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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Enjoy a snowy white Whistler vacation with Black Friday savings

Tourism Whistler media release
For immediate release - November 27, 2014

Enjoy a snowy white Whistler vacation with Black Friday savings

Whistler, B.C. – Snow is falling in Whistler’s alpine, holiday lights adorn the village and the resort is celebrating the start of the winter season with Black Friday savings.

Early season skiers and riders at Whistler have much more to look forward to than the season’s first tracks as the resort embraces the Black Friday and Cyber Monday craze, offering unprecedented early season deals.

Whistler’s Black Friday early season promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, November 28 and runs through midnight on Monday, December 1. The exclusive two night/ two day stay and ski package includes accommodation and half-priced lift tickets and starts at $92 per person, per night for arrivals between November 28 - December 21.

Whistler Mountain opened November 22 – five days ahead of schedule – and Blackcomb Mountain opens today. With 72 centimetres of snow in the alpine over the past week and more in the forecast over the next couple of days, winter at Whistler is off to a great start. Ten-year average snowfalls of 2.3m/7.5ft in November and 2.0m/6.5ft in December mean that early season can provide some of the best skiing and riding of the season. Whistler’s Black Friday rates give you even more reason to share our early season.

Whistler’s Black Friday promotion will be available online at www.whistler.com/blackfriday starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, November 28. 

Whistler-based travel consultants at whistler.com can customize vacation packages, taking care of flights, ground transportation, accommodation and activities. Whistler.com offers the largest selection with no booking fee for accommodation and activities. Call 1.800.944.7853 to request a no-obligation quote or visit whistler.com for more details and offers

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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 1.800.944.7853 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.

Media Contacts

Patricia Westerholm
Manager, Communications
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E: pwesterholm@tourismwhistler.com

Mary Zinck
Specialist, Travel Media
T: 604.938.2702
E: mzinck@tourismwhistler.com

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