ESF La Rosiere tackle ‘ski hosting’ ban by adding new social skiing service

There will be few readers of Skipedia unaware of the ongoing saga between the French authorities and British ski tour operators offering ‘ski hosting’ [for the uninitiated, try the following articles]. With the next stage in the appeal process not due until May 2014, ski hosting will not be offered this winter season. Crystal Holidays working with Evolution 2 This has led to a large amount of negative press for the ESF in the UK media. More significantly the ESF have been hit in the pocket in some resorts.  The UK’s largest ski tour operator, Crystal Holidays, announced that in some resorts they would work with rival ski school Evolution 2. Skiworld followed Crystal’s lead and announced in November they would offer a similar solution to social skiing in four resorts. ESF La Rosiere offer their own free ‘Discover La Rosiere’ service La Rosiere was one of the resorts affected by Crystal’s decision. On Sunday, they launched their own free guided tour ‘Discover La Rosiere’. The service is limited to 20 people, who have never skied in the resort before and is open to all nationalities. Not only will guests from all tour companies receive free ‘social skiing’, but they […]