Thursday 6 December 2012

Its been snowing in Les Gets

As our staff arrive at the Hotel for the winter season there has been a large fall of snow.













Wednesday 28 November 2012

It's snowing in Les Gets

As the images below show its started to snow in Les Gets. This should give a good base for the season.





Friday 16 November 2012

Mont Chery views.

Have you ever ventured up Mont Chery during your stay in Les Gets?

If not make sure you at least spend one morning in Les Gets hidden runs which many ignore.

 
This video which is running at 4 times normal speed shows the view from the cable car on the way up.

Thursday 15 November 2012

Les Gets - A quality family location.

Following on from yesterdays video this production from the tourist office highlights the family virtures of Les Gets.


Located within the fabulous Portes du Soleil ski area, between Geneva Lake and Mont Blanc, Les Gets is a little corner of paradise, an authentic Savoyard mountain village that has managed to preserve its soul.

The resort's quality and diversity will delight the entire family.

In Les Gets - awarded the "Famille Plus Montagne" quality label, with child-friendly facilities and services - children rule!

No matter the season, well-being and relaxation are here the key words: In the winter, ski out of the village to explore the vast ski area, with its fur trees and high mountain pastures. In the summer, take advantage of the many outdoor activities on offer and discover the breathtaking scenery.

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Les Gets Video

The staff at the tourist office in Les Gets have been busy making some great videos for the up coming season which will will share via this page over the next few days.


We hope watching this has got you in the mood to book a ski trip this winter.

Tuesday 13 November 2012

The arrival of Santa Claus

If you are in Les Gets on Christmas eve with your family then this event is a must see.

 
 
Santa Claus leaves his hut at 6pm on the 24th December to come to see you before his big tour around the world.
 
For more details please see this link on the tourist office website.
 


Snow Sculpture workshops

For those of you who are in Les Gets from the either the 28th December 12 or the 4th of January 2013 there will be a snow sculpture workshop in the main square between 4pm and 6.30pm

 
For more details please visit this link on the tourist office website.

Sunday 11 November 2012

Special offers

Remember to bookmark this page on our website to get the special offers as soon as we put them live.

Saturday 10 November 2012

Christiania Child Care

We know that many young families are put of skiing by the thought of what to do with their children while they are skiing.

 
At the Christiania we do offer a child care service for younger children and details can be found on this page on our website.
 


Friday 9 November 2012

Christmas room update

We have this afternoon sold the one remaining family room over Christmas which just leaves one twin room which is available up to the 27th of December.

Thursday 8 November 2012

Lift pass prices

We have updated our website to show the lift pass prices for season 2012-13

There are only small increases on last years rates on both the local and Portes du Soleil passes which can be ordered at point of booking or on arrival at the Hotel Christiania.

The link to the website can be found here.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Web cam images

There are now some nice snow covered images on our web cam page on the Hotel Christiania web site some of which we have listed below.



 
You can view the images at any time on this link.

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Les Gets- winter is on its way.

The pictures below which were taken in Les Gets, just outside the Hotel Christiania this morning show that winter is on it way. While it may be a couple of weeks until the first proper snow falls of the winter it does show its getting colder and it won't be that long until you can go skiing.



Monday 5 November 2012

A Christmas cancellation.

We have received news over the weekend that one of our regular Christmas customers at Hotel Christiania, Les Gets has had to cancel their trip due to one of their family breaking their leg.

We are very disappointed for the whole family but it does now open up one extra family room from the 22nd to the 29th of December. Room 18 sleeps 4 people and is a double with a single and a pull out bed in a separate room. The room overlooks the village.

We are sure this room will not be free for long so please call the UK office on  44 1738 840888 to make sure your family have a white Christmas.

Airport transfers

Remember one advantage of booking your ski holiday at the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets is that we offer an airport transfer service from Geneva airport.

 
 
For 70€ per person you can get a shared transfer which will have you collected at the airport with in an hour of you collecting your bags and we will get you back to Geneva 2 hours before your flight departs.
 
 
Private transfers can also be requested at a rate of 100€ per person.

Sunday 4 November 2012

First week of the season

Are you looking for some early skiing before Christmas and New Year?

Why not come to our opening week of the season and get some skiing in before the children are off school.

