 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
I am (somehow, again, despite having said "never again"
 ) organising a ski trip for a group of work colleagues, and need some resort/holiday/operator recommendations:
- group of around 15-25
- sharing twin rooms (mostly)
- different levels: absolute beginner to advanced
- leaving from London (LCY is best airport but we could do LGW as well)
- short (Thursday evening to Sunday)
- some nightlife at least
- probably late January
We have been to resorts including Tignes and Courmayeur before.
Thanks!
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would have said courmayeur but you've already been there!
If you want somewhere near an airport La Clusaz (hotel alpen roc) might fit the bill..not sure if there is much night life though.
For skiing for all abilities I would say Les Arcs is a good one but further from an airport.
Sauze D'oulx is meant to be good for groups/nightlife but haven't been to that part of the milky way (we stayed in montgenevre which is good for all abilities not too far from Turin airport but very quiet at night).
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boardiac,
Why not book some flights to geneva then hire a minibus and stop somehwere up the white motorway - loads of resorts up there.
Dead easy to find accomm in Jan
Or - stop in an ibis hotel and visit diff resort each day
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boardiac, LDA would fit the bill. You can fly to Grenoble, Chambery, Lyon or at a pinch Geneva and Turin. Grenoble is best. There is public transport from there or I can help you rent a bus (or Ben's Bus could organise it). We have very good nursery slopes for beginners, plenty of really tough off piste for the experts and everything except long distance travel for the in betweeners. LG should be open by then for the experts.
Of course we have plenty of different sorts of nightlife, and I can advise on accommodation which can be found pretty cheaply. Lots of Snowheads will recommend Les Lutins. 
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If you want nightlife, Austria is the place. Plenty of nice resorts in easy reach of either Salzburg or Innsbruck airports and you're more likely to get hotel accommodation rather than self catering.
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boardiac, look into innsbruck, zurich or geneva as the destination airport go to a resort a short (2 hours max?) train transfer away. i take it you don't need a lot of piste as it's for a long weekend and there are beginners in the group?
a quick check in my world snowboard guide gives me andermatt, engelberg, savognin and wengen from zurich, and saas-fee from geneva. not much help on a specific resort i know, but that gives you a lot of options. hth
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boardiac, Chamonix. Quick (1hr) transfer from Geneva, plenty of accommodation will accept weekend bookings, wide range of terrain (although different abilities will be better suited to different mountains), great scenery of the Mont Blanc massif, plenty of nightlife and.... well it's Chamonix innit!
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Thanks - some good thoughts there.
Cham would be great - I loved it when I was last there a couple of years ago, but is probably on the expensive side...
Any thoughts on Mayrhofen/Saalbach/somewhere in Italy (montgenevre?)?
Would Bansko be a ridiculous idea?
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boardiac,
Here are a couple of 2*'s we've stayed in which were very reasonable (approx 40 Euro per night per person):
http://www.pointe-isabelle.com/ - Stayed here for a stag do. Great central location. Simple but clean and perfect for a boys trip. check tripadvisor also for reviews
http://www.hotelfaucigny-chamonix.com/index_en.htm - lovely friendly little place. Also central. Stayed here with the missus. You'd have to book early as the rooms get booked up fast.
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bordiac If you go to Austria make sure that the twin beds are actually separate beds rather than Austrian twins which are separate matresses and duvets but within a joined bed frame. Having travelled with a group of guys alot we always check with the operator to ensure the beds can be separated. This doesn't seem to be so much of an issue for girls but with guys .... 
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Tiger2, we'd be a mixed group. maybe i should "forget" to check 
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