The ALTERRA SUCKS Thread

[thetrailboss]

Vail's earnings call today is 5pm eastern time. I'll be listening in on this one.

And......their revenue was up.

Vail Resorts CEO says company is focused on earning back customer loyalty at country’s largest resort in earnings call

Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch told analysts Monday she was pleased with the company’s earnings results for the quarter despite not providing a good experience at one of its major resorts. In comparing the company’s...

www.vaildaily.com

 

[BenedictGomez]

And......their revenue was up.

Skier visits down, lift ticket revenue up. Lesson revenue up, rental revenue down, food revenue up. Maintains dividend & prior guidance. Used $20M to buy back their stock. Committed to increasing prices every year "several percentage points" in excess of inflation. Notes that while February visitation numbers were down, they think March/April skier numbers will be strong.

That's most of the important gleanings from the earnings call in a nutshell.

 

[thetrailboss]

Skier visits down, lift ticket revenue up. Lesson revenue up, rental revenue down, food revenue up. Maintains dividend & prior guidance. Used $20M to buy back their stock. Committed to increasing prices every year "several percentage points" in excess of inflation. Notes that while February visitation numbers were down, they think March/April skier numbers will be strong.

That's most of the important gleanings from the earnings call in a nutshell.

And Kirsten Lynch committed to improving the skier experience and winning back customers. Whatever that means.....

 

[jimmywilson69]

Weird thing to commit to increasing your price in a public forum and also commit to winning back customers.

Pretty much hard to do both IMO.