Transportation Resort announces new flights from Seattle, joining 8 other major airports Getting to Steamboat has never been easier, whether you’re coming from the East or West coasts of the U.S. or the Sunshine Coast of Australia.
says Rob Perlman, the resort’s senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Relishing the opening of new service to the West Coast, PerlSteamboat Ski and Resort man adds that the LA flight’s timCorp. recently announced new di- ing was chosen to allow easy conrect ski season flights from Seattle nections for the growing number on Alaska Airlines on a 70-pas- of Australian travelers coming to senger CRJ7 jet on Wednesdays Steamboat, which represent nearand Saturdays beginning Dec. 18. ly half of all international visitors. Last year, it announced flights from “We’ve wanted to open up the Los Angeles International Airport West, and both the Los Angeles on a 66-passenger jet Saturdays and Seattle flights provide the and Sundays beginning Dec. 21. opportunity to do that,” Perlman Steamboat’s winter nonstop flight program now offers nonstop jet air service from nine major airports on American, Delta, Alaska and United Airlines into Steamboat/Hayden Airport for the 2013-14 season. “We’ve aggressively worked with the airlines to provide convenient access into Steamboat,”
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says. “International travelers, particularly from Australia, will experience convenient one-stop connections in both directions.”
Perlman adds that eliminating the need to fly to Denver before connecting to Steamboat makes a big difference for international travelers. New social media campaigns now allow Steamboat to
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Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. recently announced new direct ski season flights from Seattle, bringing the number of major airports offering non-stop service to Steamboat to nine. Photo courtesy of Alaskan Airlines
compete in the expensive advertising market of Los Angeles. “We can target areas very costeffectively now with geo-targeting Google campaigns,” says Perlman, who spent four years as director of sales and marketing at California’s Mammoth Mountain.
“As a result of our state-of-the-art airport facility and a direct flight program built upon convenience and a variety of options, Steamboat’s nonstop flight system is truly a key differentiator against other winter destinations.”
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