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Winter sports specialist Inghams and its sister brands Esprit and Ski Total got the ski season under way last week at its annual launch event. Lee Hayhurst reports
Inghams boosts ski trip flexibility
Inghams parent Hotelplan has extended access to flexible durations beyond Switzerland for this winter.
The operator said booking
trends indicated customers were prepared to pay more, as prices have risen due to the strong euro, but it wanted to introduce more affordable product. Chief executive Paul Carter said
after snow conditions, foreign exchange was the main factor the operator was monitoring but there was no evidence increased costs were putting people off. As well as hedging currency
to shield customers from the pound’s slump, Carter said the operator had negotiated a range of value-added offers as well as being more flexible on dates. Last year, flexible durations
were offered only in Swiss resorts but this year they have been extended to Chamonix, Flaine and
“We have negotiated with hotels to offer any-day check-in and checkout at certain points in the season”
Val d’Isère in France and Khutai and Igls in Austria. “We have dynamic packaging capability and have negotiated with hotels to offer any-day check-in and checkout at certain points in the season,” said Carter. Flights from Gatwick and Manchester to Geneva, Heathrow and Manchester to Zurich and Gatwick and Heathrow to Innsbruck can be packaged up on the trade booking portal. Three nights’ half-board at Hotel Alpenruh in Murren, Switzerland, starts at £637 in January. Carter said the operator had
KUHTAI: The Austrian resort will be an Easter destination for Esprit
also contracted more affordable self-catering accommodation for this winter and negotiated good rates for Christmas and New Year with hotel partners. Esprit’s popular Baby and
Toddler weeks offer savings of up HOTELPLAN BRANDS: WHAT’S NEW FOR 2017-18
INGHAMS New resorts
❄Claviere, Italy’s oldest ski resort offers access to the Milky Way ski area’s 400
kilometres of pistes. Hotel Clari £729
❄Livigno in Italy returns to the Inghams ski programme offering high-altitude skiing
and low prices due to its duty-free status. Hotel Amerikan £829
❄Pila and Aosta, offering beginner and intermediate skiing on slopes that are
never overcrowded. Hotel Lion Noir £799
❄Les Menuires in France offers easy access to the Three Valleys ski area at an affordable
price. Seven nights’ self-catering at the four- star Residence Le Coeur Des from £569
New hotels and chalets
❄Chalet Linda in Kitzbühel, Austria, sleeps 28-37 guests, from £644
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❄Schloss Mittersill in Kitzbühel is a converted 12th-century castle, from £1,179
❄Chalet Marlene in Tignes, France, for up to eight guests. £759
❄Star Arctic in Saariselka, Lapland, is a new property due to open in December. £1,479
ESPRIT Hotelplan’s family ski brand
New resorts
❄A ‘pop-up’ destination for Easter. Guests can stay in the four-star Hotel Mooshaus in Kühtai, Austria’s highest resort
New short break
❄A pre-Christmas four-night break to Les Arcs and Belle Plagne departing December 15. From £549 at the Chalet Fitzroy (also available with Ski Total)
Tuesday departures
❄Available until January 7 to avoid travelling on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve (also available with Ski Total)
Extended ski chaperone services
❄Older children who have joined the ski school will be dropped off and picked up to help parents stay on the slopes. £79.
SKI TOTAL Hotelplan’s chalet specialist brand
New properties
❄Chalet Hotel Parc Victoria, in Cortina; Xtra Chalet de Verbier, Verbier; Chalet Petit Ours, Arc 2000; Chalet Corniche, Tignes
*Prices are per person for seven nights’ half-board, unless otherwise stated, and include flights and transfers
to £506 per family on select weeks. Carter said bookings were up
year on year, with mainstream agents performing “incredibly well”. “They are looking to sell brands
that are reliable, particularly in these challenging times,” he said.
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