While Les Gets will not be open we will transport you to the lift station at Les Prodains which will give you access to Avoriaz.

A 7 night stay from the 15th of December is priced at 455€ per person.

Get some great skiing and just buy all your Christmas shopping at the airport at Geneva on the way home.

Derek measures the snow on the 7th of December 2011.

Saturday 3 November 2012

Half term availability

We still have limited availability for the main half term week next year from the 16th to the 23rd of February 2013.

The remaining rooms are 1 twin and 4 doubles, which are priced at 1050€ for a 7 night stay on a half board basis with afternoon tea.

We can also offer return airport transfers for 70€ per person.

Call 44 1738 840888 or e-mail info@hotelchristiania.com for more details.

Friday 2 November 2012

Last room for Christmas

We now only have one twin room free for Christmas at the Hotel Christiania and its available until the 27th December.

The room is priced at 105€ per person on a half board basis with afternoon tea,

To book please call 44 1738 840888 or e-mail info@hotelchristiania.com



Wednesday 24 October 2012

New ski lifts in the Portes du Soleil

This year we have 3 new ski lifts currently being installed throughout the Portes du Soleil, for the coming 2012/2013 ski season.

Morzine is replacing the old and slow Troncs chairlift with a new high-speed six seater chair. This lift starts at a collection of restaurants and runs up to the Nyon area which has a snowpark and several great runs, including the fantastic red from the top of Pointe de Nyon.



The Morgins lift company is installing a new high speed lift to replace Les Bochasses, which was a very old T-bar drag lift. This lift is in the area between Morgins and Champoussin, it too has several great pistes that always used to be very under used and quiet because of the cranky old lift.

As we reported earlier in the month Avoriaz is busy replacing the big old cable car that runs from the bottom of Prodains up to the resort, the old cable car only had a capacity of 400 people an hour. But the new 3S cable car system will have a capacity between 2000 and 2400 people an hour.

The 3S system is the latest ski lift technology, which combines the benefits of large cable car with the constantly moving chair lift system. Avoriaz will have 12 cars with 35 seats in each, the cars rest on 2 cables with provides a more stable ride.

The lift station at the top is also being completely rebuilt to provide improved entry and exit. Although we are going to have to wait until mid-February 2013 to try out this new lift, but we are sure it will be worth the wait.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

A full season on the Déborah Anthonioz boarder Cross webcam

We have collected the whole seasons worth of images from the Déborah Anthonioz boarder Cross webcam set just above the Christiania in Les Gets and put them on one album on our facebook page.

To view the whole album just click on the picture above.

Sunday 21 October 2012

Do you follow us on facebook?

Our facebook page, which can be found on www.facebook.com/hotelchristiania.com now has over 200 followers but we would welcome more.

Do you have any pictures from previous seasons that you would like us to add to the page then e-mail martin.hawkins@hotelchristiania.com and he will get them added to the page.

Saturday 20 October 2012

Christmas skiing - Our last 5 rooms

It's still not too late to book a Christmas ski trip to the Christiania in Les Gets. We are down to our last five rooms.

Spaces are limited with availability until the 29th December in one of our twin rooms with the other rooms free until either the 27th or 28th of December.



Don't miss out and book now.

Friday 19 October 2012

Family Friendly Les Gets

FAMILY FRIENDLY SKIING IN LES GETS, FRANCE

Les Gets has received the review below from femalefirst.co.uk which was looking at the best ski resorts in the world.



Part of the larger Portes du Soleil ski area, Les Gets is a small, friendly resort that offers over 650m of slopes catering for everyone - every Thursday morning there is a traditional market where the local farmers sell their products. In the evening holidaymakers can enjoy a glass of wine in one of the bars around the floodlit outdoor ice rink in the centre of the village.

The full article can be found here.

Thursday 18 October 2012

New ski lift at Les Prodains

The high tech new ski lift at Les Prodains is due to open for February 16th just in time for the half term holidays in 2013. This brand new cable car is replacing the connection between Morzine and Avoriaz and should make things much easier and faster for skiers who are staying in Morzine and wish to ski in Avoriaz.



The old cable car took 60 standing passengers every 15 minutes in two cabins. The new lift which is one of only 6 in the world will have 12 cabins carrying 35 passengers each. There will be space for
24 of these people to sit down in each of these new ski lifts.



