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Adelboden has again completed a splendid weekend of racing: Despite difficult conditions – overly warm weather – with more than 3000 officials, we were able to provide fair conditions for the giant slalom and slalom. 

Val Gardena/Gröden (South Tyrol/Italy), December 23rd, 2013 - A record number of spectators, great weather, a forerunner with deep course knowledge and two winners who are linked through a training partnership: these are the stories that emerged from the 2013 World Cup week in the valley.

As with the World Cup, sports journalist Serge Lang initiated the idea for „Club 5“ in 1988. The founding members were organizers of the Alpine Downhill Classics: Val Gardena (ITA), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER), Kitzbühel (AUT), Wengen (SUI) and Val d’Isere (FRA).

World Ski Awards is the sister organisation of World Travel Awards, which is heralded as “the Oscars of the travel industry”. Prizes were awarded for the categories of “Best Ski Resorts”, “Best Ski Boutique Hotels”, “Best Ski Hotels” and „Best Ski Chalets“.

The 16 organizers of the International Ski Classic Racing Event Organizers Association, Club5, met to take part in their 8th workshop. Three days in Garmisch were filled with a variety of topics. This exchange of experiences greatly helps those responsible for the respective venues to maintain the quality of racing organization and standards in general to the highest possible level, as well as ensuring a unitary implementation of improvements in subsequent years. The FIS Race Directors in attendance also contributed positively to the discussions.

The traditional Ski World Cup would like to extend its presence into the summer. For the first time, music ensembles from several Ski World Cup venues will get together to perform in Adelboden, on August 10th, 2013.

The most recent addition to Club5 Ski Classics is Zagreb. The well-known Croatian ski World Cup host was officially accepted as 16th members of the association of classic ski World Cup organizers in early June in the town of Durbrovnik. This cultural capital along the Adria coast is where the annual FIS Calendar Conference took place from June 4th to 8th.