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Hi guys… Whistler Blackcomb will be hiring heaps of Kiwis through IEP’s Work Canada Winter Job Fair. Anyone between 18 and 30 years of age is eligible for the program and the visa. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A STUDENT!!!!!

And there are more awesome Canadian employers coming to IEP’s Canada Job Fair (www.workcanada.co.nz):
• Kicking Horse
• Grouse Mountain
• Panorama
• Fairmont (Whistler, Jasper Park, and Lake Louise)
• Canada Olympic Park

There are heaps of jobs to choose from… Lifties, Snow Maker, Cook, Server, Front Desk, Room Attendant etc etc.

Make sure you don’t miss out… Interview slots are filling up mega fast this year! www.iep.co.nz for all details.

…..would you like 6 Days FREE Skiing at AspenSnowmass?

YES YES YES - make sure you buy your 8+ Day AspenSnowmass Lift Pass via Ski Traveller before the 1st of December 2008!! 

Call Sarah or Lianne at Ski Traveller for all the details on this FREE Ski Deal.

ALSO….accommodation in Aspen will sell out over the Winter X-Games Week (22 - 25 January 2009) if you plan to be in Aspen or Snowmass over this time BOOK NOW!!!!!!

thank-you Sun Peaks for offering the chance to ski at your amazing resort and then take a day off and experience the terrain at Canada newest ski resort Revelstoke!!   YES, Sun Peaks are offering Day Trips to Revelstoke - smart!  Be one of the first to ski at this amazing new mountain, we have heard the terrain will put a smile on the face of the expert skiers & boarders.

Lianne - Ski Traveller
Toll Free: 0800 11 22 99

Snowvision held a FAB BlackOnWhite First Tracks pre Apres Ski Function on the 8th of May at the VW Continental Cars Showroom…..I am a bit slow getting around to writing about this, but found the pictures I took at the evening and it reminded me to get this up on the blog.  Snowvision raises money to support NZ Ski Athletes so the function was to raise money and to introduce two new sponsors for 2008: Ski Traveller and Power Plate.  It was a fantastic evening, Morton Estate Wines (another sponsor) provided the wine and the caterers worked wonders with the food!  We offered 4 FREE Nights & 4 FREE Days Skiing in Vail to any person from the evening that signed up for the newly launched Apres Ski Club of New Zealand!  So remember, if you sign up to the club and book your ski holiday with Ski Traveller you are in to win 4 Nights in Vail & 4 Days FREE Skiing - the odds are very good ! 
Below are a few piccies from the night …….we hope our clients enjoyed the evening and we do hope that Fiona, from Snowvision, makes this an annual event.  Ski Traveller also launched our WIN A Snow Holiday to Aspen as the evening and we wanted to say a BIG thank-you to Air New Zealand, United Airlines and AspenSnowmass for providing such a fabulous prize.

Lianne - Ski Traveller

Hi there! If anyone is interested in working at Heavenly Mountain Resort next season, listen up. A representative from the resort will be visiting New Zealand for a J1 Job Fair on August 14th. They are working closely alongside a sponsor company  called CCUSA, and you can check them out at www.ccusa.com. You must be a full time uni-student to qualify for a J1 visa, but if you’re not - don’t worry - Heavenly also has an H2B program you can go through. Have a look at Heavenly’s webpage, www.skiheavenly.com, and see if you can find something to peak your interest. Good Luck!!

The Team at Ski Traveller

Air New Zealand has released some FAB Ski Airfares to help you get to the slopes in North America!  Give us a call today so we can get you on the flights, you must book early to get the BEST Value Airfares.

An ADDED Feature for this year is you can choose to UPGRADE to Premium Economy Class or even to Premier Business Class on your long-haul flights.

The flights at Christmas are filling fast, give us a call to book your flights as soon as you know your dates…..you have 28 days once we book the flights to decide these are right and get the e-tickets issued, but you do need to get these booked now for travel at Christmas and Early January.

Direct flights to Vancover 4 times per week: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday….same days returning.
Direct flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco: daily or twice daily.
 

Ski Traveller has a great Ski Airfare Special thanks to United Airlines…..released in conjunction with the Warren Miller Film & Ski Expo and include the Colorado Airports: Aspen, Denver, Telluride, Montrose, Eagle….and outside of Colorado you can fly into Salt Lake City, Jackson Hole, Reno, Vancouver and Calgary….& many more.

Ring the Ski Traveller for more details and remember you must book these flights before the end of June 2008.
Free Phone 0800 11 22 99

Hello all,

If you would like to apply for work at Crested Butte Mountain Resort next season, feel free to visit their website  www.skicb.com, or contact their Human Resources Manager directly via email - Kyndall Coffman, kcoffman@cbmr.com.  CrestedButte is working with Intrax who are able to help you along with your J1 Visa.  To see a list of current job openings, don’t miss the ‘Jobs’ link on Crested Butte’s homepage.  Easy as that!

Good Luck from the Team at Ski Traveller

Two shows in Wellington, Friday night and Sunday night…..at the FAMOUS Embassy Theatre.  Saturday night was the All Blacks vs Ireland rugby game. Great Warren Miller Film & Ski Expo…..the team chatted to lots of people about Skiiing in Colorado and our brochure supplies are now getting very low, which is great as that means we have been spreading the word about how good the skiing is in Colorado - “enter a higher state” is their moto!  United Airlines have some great airfares specials to Colorado released in conjunction with the Warren Miller Film - great value but you must book & pay for these before the end of June.

Telluride is of particular interest, we have run out of these brochures …… if you would like to book your holiday to Telluride, be in quick, lots of you are keen to go this coming season.  We have the stunning Lumiere Hotel, Telluride Mountain Lodge and some great condos - you can choose to be on the mountain or in the quaint historic township, linked to the mountain by a gondola.

Check out the Ski Traveller Team hard at work at the Wellington Warren Miller Show.

Oh we can recommend the following restaurants and cafes in Wellington: Maranui Cafe in Lyall Bay (our favourite, we visited twice) located in the surf club right on the beach at Lyall Bay….fantastic.  Hazel’s behind the Embassy Theatre is great too, we ‘bumped’ in the All Black Coach Graham Henry there on Friday night.  You also must try Chow, Lido and Monsoon Poon.

thanks Christchurch…..we had a great time at the Warren Miller Film & Ski Travel Expo, lots of people keen to Ski in Colorado.  Christchurch turned on a fantastic w/end, the show was Friday evening so we decided to stay on in Christchurch for the weekend.  Mt Hutt wasn’t quite ready to open and the sun was shining so we drove to Lyttleton for lunch…..I can highly recommend the London Street Cafe - great food & wine list.  The afternoon saw us wandering along the beach at Sumner and then seeing as we were there we grabbed tickets to the Super 14 Final….then a quick taxi ride back to SOL (south of Lichfield) Square for  few after match celebrations.  Sunay we awoke to find the Christhchurch Marathon was starting right outside our apartment, none of us were marathon ready so we decided to do a walk in Hagley Park instead.  As we left the hotel in our walking gear, we had some spectators wish us luck for the marathon….we thanked them profusely, if only they knew we were just heading out for a walk in the park….after that it was a visit to the Untouched World factory store (a few purchases later) we were off again, this time to Pegasus Bay vineyard for lunch - again we highly recommend this !!