Media Releases
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Only seven days left to save big on Whistler winter packages
Tourism Whistler media release
For immediate release - November 08, 2012
Only seven days left to save
big on Whistler winter packages
Suggested tweet:
Book early and save big on your #Whistler winter vacation http://bit.ly/9EJiJ
Whistler, B.C. – Guests wanting to capitalize on Whistler’s consistent
reliable snowfall have only seven days left to save big on their winter
packages.
Over the past 10 years, Whistler has enjoyed an average annual snowfall
of nearly 40 feet – and with the resort’s reputation for reliable snow and
opening day (November 22) just over two weeks away, skiers and boarders
won’t want to miss out on the upcoming season – and great savings.
The Book
Early and Save promotion offers guests the opportunity to save up to
39% on their winter Whistler vacation, when booked by November 15. Booking
early ensures guests receive the lowest rates of the season on lodging and
lift ticket packages.
Whistler-based travel consultants at www.whistler.com
can customize vacation packages, taking care of flights, ground
transportation, accommodation and activities.
Winter
packages include a five-night, four day stay and ski package starting
at $96 per person, per night; the early season seven-night, five-day ski
and stay package starts at $87 per person, per night and the early season
two-night, two-day stay and ski package starts at $109 per person, per
night. Travelling over the holiday period? The festive season seven-night,
five-day stay and ski package starts at $170 per person per night. The BC
Family Day stay and ski package offers three nights’ accommodation and two
days of skiing starting at $132 per person, per night. Stay over the Easter
holiday period with a five-night, four-day stay and ski package starting at
$119 per person, per night.
Whistler.com
offers the largest selection with no booking fee for accommodation and
activities and the Best Price
Guarantee. Call 1.800.WHISTLER (1.800.944.7853) to request a
no-obligation quote or visit whistler.com
for more details and offers.
Share your
photos and help tell the Whistler story
Whether you’ve documented your day on the mountain or your après experience
on a Village patio (and everything in between) – from your arms in the air
to your feet up in front of the fire – your images can help tell the
Whistler story. #WhistlerUnfiltered
is an online anthology of Instagram images of Whistler. Instagram mages
with the #WhistlerUnfiltered
hashtag are selected to be featured on the #WhistlerUnfiltered website and
in Tourism Whistler’s additional marketing materials. The collection of
unofficial, uncensored, candid snapshots with the themes of: Anticipation,
Rooftop
of the World, Dropping
In, Snow
Play and Boots Off
are profiled on the #WhistlerUnfiltered
website with some photos included in the opening and closing signature
campaign videos as well as five shorter videos, launched monthly throughout
the campaign in October, November, December, January and February.
Currently available for viewing are the Anticipation
and Rooftop
of the World videos. Shoot a photo, hashtag it #WhistlerUnfiltered
and visit the website to
see where it ends up.
Enter for a chance
to win
A variety of winter-themed prize packages – including an ultimate,
all-inclusive Whistler vacation for four valued at almost $20,000 -- are included
in Tourism Whistler’s signature
winter contest.
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Whistler
is Canada’s premier year-round
leisure and meeting destination located in the Coast Mountains 120
kilometres (75 miles) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Consistently rated the top ski resort in North America, Whistler was the
Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The
resort offers an extensive range of accommodations totaling 10,000 bedrooms
among 24 hotels as well as townhomes, condos, B&Bs and chalets.
Whistler also boasts more than 100 restaurants and bars, 200 retail shops,
25 spas and countless activity options from world-renowned skiing and
snowboarding, mountain biking and golf, to hiking, rock climbing, and
watersports. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is home to a diverse
community of more than 10,000 permanent residents.
Tourism
Whistler is the member-based
marketing and sales organization representing Whistler, operating the
Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as
well as 1.800.WHISTLER and whistler.com
– Whistler’s official source for visitor bookings and information. As the
convention and visitors bureau for the Resort Municipality of Whistler,
Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000 members who own, manage and
operate properties or businesses on resort lands including hotels,
restaurants, activity operators and retail shops.
Media
can visit whistler.com/media
for Whistler facts, media releases, story starters, local personality
profiles and access to images and B-roll.
Broadcasters: Whistler now has the capability to take you live
with our enhanced fibre network. The significantly expanded network
of more than 200 kilometres of fibre optic cabling throughout the resort
allows instant transmission of HD signals to any location at any
time. Details on how to access, and book the fibre are available on
our media site. http://media.whistler.com/contact-us/filming-in-whistler/
Media
Contact
Leah Adams-Chute
Coordinator, Travel Media
T: 604.938.2790
E: ladamschute@tourismwhistler.com
W: www.whistler.com/media
T: www.Twitter.com/mediaTWhistler
F: www.Facebook.com/GoWhistler