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May 15, 2008 - Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate Ranks In Top 700 Brokers in 20th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey
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Vail, Colorado (May 2008) Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate_ is proud to announce that it has been named to RISMedia’s 20th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate ranked 285 in closed transaction sides in the Power Broker Report and was 35 in sales volume rank. The Power Broker Report identifies and ranks America’s largest residential real estate brokerage companies by transaction sides and sales volume.
The results of this year’s Power Broker Survey reflect the market downturn felt from coast to coast. Longer listing times, more cautious buyers and the
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May 14, 2008 - Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Launches Redesign of Regents.com
Board of Regents
SEATTLE – (May 14, 2008) ¬¬– The Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents announced the launch of its newly redesigned www.Regents.com Web site today. The site’s new features emphasize the organization’s global focus by including multilingual content and access to in-depth information on members around the world.
“The redesign of Regents.com is an important milestone for Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate,” said John Brian Losh, CEO and publisher of LuxuryRealEstate.com, and CEO, chairman and broker of Ewing & Clark, Inc., Seattle’s oldest real-estate brokerage. “Launching our first multilingual Luxury
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May 12, 2008 - Demand remains high for condos at Vail Valley's new Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa
www.realvail.com
Ski industry news, business trends and profiles On track to become the state's first luxury hotel to be LEED-certified, the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Avon is set to open in August.
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April 16, 2008 - Slifer Smith & Frampton Teams Up With Fourth Grade Foresters
LINCOLN, N.E. (March 20, 2008) On Friday, April 18th, more than 2,600 Fourth Grade Foresters all across Colorado will roll up their sleeves and plant a tree. The kids will become members of Fourth Grade Foresters of Colorado. The project goal is to help revitalize a remarkable idea--observation of Arbor Day in America’s schools. The 500 Fourth Graders in the Vail Valley School System will become Fourth Grade Foresters thanks to Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate.
“Our future generation is the key to assuring our Valley continues to be the unique place it is today.” said Cara Connolly,
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April 10, 2008 - VAIL RESORTS ANNOUNCES NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL 2008-2009 SEASON PASSES ALLOWING FOR AN “EASY SCAN” PROCESS FOR SKIERS
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – April 10, 2008 – Your 2008-2009 Vail Resorts season pass is getting a high-tech makeover. Today Vail Resorts, Inc., (NYSE:MTN) announced that all of the Company’s season passes for next season – The Epic, Colorado, Summit and Heavenly season passes – will utilize a new state-of-the-art radio frequency technology that’ll offer an “easy scan” process giving skiers and snowboarders the option to keep their pass zipped inside their jacket in the lift lines at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly in Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev.
“Instead of fumbling
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April 2, 2008 - LUXURY MEETS ADVENTURE IN BEAVER CREEK THIS SUMMER
Vail Resorts
Beaver Creek, Colo.—April 2, 2008—Beaver Creek Resort announces new guided hiking, cycling and mountain biking adventures for the active traveler this summer. Cooking classes and new dining experiences await food lovers. Visitors will also find award-winning golf courses, family activities, new luxury accommodations and more. Visit www.beavercreek.com or call (800) 404-3535.
NEW COLORADO ADVENTURE HIKES
The new Colorado Adventure Package offers guests a unique opportunity to summit two Colorado “Fourteeners” (14,000 foot peaks – the highest in Colorado), back-to-back, with support
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April 2, 2008 - VAIL RESORTS ANNOUNCES SPRING PRICES FOR COLORADO’S MOST POPULAR SEASON PASSES: THE COLORADO PASS™ AND THE SUMMIT PASS
Vail Resorts
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – April 2, 2008 – Today Vail Resorts, Inc., (NYSE:MTN) announced spring pricing for its popular Colorado season pass products: $399 for The Summit Pass™ that gives skiers and snowboarders unlimited, unrestricted access to Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin next season and $439 for The Colorado Pass™ that offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing at Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin with an additional 10 days* at Vail and Beaver Creek for the 2008-2009 season.
The spring pricing announcement for the Colorado Pass™ and The Summit Pass™ (formerly the Buddy Pass)
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March 28, 2008 - Runway Repairs and Improvements
Eagle County Airport
The Eagle County Airport (EGE) is continuing runway improvements during spring and summer seasons of 2008 and 2009. Please read on for our latest up to date facts concerning this project!
Spring/Summer 2008
2008 runway project work will complete the three year runway extension project. This will increase take-off distance from 8,000' to 9,000' for westerly departing aircraft.
The additional length will allow aircraft departing to the west to afford a greater payload and the ability to fly greater distances. Improvement will not increase the aircraft size that can be accommodated at EGE.
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March 18, 2008 - VAIL RESORTS UNVEILS A REVOLUTIONARY SEASON PASS GIVING SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS UNLIMITED, UNRESTRICTED SKIING AT VAIL, BEAVER CREEK, BRECKENRIDGE, KEYSTONE AND HEAVENLY
Vail Resorts
Broomfield, Colo. – March 18, 2008 – Most skiers and snowboarders dream of an ‘epic’ season. Now, Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) is making that dream a reality with the Epic Season Pass, a new unlimited, unrestricted season pass that’s valid for the entire 2008-2009 ski and snowboard season at five of the top-rated resorts in the world: Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly, all for an initial price of only $579.
