Ski.com now provides discounted, custom-built mountain vacations specifically for college students
Aspen, Colo. – November 18, 2009 – Ski.com (http://www.ski.com), North America’s largest provider of mountain vacations, today announced the acquisition of CollegeSkiTrips.com, entering for the first time the youth travel market.
CollegeSkiTrips.com is a 17-year-old company specializing in mountain vacations for students ages 18-25. The company caters to college students who wish to either join already-established groups of hundreds of their peers or create a custom mountain vacation of their own. By using CollegeSkiTrips.com, travelers with a valid student ID can benefit from otherwise unavailable discounts on things like, lift tickets, season passes, full packages and international tours.
Students using CollegeSkiTrips.com now have access to Ski.com’s unmatched selection of mountain resorts, lodging accommodations and ancillary products such as lift tickets. Ski.com plans to implement their new state-of-the-art online booking engine and completely redesign and re launch the CollegeSkiTrips.com Web site.
This acquisition was lead by Michael Cleary, Ski.com vice president, sales and business development. Cleary joined Ski.com in August 2009 after managing EF College Break, a division of EF Educational Tours, a leading travel company focusing on students.
"The 18-25 demographic is powerful and very important for the longevity of Ski.com," said Cleary. "By offering young travelers more options, deeper discounts and stellar customer service through CollegeSkiTrips.com, we will hopefully win their loyalty and gain the opportunity to work with them again through Ski.com as they get older."
To learn about upcoming student group vacations, events, parties and student discounts or to plan and book a vacation through CollegeSkiTrips.com, visit www.CollegeSkiTrips.com or call a College Mountain Vacation Specialist at 1-800-848-9545.
About Ski.com
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Aspen, Colo., Ski.com is the largest provider of mountain travel in North America. Ski.com is the only travel company specializing in mountain destinations to offer the unsurpassed first-hand knowledge and experience needed to present travelers the most options at the best value. The company has the largest mountain lodging inventory, offers the most ski-related package components in the travel industry and customizes complete vacations to 100 of the most popular resorts in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America.