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Announcing Team AliKats for winter 2013-14
We are so excited to be able to introduce this year’s team: Abi, Jay, Leo & Lian.
Continue reading...We’re delighted to announce our latest partnership which gives 20% off ski-hire for all AliKats guests!
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.
Continue reading...Looking back on a great first week in the AliKats chalet
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…
Continue reading...The AliKats 7-course menu for New Year’s Eve: Kat’s best moment to date!
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.
Continue reading...How does the snow in Avoriaz rate compared to other big resorts? A LOT better is the answer!
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…
Continue reading...Reflecting on the half way point of the season and reaching no 1 on Trip Advisor
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…
Continue reading...Why this season is going to be BRILLIANT for spring skiing!
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:
Continue reading...Dairy free cakes? Easier than you might think…
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…
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