Reports from China, where the focus is on in imminent Winter Olympics and Paralympics around capital Beijing, indicate that a new “world’s largest indoor snow centre”, including an indoor Olympic standard ski run, will be completed in the country’s second city, Shanghai, before the end of 2022. Now known as WintaStar Shanghai, the spectacular project was first unveiled as Winterland

America’s most successful male ski racer and world-famous name in the wintersports world, Bode Miller, has joined the Alpine-X group as ‘Innovation Officer’. Alpine-X have plans to build at least 10 indoor snow centres across America with an initial the $200 million development facility known as Fairfax Peak in Northern Virginia moving through the planning approval process with a target

The SnowWorld Group who are headquartered in The Netherlands celebrated 25 years in business in December. The company has been the most successful and most prominent in the world of indoor snowsports, which is itself only just over three decades old in its modern era of refrigerated halls. SnowWorld now operate seven indoor snow centres, along with associated hotels and

The new Mall of Saudi will have the biggest indoor snow slope yet when it opens, possibly in 2025, according to the boss of the company building it. In an interview with Arab News, Alain Bejjani, chief executive of the Majid Al-Futtaim (MAF) group which build malls that house indoor snow centres Ski Dubai and Ski Egypt, among many others,

75 years after it first appeared in cinemas, the popularity of It’s a Wonderful Life grows year on year, but now a report in Entertainment Weekly has uncovered how the film’s makers devised a revolutionary new method to create the snow scenes that are so crucial to the Christmas climax of the film. Entertainment Weekly reports that director Frank Capra

A planned new indoor snow centre, Winter Sports World, proposed for Penrith near Sydney in Australia will be entirely powered by a 1.2 megawatt power supply of photovoltaic solar cells on the roof, the team behind the project say.  That’s the equivalent of powering 220 homes with photovoltaic panels, feeding into an on-site battery storage facility. The $300 million development

The Sunac group, which runs at least six indoor snow centres in China, including the world’s three largest by snow area, was a major presence at this year’s at The World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo staged in early autumn. The Sunac Culture & Tourism Group exhibited its ability to manage the whole chain of the snow industry and the advantages

An annual study of the Chinese ski industry found that during 2020, when much of the country’s ski infrastructure was closed due to the pandemic, the numbers skiing and boarding inside represented just over 20% of all ski trips made. The 2020 China Ski Industry White Book complied by Benny Wu also reports that the number of indoor ski areas

The huge Reem Mall complex on Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island is reported to be close to completion. Seven-years after it was first unveiled the $1.2 billion US retail hub is reported to be “over 95 per cent complete.” Along with more than 450 shops and over 85 different dining options, the mall will house “one of the world’s largest snow

Alpine-X, a company which intends to build indoor snowsports centres across North America with its first at Fairfax Peak in Virginia by 2025 has launched a membership program designed to fit its mission of ‘Snowsports for Everyone.’ The free-to-join club has a focus on offering gear discounts, and support to club members who are also being encouraged to offer feedback