“Vail Resorts’ new Epic Season Pass is a groundbreaking initiative that will completely change how our guests experience their ski and snowboard vacations,” said
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March 8, 2008 - REUTEMAN: World-class skiing close to Denver worth cost
Rocky Mountain News
A Colorado Card, offering unlimited skiing at Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, plus 10 days at Vail and Beaver Creek: $419.
One-night stay at the Comfort Inn in Avon last Saturday night: $238.
Gasoline for the 115-mile drive from Denver to Avon: $20.
Skiing Sunday in 7 to12 inches of powder that pinned an ear-to-ear smile on my face all morning: Priceless.
I have long told friends, job candidates and anyone else who would listen that Denverites live 90 miles from half a dozen world-class resorts the richest people on the planet are tripping over each other to get to. Last
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February 28, 2008 - Private ski resort approved in Minturn
Vail Daily
MINTURN - Plans for a private ski resort were unanimously approved at a Minturn Town Council Meeting Wednesday night after almost three years of consideration.
Town councilors unanimously voted to include land owned by the Ginn Development Co. into the town of Minturn. Ginn wants to build 1,700 homes and condominiums and a private ski resort and golf course south of Minturn.
Last week, town councilors also voted to unanimously approve the annexation, but their second vote Wednesday night made the decision final.
Town councilors will vote again, possibly later this year, to finally
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February 20, 2008 - More Down to Earth in the High Country
New York Times
AT first sight, Edwards, high in the mountains of central Colorado, comes across as a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t quite fit.
Its cluster of playing fields, uniformly spaced town houses that parallel Interstate 70 and a downtown made up of a handful of commercial centers built in the last 15 years or so make Edwards feel more like a planned suburb than a thriving resort community.
In fact, Edwards, 110 miles west of Denver, isn’t even officially a town. Named after a late-19th-century state senator who was also the local postmaster, it’s a 40-square-mile swath of former ranch land and
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February 12, 2008 - CHAMBER INDUCTS HARRY FRAMPTON INTO COLORADO BUSINESS HALL OF FAME
East West Partners
DENVER, Colo. – Feb. 12, 2007 – East West Partners Managing Partner Harry Frampton, whose vision helped grow Vail and Beaver Creek resorts into two of the world’s finest mountain resort destinations, has been inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame.
Frampton, served as President of Vail Associates, Inc., the creators of Vail and Beaver Creek Mountain resorts from 1982 to 1986, when Beaver Creek was in its infancy and Vail was growing into a world-class ski and summer destination. He partnered with Mark Smith to form East West Partners, which went on to develop the Hyatt Regency
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February 12, 2008 - High-end homes sell big
Rocky Mountain News
Eagle County sees 7% increase in total '07 real estate sales
The rest of the nation's real estate market may be singing the subprime mortgage blues, but in Colorado's high-end resorts markets, refrains of Happy Days Are Here Again still echo from the surrounding peaks.
In Eagle County, home to the Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas, 2007 saw record sales volume, with overall residential and commercial sales totaling $2.96 billion and surpassing the previous record of $2.8 billion (set in 2005) by $160 million. The 2007 record represents a 7 percent increase over 2006.
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October 26, 2007 - LuxuryRealEstate.com Rated Top Luxury Real Estate Web Site by Wealthy Americans
Luxury Real Estate
SEATTLE – (Oct. 26, 2007) – LuxuryRealEstate.com was recently rated the most-prestigious luxury real estate Web site by high-net-worth consumers in the 2007 Luxury Brand Status Index survey. The duPont Registry of Fine Homes, a magazine featuring luxury goods and property, was the only company listed above LuxuryRealEstate.com. This survey of luxury brands was conducted by the independent New York-based Luxury Institute (www.LuxuryInstitute.com).
“LuxuryRealEstate.com has always maintained top placement in search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN, as well as being ranked the number-one
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August 30, 2007 - SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON'S WEB PAGE RECEIVED RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS IN JULY
Vail Daily
Slifer Smith & Frampton, the Vail Valley's premier real estate firm, recently announced that the company’s award winning website, VailRealEstate.com, received a record number of visitors during July. More than 109,000 people visited the website, up from a monthly average of 85,000 visitors. 85,000 visits is in-line with national company averages.
"A majority of people use the internet to start their search for homes or properties, and we’re very excited to be able to provide an easy to use and informative resource to people interested in Vail Valley Real Estate," said Bettina Medina of Slifer
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July 1, 2007 - Home Trends - What the Experts are Saying
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Slifer Smith & Frampton has the honor and pleasure of working with some of the nation’s foremost experts when it comes to the luxury real estate and second home markets. During recent conversations and interviews with a handful of industry leaders, these experts noted some of the latest trends taking place around them:
Paul Boomsma, Executive Vice President of Luxury Portfolio which showcases luxury properties throughout the world via an award-winning website, www.LuxuryPortfolio.com, and powerful network of real estate professionals, stresses that people want homes that embody “experiential
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