On a domestic side with the top 25 Canadian destinations, Quebec City made it as #6, Montreal #14, Tremblant #19 and Tadoussac #24. The Rockies and West Coast are all over the map!

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Since Intrawest acquired the station in 1991, Tremblant has gone through many changes: new skiable terrain, quad chairs, gondola, golf courses, golf academy, convention centre, thousands of accommodation units, etc. It went from 350,000 visitors per year to a projected 4 million visitors per year by the end of 2010 once all phases are completed.

Tremblant is a paradise for whole or fractional ownership opportunities and is home to many top hotels and luxurious accommodation. Two of them are worth mentioning: The Fairmont Tremblant, a 5 star ski-in ski-out property. Great hotel for your meetings or incentive programs year round. For higher budget and smaller groups, Quintessence is the premier luxury boutique hotel and was named
“Most Excellent Small Hotel” in North America by Condé Nast.

Continental Airlines offers non-stop service from New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Mont-Tremblant, Canada (YTM) from December 14, 2007 to April 5, 2008. The flights will certainly be quite full these days with President’s week in the US.

I look forward to going back to Tremblant to ski and see my friends living and working at the resort. What a great place to be!

In August 2006, New-York based Fortress Investment Group, a giant private equity firm, bought Intrawest for 2.8 billion, but the company is still headquartered in Vancouver. Everyone knows that Intrawest is behind ski resorts such as Whistler and Tremblant.

Did you know about Arc 1950 in the French Alps? Intrawest is a partner of the Compagnie des Alpes (CDA), based in Paris, which is the largest ski company in terms of number of skiers (over 13 million per year) and ski lifts. CDA owns interests in the largest European ski resorts including Les Arcs.

Just like Whistler and Tremblant, Arc 1950 is a beautiful alpine village built at 1,950 metres’ altitude and offers 4-star accommodation with hotel services, fine shops and daily events. The first 102 unit-residence, Le Hameau du Glacier, was completed for the 2003-2004 winter ski season and was sold in 8 hours in March 2002 for 25 million euros! The village was built progressively in phases and has 800 residential units, with a total of 3,500 beds.

The luxury residences are managed by both HMC and Radisson SAS. They take care of Le Hameau du Glacier, Le Refuge du Montagnard, Le Prince des Cimes, Le Jardin de la Cascade and Auberge Jerome. All the buildings are right at the foot of the slopes. The latest real estates developments include The Chalet des Lys and Manoir Savoie, great ownership opportunities… Arc1950 is high on my list of places I want to go and I look forward to experiencing our Canadian expertise in France!