878535 Vail Ski fixs 1
Lesson Project 2
Vail Ski Resorts
Anne Foss
Strategic Management Theory
MT 460-01
Prof. Dennis Edmondson
October 17, 2004
Vail Ski Resort 2
Vail Ski Resort
Strategic Management Theory
Vail Ski Resort opened I n 1962 by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton along with other associates. It became a postmortem developer in the world class travel resort.
In 1990, the firmed changed its name to Vail Resorts. They either built or arrogated 3 more Colorado ski resorts, all within 45 minutes of each other.
In 2000 the participation expanded with the acquisition of Grand Teton Lodge Co. Then in 2002 they added Heavenly resort, the first firm outside Colorado to their holdings.
Over 30 years the firm Seibert and Eaton was sold twice. The second person to acquire the company was George Gillett, who previously owned the Harlem Globetrotters. Mr. Gillett invested heavily in the facilities. His schema worked for a while but, in 1990 with bad management with his other enterprises this led to a personal bankruptcy. This left Vail in a struggle among the creditors. Leon Black gained control in 1992 and in 1997 fling Aron became Chair and CEO.
Their biggest strength is that they started from the bottom up and still cross with this concept.
They always consider the customers wants and needs in the ski resorts. (Mountain activities, local accommodations, village concession, entertainment venues, airlines and ground transportation).
One big problem started a weakness started in October of 1998. An Ecoterrorist group firebombed the mountain premier eating house and 4 ski lifts and the main headquarters
Vail Ski Resorts 3
Adam Aron offered for the first clock a set of 5 policy guidelines to divide the firms strategic-action agenda. These guidelines seek to retain and buttress the firms historical domain.
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