainly indicated an impending Americanisation of the Alps, according to some.
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