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<description>Ahhh we LOVE a feel good story and they don't get much better than this one : The day eight year old...</description>
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<description>Méribel is to become the first French resort to offer its visitors the new Segway human transporter....</description>
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<description>If the current gloriously sunny weather turns your thoughts to sunbathing and swimming, why not visi...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:15:06 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>A group of over 30 search and rescue workers made up of pompiers, the PGHM and mountain group member...</description>
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<description>Any mountain biking fans should be getting themselves out to the 3 Valleys for the first weekend in...</description>
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<description>The winter season of 2008/09 will go down as a classic - in terms of the fantastic snow conditions a...</description>
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<description>Hotels are essential to the economy of the resort. Studies have shown that well-filled hotel beds, c...</description>
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<description>At its spring meeting in Vancouver, Canada, on June 12th the FIS Council announced the winner of the...</description>
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<description>French footballing legend Zinedine Zidane was in Chamonix this weekend to climb Mont Blanc in aid of...</description>
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<description>We saw this interesting news snippet on Natives.co.uk this week and thought it would be of interest...</description>
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<description>At a height of 2770m, it's hardly surprising the col de l'Iseran (which is actually part of the Val...</description>
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<description>The snow has long melted from the pistes and the grass is growing ever more luxuriant on Méribel’s f...</description>
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<description>Following local meetings between the council and the lift company S3V, decisions have been made on p...</description>
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<description>In a real coup for the resort, Tignes has been unofficially announced as the winner in the bid to ho...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 14:58:27 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Courchevel is packed full in winter with skiers, but once the snow has melted, the resort becomes mu...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 12:10:55 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Back in March we posted an article revealing the initial line up for the three day Musilac Festival...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:25:59 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Hurry up summer season! We've just been reading about the all-new bike park which will be opening in...</description>
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<description>Figures have just been released showing that Chambery-Savoie airport is well and truly weathering th...</description>
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<description>A car parked in front of garages at the entrance to Brides Les Bains near Meribel mysteriously caugh...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 12:18:35 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Following on from our article 'How green is your snow gear' we were interested to spot that sports g...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:50:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>It seems that we’ve no sooner packed our skis away for this season when we’re already being enticed...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:59:25 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>After 10 months of research, questions, head scratching and pen-chewing, the' Eco-Guide to Ski Gear'...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:18:39 +0100</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:14:52 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Despite the difficult economic climate, it seems the excellent snowfalls this winter has helped main...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>The credit crunch is hitting all market sectors hard, but the French Government's latest initiative...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:44:13 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>A couple little interesting snippets of news caught our eye this week concerning Meribel:

 Meribe...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:01:59 +0100</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:53:24 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Figures revealed yesterday by Méribel Tourisme show that the resort saw a decrease in visitor number...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:45:07 +0100</pubDate>
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