The energy crisis in Europe resulting from the Ukraine War has led to concerns about high-energy using non-essential businesses like indoor snow centres being able to operate this winter. Germany is one of the three largest operators on indoor snow centres along with The Netherlands and the UK and the country’s centres have begun clarifying whether they will be able

The 2021-2022 edition of the China Ski Industry White Book compiled each year by Wu Bin (Benny Wu) reports that China now has 42 indoor snow centres – about a third of the world total. “The indoor ski resort business has exploded in China, which is the most noteworthy phenomenon in the domestic ski industry in recent years,” The only

The Sunac Group, which runs the world’s three largest indoor snow centres, all built within the past five years in China, has unveiled another flagship indoor snow centre project for Wuhan. The new Changjiang Snow World, due to open in 2024, will be another of the world’s biggest, standing 100 metres high at its highest point and with a 500

China has unveiled a huge indoor half pipe located in the Chongli district which staged most of the skiing events during the Winter Olympics earlier this year. Providing year-round training facilities for top freestyle athletes, the indoor halfpipe has been equipped with a TechnoAlpin SnowFactory that produces 1,000 m3 of snow per day, as well as TechnoAlpin TF10 propeller machines

A small indoor snow centre has opened in Indonesia, with snow provided by one of the world’s leading manufacturers of conventional snowmaking systems, TechnoAlpin. The Italian company also makes ‘all-weather’ machines for use at outdoor areas where natural snow cover can’t be guaranteed and three of these SnowFactory machines are in use at the new Trans Snow World Surabaya Trans

Saudi Arabia has submitted a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a ski area it plans to build in the Sarawat mountains, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of the Red Sea coast. However work on the ski area has not yet commenced. Trojena Sports City has been promoted as an “all year ski village” but it

The UK’s six indoor snow centres are proving a haven as temperatures top 40 Celcius in England as the climate crisis continues to take hold.   ITV made a film of skiers at the Chill Factore centre near Manchester switching from T shorts and shorts to thermals as they experienced a 40 degree drop in temperature from the high 30s

The long-awaited indoor snow park at Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors before the end of summer, according to the mall’s Instagram account. The centre, is now known as ‘Snow Abu Dhabi’ and “will be the perfect getaway for the UAE summer,” the caption on Instagram declared.  A specific opening date has yet to be announced

Social media has got very excited at billionaire Kim Kardashian taking to the slopes of Big Snow, the only indoor snow ski and boarding centre in North America. The 41 year-old moth-of-four posted a TikTok video of herself on the slopes, winning positive reaction to her skiing skills and the fact she was skiing in a crop top. “It turns

The Sunac Group, which runs the three largest indoor snow centres in the world and a portfolio of more indoor snow centres than any other operator worldwide, has had its stock suspended from trading after it failed to post its results. Having reported profits of $3.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 57% from the previous year, it has recently