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Date and Venue
March 27-29, 2009, Villars Ski Resort
Event Overview
For over 30 years, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Region of Switzerland & Liechtenstein has organised an annual ski event for ICMA member firms.
The annual ski weekend has become a major event and is one of the main social gatherings in the calendar year for the Association, attracting over 250 professionals. This ski weekend combines the best of business and fun. The event is open to ICMA’s entire global membership and to invited financial market participants.
Event Format
Friday 27 March
•Arrivals throughout the day
Sunday 29 March
•Free ski
•Departures throughout the day
Swiss Ethno Night - Friday night
· Meeting in the lobby of your hotel / Eurotel Victoria (race registration)
· Short walk to the train station (5 minutes)
· Train journey up to Bretaye (20 minutes)
· Aperitif served on board
· Dinner at a mountain restaurant (1800 meters) in Bretaye – Creamy cheese fondue
· Return train journey back down to Villars
 
· Welcome drinks in the hotel lobby
· BBQ dinner – tepee set up in the hotel grounds with access to the Peppino restaurant
(log fire & outdoor heaters will be set up outside)
· Depart at leisure
Typical menu:
* Soup & Salad
* Mixed fish, meat, rice – various food stations
* Desert buffet
Villars Overview
Resort
At a height of 1300m, Villars is set on a sunny plateau above the Rhone Valley, with superb views over the Vaudois Alps.
It is a traditional Swiss resort that has perhaps been ignored over recent years eclipsed by the expansion of the huge “mega resorts”.
Ski Area
With 220 km of ski slopes linking Gryon, Diablerets, the Diablerets Glacier, Leysin, and Les Mosses, Villars is part of the 6th largest ski area of the Rhône valley. The Alpes Vaudoises ski pass covers a wide area and gives access to all pistes, served by 78 ski lifts.
The link to Les Diablerets and its glacier, is best left to advanced skiers, but the inter-connected areas of Bretaye and the Chaux offer skiing more suited to beginners and intermediate skiers. The scenery is beautiful and there are several restaurants, particularly around Bretaye at the centre of the skiing area, reached by mountain railway or a gondola right up to Roc d’Orsay.
Non-ski
Villars offers a good range of activities for skiers and non-skiers alike, with excellent sports facilities, including a covered ice rink, indoor tennis, squash, a swimming pool, bowling alley, paragliding and a fitness centre. There is also cross-country skiing.
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Number of lifts:
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48
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Height of resort:
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1300m
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Highest lift:
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2971m
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Pistes:
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125km (not including glacier)
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Access Airport:
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Geneva
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Transfer by car:
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1¼ hours
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Transfer by coach:
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1¾ hours
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Website:
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Sponsorship Opportunities
ICMA member and non-member firms are invited to sponsor this event. For more information, please contact the ICMA Events Team at TAEventsTeam@icmagroup.org
Click here to see current sponsors of this event.
Accommodation, costs and registration
We have reserved places for delegates at the Eurotel Victoria hotel. If you would like to book additional nights accommodation at the Eurotel Victoria, please contact the ICMA Events Team who can arrange to extend your booking.
To avoid disappointment, please register your participation as soon as possible as spaces are limited.
Please click on the link below for more information on this hotel.
Eurotel Victoria - CHF 480.00 (CHF 240.00 per night bed and breakfast)
Please click here to register.
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