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With 2 new Morzine chalets next year, we are going to be recruiting a bigger AliKats team, and as anyone who has stayed with us will know, our chalet hosts are EVERYTHING! So what makes a great chalet host and what do we look for? Here are our top 3…

Running your own business means you end up doing lots of varied activities. Running a chalet business is no different and one of our favourite, if infrequent activities, is doing the photoshoot when we take on a new chalet.

Following on from a really successful 1st 3 years running the current AliKats chalet in Morzine, La Ferme a Jules, we are delighted to announce we will be taking on 2 more Morzine chalets next year. 

Our 4-day intense deep clean comes to an end tomorrow and we will be handing the keys to the chalet back to the owner for the summer. 

Spring has sprung here in Morzine: the birds are singing, the sky is blue and our chalet guests are enjoying a summer holiday and winter holiday in one! Sure, the slushy snow towards the end of the day can be a bit tricky to ski on but having a long…

When you work in a seasonal business, the periods where you are in-season are usually very intense and running a chalet in Morzine is no different.

After a fairly shaky start in January, the season in Morzine has been going from strength to strength and each week has been better than the last….

For the last 24 hours it has been dumping down with snow and it looks like there is more snow to come this week. 

We are so excited to be able to introduce this year’s team: Abi, Jay, Leo & Lian.

At AliKats, we’re all about building solid, long-term partnerships that are win-win for both parties. When both parties feel like they are getting something positive from a partnership, it forms great relationships and helps provide customers with great value for money and fantastic customer service.

As we come to the end of our 1st week in the AliKats chalet, we thought we’d quickly take stock of what’s happened before the Christmas ski season starts in earnest! Our top 3 highlights have been…

When Kat said to me she was going to be offering a 6-course menu for a special AliKats New Year’s Eve dinner, I sarcastically replied: “6 is too easy. Do 7”. So she did.

The start of this season in Avoriaz has been unbelievable for snow and as we started 2012, it was the best snow on New Year’s week since the turn of the century! So, we thought we’d compare it to 4 of Europe’s other big resorts (Meribel, Val d’Isere, Kitzbuhel and…

This week marks the half way point of the season, as well as UK half term which is our busiest week of the year. And with 27 in the chalet this week (and still feeling surprisingly spacious), we thought we’d take a few minutes to summarise the 1st half of…

If you haven’t done it before, spring skiing is something very special and this year, with 270cm of snow still in Avoriaz, is going to be pretty special. Here are some crude maths to prove this:

After two ski seasons of chalet hosting, I was surprised by the number of guests staying each week who were on restricted diets because of food sensitivities or intolerances. It turns out at that I shouldn’t have been surprised at all as research shows that 1-2% of the UK population…

We’re only half way through the season and we’ve got huge amounts of snow but already our thoughts are turning to summer….

After 5 hard months of the winter season with barely a day off, everyone in Morzine shuts up shop for the month of May. And it really does take a full month to recover as well! But now our mind turns to the next challenge – augmenting the AliKats team…

We went on holiday to Italy this summer and found some wild Porcini mushrooms whilst out and about. This video recipe shows you how easy it is to whip up a Porcini mushroom risotto. We’ve also included a detailed written recipe as well so you can try it at home… 

Take a moment to picture the scene; the whole family sat round the AliKats Christmas tree after a great day’s skiing on the snow covered mountains above the chalet. A glass of mulled wine in the hand and a plate full of mince pies in front of you as you warm yourself…