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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Big Mountain Battle 2012

This is a team-based event, which is open to all ages/levels! Each team of 2 must cover off all the checkpoints lifts, runs and hikes around the mountain in a 3 hour time period. The event runs on Saturday 28th July 2012 from noon to 5 PM.

Every team will be given a course map and team card at the racers meeting before the start and again, you will all be tracked by Flaik GPS. The top three teams with the best times to complete all checkpoints, runs and hill climbs will be awarded prizes but the top team will win the prize money.

Full registration on www.Lesgets.com/bmb

This event is run again on Saturday 25th of August.