Nazareth College G.O.L.D (Graduate Of Last Decade) Award Winner.
Six years ago, Ian Prichard ‘ 98 and his friends Joe Sternberg started a delivery ski rental business in Steamboat Springs, CO. Black Tie Delivery Ski Rentals has since revolutionized the ski and snowboard rental process. Prichard and Sternbger’s company is one of the originators of the industry surrounding the idea of ski rental, and they feature delivery, personalized service, online reservations, and high quality equipment. The two men have grown the business into the largest operation of its kind with 11 locations in North America, from Aspen to Whistler. There’s is one of the most innovative ideas to hit the major resorts in recent years and the business has been featured in national publications and websites, including ski.com, Everett Potter’s Travel report, and the Washington Post.
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The trip was free for all the Sunshine Kids, and several area businesses stepped up to help make the children’s stay memorable. The Sheraton Steamboat Resort offered lodging. The Steamboat Ski Area provided lift tickets, lessons and rentals. Black Tie Ski Rentals gave the children appropriate ski and snowboard gear.
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Black Tie Ski Rentals has gone for and gotten the gold. The company uses energy-saving compact fluorescent lighting throughout its store, offsets its vehicle emissions by buying carbon credits and rewards employees for using alternative transportation, co-owner Ian Prichard said.
Employees get a point each time they carpool, walk, bike or use other methods to get to work besides driving themselves, he said. Points can be redeemed for merchandise. Black Tie recently awarded its top two point-earners with a trip to Silverton, Prichard said.
If employees have points left over at the end of the year, Prichard said, Black Tie will match the number of points with a dollar donation to the employee’s choice of Protect our Winters, which fights global warming and focuses on the winter sports community or Routt County United Way.
Click here to view the full story which was printed in the Steamboat Springs Pilot and Today on Sunday 9th March 2008
Another half-foot of snow has fallen as the sun rises. There’s a knock at my door, and Black Tie Ski Rentals has arrived to fit my boots and skis in my room. This innovative service takes the pain out of the ski-rental process, fitting you with the best, most up-to-date equipment, in this case a set of K2 Apache parabolic all-condition skis, and then letting you pick up equipment and drop it off slope side each day with no hassles. Black Tie Ski Rentals, operating at 11 resorts in the Rockies, is an idea whose time has come.
To read the entire article by Joel Berliner in the February 16, 2008 of the Washington Post Click Here
Telluride, Colorado (February 13, 2008) - Black Tie Ski Rentals is excited to announce the addition of Telluride, Colorado as their newest location. Opening in time for 2008-09 ski season, the 11th branch of Black Tie Ski Rentals reaffirms their position as the most comprehensive, owner operated ski rental delivery network in North America.
The Telluride branch will be owned and operated by long time Telluride local Greg Carberry. “Greg brings an incredible amount of passion and ski industry experience to the Black Tie team.” stated Ian Prichard; one of the founding partners of Black Tie Ski Rentals. “Greg’s knowledge of the local market and past management experience with large chain stores gives him a tremendous edge in this new venture,” said Joe Sternberg, the other founder of Black Tie. “We couldn’t have asked for a better candidate,” states Prichard.
“The timing is perfect to open a Black Tie Ski Rentals in Telluride. The town has been waiting for a high end, guest orientated service like this for years. I can not wait for next season to start.” said Carberry. Black Tie Ski Rentals of Telluride will offer premium ski and snowboard rentals for all of Telluride and the Mountain Village at very competitive prices. Carberry also mentioned that “with newly implemented baggage fees from the airlines, ski rental delivery, will be even more cost effective for guests coming to Telluride.”
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With spring break looming, ski rental shops are poised to do box office business. Because it’s easier to rent than schlep your skis through the airport, of course. But for the traveler who needs to rent, the idea of standing in an endless line in a crowded ski shop for rentals sounds like an ordeal. And if you’ve got fidgety kids in tow, it’s twice as bad. So enter Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery, which was started six years ago in Steamboat Springs.
For the rest of the story please visit Everett Potter’s Travel Report
Steamboat branch enrolls in local sustainable business program
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (November 29, 2007) – Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery’s Steamboat Springs Colo. branch has earned Gold Planet certification from the Steamboat Sustainable Business Program.
Black Tie Skis worked with the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association’s environmental consulting service, Environmental Solutions Unlimited, to learn about common sense business practices that help attain sustainability. The program is strictly voluntary; offers community-wide recognition as well as access to resources that help implement, measure, and continually improve environmental sustainable practices. (more…)
Ski.com’s Inside Track
November 20, 2007
There is nothing like taking a luxury vacation to the mountains. Your luxury vacation experience starts the minute you pick up the phone to speak with one of Ski.com’s experienced Mountain Vacation Specialists. Averaging 15 years in the industry, our specialists are able to customize a vacation that includes anything and everything you can think of.
On your day of travel sit back and enjoy first class air service on United Airlines to destinations such as Aspen, Vail or Steamboat. Upon arrival, your private limousine will greet you and then whisk you away to your private home, condo or luxury hotel where your refrigerator will be already stocked with the things you want most – be it beer for the boys or snacks for the kids. Once you get settled into your new home away from home, you receive a visit from Black Tie Ski Rentals who set you up right in the comfort of your living room with the ski and snowboard equipment you’ll need (and they’ll pick it up when you’re ready for your trip back home). For dinner, enjoy a sumptuous meal at a fine restaurant or enjoy a four-course meal at home prepared by a Ski.com-arranged private chef. (more…)
Black Tie Skis Continues to Re-Define the Ski Rental Industry
Award-Winning Ski Rental Delivery Company Enhances Client Services for 07/08 Season
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Co. (November 13, 2007) – Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery, who forever changed the ski and snowboard rental process five years ago, encourages winter enthusiasts to re-discover their ski vacations this coming season. With 10 locations serving 21 winter destination markets, Black Tie Ski Rentals is the industry leader with the largest delivery rental network in the US and Canada. Black Tie Skis provides personalized service, exceptional equipment, and a convenience level that traditional rental facilities can’t match. (more…)
Women visiting Park City this ski season have a new reason to rejoice!
Black Tie Ski Rentals has Roxy skis available for demo rental. Not only does Black Tie carry the acclaimed all-women’s ski line, it carries them directly to visitors and locals lodging! This unique ski and snowboard delivery service is one of only two shops in the entire area to offer Roxy demo skis. With comparable pricing to traditional brick-and-mortar ski shops, top-of-the-line equipment from brands such as Roxy, and the comfort and convenience of the Ski and Snowboard Shop That Comes to You, Black Tie Ski Rentals is the only way to get your gear.
Launched in 1990 as Quiksilver’s swimwear line, Roxy quickly became the pioneer in women’s surfing, strongly promoting the women’s professional tour and increasing the visibility of the talented women competing in the sport. (more…)
