Group Exchange
for Ski Clubs and Councils
What is the Group Exchange?
The Group Exchange is a contracting trade show which provides ski club and council decision makers the opportunity to meet one-on-one with ski service suppliers and tour operators or wholesalers from across the country in a pre-scheduled format.
When is the Group Exchange?
2011 details coming early fall.
Who are the suppliers that we can potentially meet?
The suppliers who participate in the Group Exchange are ski service suppliers, tour operators and wholesalers. The ski service suppliers consist of ski resorts, hotels, lodging properties, ski companies, car rentals, ground transportation providers, ski rental companies, activity operators, property management companies, travel insurance, tourism bureaus, and organizations as well as other sellers of mountain vacation products from resorts all over the world.
What is the format of the Group Exchange?
The Group Exchange format consists of ski club and council leaders sitting in booths and suppliers, tour operators, and wholesalers rotating from appointment to appointment.
How do the suppliers know that my club or council will be at the Group Exchange?
After your registration application has been accepted, you will be asked to complete a profile. The profile will be posted in an online Group Exchange directory, which will be viewed by all Group Exchange participants. Participants will be able to review the profiles of ski service supplier, tour operator and wholesaler companies for the purpose of selecting appointment requests.
How does the appointment process work?
Profile review and appointment selection: Each participating company will submit a list of appointment requests. Using the online Group Exchange Directory you will be able to search and review company profiles posted for the purpose of selecting appointment requests. You will then submit your list. ALL requests must be submitted prior to the appointment request submission deadline to be included in the pre-scheduling of appointments.
Scheduling Process: Scheduling will be done electronically. The scheduling will be done based on the following: 1) ski club requests and 2) supplier/tour operator requests.
Appointment Schedule: Prior to the event, you will be able to login to the Profiles & Appointments to see the list of companies with whom you will be meeting.
What is "open scheduling" and how does it work?
Open scheduling refers to the block of time before the Trade Exchange in which attendees are given the opportunity to add appointments to their existing schedules. Essentially, Open Scheduling is a way for both buyers and suppliers to seek out companies they want to meet with but currently do not have appointments with. In addition, attendees can also reschedule or remove any existing appointments on their schedules.
During open scheduling, a 2-way appointment scheduling is implemented. The first half consists of the buyers going from booth to booth seeking supplier companies they want to meet with. The same thing occurs during the latter half but with roles reversed, i.e., the buyers are situated while suppliers go from booth to booth.