Bartholet: World record and new development
Quadruple success for BARTHOLET in Turkey.
Doppelmayr/Garaventa: Let´s go – Reiteralm
The go-ahead has been given for construction work on the Schoberbahn and you will be able to see the advantages of the new installation for yourself as early as this winter season.
United States: Expensive skiing?
US ski resorts are facing rising prices – and falling customer numbers. How sustainable is the current business model?
Russia: Skiing at home
The weak rouble is allowing tourists in Russia to ski cheaply and locals to practise winter sports more at home.
Digitalisation: Are tentire countries become smart?
Much is made of smart cities but who thinks about the rural regions?
CO2 and noise: Cable cars have the best energy and eco-balance
Even with a high transport capacity, urban cable cars display low energy demand. This is demonstrated in studies by German urban planner Frieder Kremer in his book “Innovation Seilbahn” (Innovation Cable Car). The following is an extract from his publication with a few editorial amendments (TU Berlin [Berlin Institute of Technology] 2015: p. 44).