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The BBC and Scottish newspapers declared today that there there will be no skiing this Winter at Scotland's oldest ski centre, Glencoe Mountain Resort as it has gone into liquidation. However, the truth of the matter is that one of the owning partners bought the other out and there's no suggestion of the resort closing... The dissolution of the company is purely a technicality of the change of hands.
Originally known as the White Corries, Glencoe Mountain Resort became Scotland's first commercial ski area in 1956. The resort covers 494 acres, has seven lifts and 19 runs.
See snowHeads piste: http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=793244#793244
For more: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1935182007
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This is a tragedy.
A good little resort in a beautiful part of the world mismanaged by losers.
I hope they find a buyer.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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see other thread. Glencoe aint in liquidation at all. just some terrible reporting from that piece of shite rag 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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this thread is a headline on the home page. Admin, can the title be updated to reflect reality??? - ie Incorrect Reports of Glencoe Liquidation or whatever.
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Will PM to moderator to see if this can't be taken down as 'news' on snowheads
The facts are that poor advertising and a concerted media campaign to promote the 'global warming' message are discouraging skiers from using the available facilities when they are open and have snow.
Glencoe has had one of the partners who own the resort buy out the other - hardly call for all the negative publicity.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
This is a tragedy.
A good little resort in a beautiful part of the world mismanaged by losers.
I hope they find a buyer. |
Given that this is a management buyout - how exactly is there 'mismanagement by losers' ????
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ropetow, AFAIK admin is currently trying to establish the truth. At the moment, no one has produced any evidence to support either claim!!
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thanks Admin, a much fairer and accurate title to the thread
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| ropetow wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
This is a tragedy.
A good little resort in a beautiful part of the world mismanaged by losers.
I hope they find a buyer. |
Given that this is a management buyout - how exactly is there 'mismanagement by losers' ???? |
Take what whitegold said with a very big dumptruck load of salt. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| kiwi1 wrote: |
| ropetow wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
This is a tragedy.
A good little resort in a beautiful part of the world mismanaged by losers.
I hope they find a buyer. |
Given that this is a management buyout - how exactly is there 'mismanagement by losers' ???? |
Take what whitegold said with a very big dumptruck load of salt. |
Based on the article, it was correct.
It turns out Glencoe is now in good shape.
This is cool news.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| ropetow wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
This is a tragedy.
A good little resort in a beautiful part of the world mismanaged by losers.
I hope they find a buyer. |
Given that this is a management buyout - how exactly is there 'mismanagement by losers' ???? |
Well, it is in bad financial shape.
Visitors have plunged over the past few years.
It has been wholly mismanaged.
I am glad they have managed to find new buyers.
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Vastly better article about Glencoe in The Herald today - click here (Whitegold, before you pass judgement perhaps take a leaf out The Herald's book and check the facts!)
Just goes to show decent journalism may be dead at The Scotsman and SOS but it's not dead at at least one other Scottish newspaper.
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