Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist, Casino Business Review LLC

Howard J Klein

I am a 25+ year c-level executive of the casino industry in operations, marketing, international development and strategic planning. Currently, a consultant specializing in the casino space. Industry expert contributor and publisher of a subscription letter called "The House Edge". Extensive experience in marketing and development in the Asian gaming market while a senior executive at Caesars, Ballys Grand and Trump Taj Mahal.
Part of senior executive teams that valued acquisitions and mergers with companies in the casino, hotel, d entertainment rant  and restaurant space.

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Vail Resorts,  the biggest operator of ski resorts in the US, continues to consolidate. Nature is its greatest asset. It has now moved its Epic Pass program for the first time into Japan.</li>
<li>Epic Pass entitles skiers to lift tickets at any one of their 37 owned/operated ski resorts. They serviced 12 million skiers last year.</li>
<li>The secret sauce to their success besides Mother Nature, is that they raise fees 5% every year and experience no meaningful customer blowback.</li>
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Vail Resorts,  the biggest operator of ski resorts in the US, continues to consolidate. Nature is its greatest asset. It has now moved its Epic Pass program for the first time into Japan.
Epic Pass entitles skiers to lift tickets at any one of their 37 owned/operated ski resorts. They serviced 12 million skiers last year.
The secret sauce to their success besides Mother Nature, is that they raise fees 5% every year and experience no meaningful customer blowback.


Vail Resorts Ltd: This Dominant Operator of Ski Resorts Makes Its First Pivot to Asia