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EU Eases Up on Travel Ban but Excludes US

EU Travel Ban

The European Union just eased up their coronavirus travel ban to allow people from 15 countries to travel to the bloc, but the United States isn’t one of them.  To make the list requires a reciprocal easing of bans and though China is on the list, they have yet to ease their restrictions.  Right now, the US has travel bans […]

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Gabrielle Gasser | July 7, 2020
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Top EU Doctor Confirms That Ski Resorts Contributed to Major Spread of COVID-19 in Europe

A top EU physician said that ski resorts in Europe are likely culprits for being the initial transmission sites of coronavirus in Europe. RELATED: Criminal Investigation Underway at Austrian Ski Resort Linked to Thousands of Coronavirus Cases Yahoo News reports that Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, told The Guardian that a week in […]

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SnowBrains | May 22, 2020
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Ski Backlash to Brexit

The UK is set to leave the European Union by the end of October

When the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on October 31st, thousands of European businesses will no longer be able to hire British staff on seasonal contracts. This could mean the loss of up to 25,000 jobs in the ski industry alone. It’s a potential threat for skiing-related businesses that hire seasonal employees. Some are even calling it “Brexodus.” First […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | August 30, 2019
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Brexit Could Increase Ski Holiday Prices in the UK

Skiers looking to go on guided ski holidays will be hit by Brexit the hardest

On June 23rd, 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. While the UK doesn’t officially leave the EU until March 2019, the ski industry is already experiencing some effects of the referendum. According to The Telegraph, ski holiday prices have already increased since the referendum was passed. Ski holidays are ski trips that take clients to resorts across the world, […]

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Tanner Blake | October 31, 2018
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