With the new ski lift taking just 4 minutes to reach it’s destination this will take the total amount of passengers carried per hour from 500 to 2000! The ancient stations at the top and bottom of the lift are also being updated to allow for easier access by skiers. You can read the Dauphine newspaper’s full article about the new lift here where they say there will also be lighting and radio in the comfortable cabins as well as a gps positioning system!

Thursday 20 September 2012

Christmas at the Hotel Christiania

With all the rooms in the hotel full booked from the 29th of December to the 2nd of January 13 (we do have access to studio apartments from the 29th December to 5th January) don't leave it too late to book a family Christmas ski trip.

At present 65% of our rooms are booked for Christmas so if you want to ski all day then have a Christmas meal without worrying about the cooking or dishes give the UK office a call today and get booked in.

 
You can call the UK office, Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm on 44 1738 840888.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Would you like to work a winter ski season?

Are you taking a year out?

Or looking for a change of direction?

Why not have a look at our current positions as advertised on 247 recruit and apply for one of our jobs this winter at the Hotel Christiania, Les Gets.

Could this be you this winter?

Thursday 6 September 2012

Easyjet introduce allocated seating.

EasyJet is to roll out allocated seating across its network after research revealed the stressful boarding process put passengers off flying with the airline. The airline been testing pre-allocated seating on selected routes over the summer and research among the 800,000 passengers on 6,000 test flights showed more than 70% felt it improved the boarding experience, with more than 60% said they were likely to use easyJet in future as a result.
 
 
EasyJet said it began the trial in April because passenger research showed that the current first-come, first-seated boarding process could be stressful for some passengers and even put people off flying with the easyJet altogether.
The key tests of the trial were to improve passenger satisfaction without impacting easyJet's ability to deliver industry leading punctuality or adding cost - all of which were achieved on trial flights, it said.
Chief executive Carolyn McCall (pictured below) added: "This is an example of easyJet trying to do all it can to make travel easy and affordable for our passengers.
"Our customers asked us to trial allocated seating and we are really pleased with the positive passenger feedback during the trial. As importantly, we have shown that we can do so while delivering strong on time performance - the most important driver of passenger satisfaction."
 
On trial flights, the majority of passengers were allocated seats when they checked in, with the most popular being those near the front for swift exit on arrival and the exit row seats with extra legroom.
"We are confident this move will make our current passengers happier when flying with easyJet and will attract new passengers to fly with us in future," added McCall.
Allocated seating will continue on trial flights and the service will be rolled out across the network, starting from November 13. To select a specific seat number, passengers will have to pay £3 for a standard seat, £8 for Upfront seats (rows two to five or six), and £12 for extra leg room seats.
Passengers who don't pay to select a seat will be allocated one free of charge. Passengers travelling on the same booking will be seated together wherever possible, said the airline.
Some interesting facts emerged from the trial flights:
  • On shorter journeys seat 6A was the best seller while on longer flights it was 1A 
  • On shorter journeys seat 16B was the least popular while it was 19B on longer flights 
  • Passengers preferred seats on the left hand side of the plane with seats A, B and C outselling D, E and F  
EasyJet plus! annual cardholders and Flexi Fare customers will be able to select a seat free of charge. Passengers buying Upfront or Extra Legroom seats will be first to board.

Friday 31 August 2012

100 days to go

There are now less than 100 days until we welcome the first guests of the season in Les Gets.

This picture was Derek welcoming the first guests on the 9th of December last year.

Look out for a special offer on our Facebook page at 5pm on Monday.

Wednesday 22 August 2012

Recruitment has started


Are you looking to work in the Alps next winter?

We have started our recruitment for next winters staff, with the jobs listed here.

More positions will come on line over the next few weeks.

Monday 30 July 2012

4 x 4 event this Saturday and Sunday

This Saturday and Sunday the Portes du Soleil 4x4 club are hosting an event based at the Les Perneres care park which will feature more than 60 teams who'll be taking on the circuit's different technical challenges.


On Saturday Night there will be a free concert and fireworks.




Friday 27 July 2012

Fun evening in Les Gets tonight

If your at a loose end in Les Gets tonight why not attend the pitching competition with BBQ, which is on from now until 11pm