The chance to stay under snow has continued to expand in Europe this winter with the successful Swiss-based Iglu Village company offering more choices, most note worthy their new igloo village in GrandValira, Andorra, and ever more resorts around the continent creating igloo villages of their own.
In Slovenia and existing Igloo Villages at Krvavec has been joined by a new Igloo Village Rogla this winter.
Besides the overnight accommodation in romantic or standard igloos, the Igloo Villages are used as a base for perfectly events, incentive schemes or any special occasions.
Snowshoeing, snowbiking and skiing are amongst the activities to participate in during a stay at the Igloo village. You can visit the Igloo Village for a few nights or just for the afternoon and evening and the villages will remain open until the end of March 2009.
Kuoni Holidays has begun selling ski holidays in the Swiss Alps to the Indian market.
“Ski holidays are the latest trend in luxury holidays, a very natural progression in the growth of the Indian holiday market, with larger numbers of well-heeled travellers demanding more unusual, highly customised experiences.” said a company statement.
Kuoni are offering Indian guests holidays in Verbier, a 90 minute drive from Geneva, with personalised luxury from 55,224 Rupees (£800/S1130 US) per person per week.
“The Indian traveller has evolved and now seeks experiential holidays, a segment that will drive the Indian tourism industry in the future.” said Haresh Koyande, Business Head – Kuoni Holidays India.
Two gods of club culture will be rocking the Zillertal in 2009, from 28th March to 4th April. The occasion? The tenth anniversary of Snowbombing – the biggest and most unconventional music festival in the Alps.
Fatboy Slim, pioneer of big beat, will make the Tyrolean mountains shake whilst Grandmaster Flash, one of the inventors of hip-hop, will take guests on a musical trip through time into the history of hip-hop – the world’s largest youth movement.
Norman Cook had his first worldwide success as the bassist of The Housemartins in the 1980s, famous for their number one hit, Caravan of Love. But it was the late 1990s when he struck gold as DJ Fatboy Slim – bringing electronic dance music into the charts with a bang. He turned heads with the hit single Praise You and its multi-award winning video – memorable for its stunning amateur dancers and chaotic choreography. Before long, he was one of the world’s hottest DJs.
This year at Snowbombing 2009 in Mayrhofen, Fatboy Slim will be rocking the valley with his trademark mix of pumping beats, soaring vocals and spectacular rock riffs, ricocheting through the Zillertal mountainscape.
The first hip-hop artist to win a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joseph Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a musical pioneer of the old-school kind. As one of the inventors of ‘scratching’ in the 1970s, he helped popularise a brand new style of DJing in hip-hop clubs worldwide. To him, record players weren’t just for playback – they were instruments in their own right. His legacy: this style of DJing became the fourth cornerstone of hip-hop, alongside rap, breakdance and graffiti.
Snowbombing will have a base at the White Lounge White Lounge – a unique blend of an igloo hotel, an igloo bar and a party spot high on the Ahorn plateau, 2000m above sea level.
