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2019 NSAA NATIONAL CONVENTION &

TRADESHOW HIGHLIGHTS

We celebrated awards, record seasons, and some very colorful characters (and socks)

BY ADRIENNE SAIA ISAAC

THE 2019 NSAA NATIONAL CONVENTION AND TRADESHOW The energy was incredible, especially since so many of
was the most well-attended show since 2008—a testament you were celebrating outstanding (if not record!) ski seasons.
to the impact a good snow year has on the industry at large. My two favorite parts of the Convention were the CEO
Thank you to the 960 attendees from 138 ski areas and 130 Panel (a valuable opportunity to learn from leaders of diverse
supplier companies who joined us for the week in San Diego. operations about what drives their success and where future
We’ll recap key moments from the Convention, and review opportunities lie); and the awards ceremony, where we hon-
your feedback. Your opinions are critical for NSAA to learn ored resorts large and small for their contributions to the
where you find value in our events, and to consistently add to sport we love. I left inspired, and excited to tackle the chal-
that value year over year. lenges ahead. I hope you left #mountaininspired, too.

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Tuesday
1. Attendees gather during the Tradeshow 2. Garrett
Will, Niklas Eisath and PJ Britz from TechnoAlpin
man their booth at the Tradeshow 3. Listening to the
Kottke survey results and analysis 4. Hillary Heid-Gander
from PepsiCo poses at her booth 5. Traci Mercer, SVP
at the Sabre Travel Network, presents on the inter-
section of travel and technology 6. Tim Barnhorst and
Tim Hendrickson from MountainGuard hang out with
Megan and Brian Heon from Wildcat, NH 7. Innovator 6 7
Daniel Burrus delivers the opening keynote

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