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

The rapid expansion of China’s ski market has led to people switching careers to become ski instructors and indoor snow centres are reported to be playing a part in providing instructor training facilities ahead of the main season. The 2022 Winter Olympic host now has more than 800 ski areas according to researchers but most of these have opened in

A new complex, Boulevard Riyadh City, has opened as part of  a festival known as Riyadh Season 2021. However Boulevard Riyadh City will not end when Riyadh Season 2021 does and will instead become a permanent entertainment hub in the Saudi capital. Boulevard Riyadh City covers about 900,000 square meters and contains nine areas, each with its own set of

Singapore’s only indoor snow centre, Snow City, has opened the country’s first ‘Ice Hotel Gallery’ experience offering the chance to see, if not actually stay in, sdome of the facilities found at ice hotels in Scandinavia. Like most countries travel opportunities to cold weather destinations still look limited this winter and one media outlet described the opportunity to stay in

Florida’s first snow themed park, Snowcat Ridge, which debuted last autumn despite the impact of the pandemic, re-opens in October for its second winter season and has new attractions promised. Snowcat Ridge’s main attraction is outdoor tubing hill with dry ski slope surface, some 60 feet (17 metres) high and 400 feet (122 metres) long, but there’s an arctic igloo

Big SNOW American Dream, North America’s only indoor real-snow ski and snowboard centre, has announced it will be staying closed into the new year. The centre, located in New Jersey, was damaged by an internal fire high up in the facility in the early hours of 25th September.  Nobody was harmed in the blaze.  It was initially hoped the resulting

The world’s second largest indoor ski area, Guangzhou Snow World in China, is reported to have had 6,500 skiers visits in a single day in May, believed to be a world record for indoor snow centres. 6,500 skiers is also more than all but the very largest conventional ski areas are likely to see in a day, and more than

Norway’s huge SNØ indoor snow centre which opened shortly before the pandemic has been highlighting the fact that despite the image of indoor snow centres needing to use a lot of energy to keep the snow in shape year-round, it is actually a so-called ‘plus building’ – generating more green energy than the power it needs to operate. The surplus