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What a difference a week makes
Posted by Admiral Peary House in B&B Business Planning, Innkeeping on April 15, 2008
Spring has arrived. Or it looks very much like it has, though I won’t be convinced until the end of the month. I’ve just arrived back from a 10 day trip to California and I’m delighted to see big patches of bare ground and diminishing snow banks! Contrary to what I believed, my daffodils haven’t given this season a miss and are poking their little heads up as soon as the ice above them melts. So we will have spring flowers after all. Of course, with all the melting comes all the clearing up as snow gives way to the mess it covered up, not to mention the paint that’s peeling on every conceivable surface after a very wet winter! If you’re visiting during the next few weeks, please bear with us – we’re not very pretty right now!
So, I’ve just come back from the PAII (Professional Association of Innkeepers International) annual conference where I was presenting several workshops. This is always a good event for me and I always have fun meeting old and new friends, but it was even better this year as I got to go “home”. Despite the conference being held at one of my least favourite places on earth (Disneyland), it was still only 20 minutes from where Derrek and I lived before we moved to Maine. I got to spend a few days with my best friend, soaked up some sun (with a jacket on – it wasn’t very warm) and best of all, cruised up and down the coast in my little red convertible – top down! Just what the doctor ordered after a very long Maine winter!
March madness and North Conway Ski Season Closings
Posted by Admiral Peary House in B&B Business Planning, B&B Consulting, Innkeeping on March 12, 2008
March is the month when aspiring innkeeper thoughts seem to turn to actually going and buying an inn, so its the month when I’m especially busy with my consulting clients. This year seems to be busier than usual in that regard, so I’m very glad in some ways that vacation weeks are over, as it gives me more time to work on Inngenium stuff. So far this month, I’ve been completing our annual “Inns for Sale Study”, an in-depth look at all the inns and B&Bs that are for sale across the nation. This is our 3rd year of publication and it grows every year, taking me more and more time in research and analysis. Packed with all sorts of interesting data and backed by The B&B Team this year, its useful stuff for all B&B brokers, consultants, buyers and sellers alike, and the best thing – its free (for now), so let me know if you want a copy. Publish date is March 30th. In amongst helping my clients, I’m also trying to prepare 2 workshops for the PAII Conference in Anaheim in less than a month. Yeah! Finally some sunshine and warm weather. I can’t wait. Still, the pressure’s on to get everything done before I leave … AND manage the inn!!
So in normal snow years, the ski season would be winding down, with just a couple more weeks to go. However, this hasn’t been a normal season, so I did some calling around and here’s the latest on closing dates:
- Attitash (alpine) – through second week in April, subject to conditions
- Bear Notch (nordic) – through April, subject to conditions
- Bretton Woods (alpine/nordic) – through April, subject to conditions
- Cranmore (alpine) – March 29th (may be extended)
- Jackson Ski Touring (nordic) – through April, subject to conditions
- MWV Ski Touring (nordic) – through April, subject to conditions
- Shawnee Peak (alpine) – March 30th
- Wildcat (alpine) – Open as long as there’s snow!!
As you can tell, there was quite a bit of umm-ing and errr-ing from the ski guys and it appears as though most are hedging their bets. So still plenty of time to get up here and get your ski-fix! Stay tuned for updates!
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