This document summarizes information about Breckenridge Mountain Resort (BMR), including its history, operations, customer base, facilities, and initiatives to improve customer service. It notes that BMR offers 15 ski and snowboard packages and sees intermediate customers visiting 4.1 times a year on average, with advanced and expert customers visiting more frequently. It also describes BMR's management structure, rental operations, and summer recreation activities. The document outlines BMR's plans to improve revenue growth, service, communications, and use data analysis to enhance the customer experience.
2. 1941-Czechoslovaki-Jozo Weider
Average lift price-$24
Average total revenue per person per visit -$40
Offered 15 different ski and snowboard package
options.
Intermediate level skiers andsnow boarders-4.1
times per year
Advanced and expert level customers-6.7 and
9.4 times per year respectively
3. In 1999-BMR sold 50 % interest in the
company to Intrawest corporation
Purchased 16 acres of developable real
estate
Experienced management team
4. Number of people in call center is 10
One of the largest snowboarding and ski schools
in the country.
Central base lodge had 1000 pairs of skis and
250 snow boards available for rental
Mounterra Pavilion-opened in 1990-summer
recreation activities
5. Revenue growth and facility expansion
Improving service
Three Rings of service
- Basic service
- Support
- Enhanced
6. Continuous improvement-cross functional teams
using data analysis and planning techniques
Improve communications between management
and staff
Staff friendliness -10 on a 10 point scale
7. SWOP-strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and
proposals.
Five Teams – 5 BMR mangers and staffs from
different functional areas
Identify opportunity, issues to be resolved and
provide specific recommendation.
Three Proposals
- Customer Flow
- Speed Of Service
- Information System
8. Parking Problem
Three Attendants-$9.50 per hour
14 mountain guides
Difficulties in familiarizing guest with the resort
area – unable to find particular service
9. Six recommendations:
1. Better forecasting
2. Improved interdepartmental
communication
3. Fast and accurate info to staff
4. Flexible staffs
5. Self-service IT applications
6. Staff capacity
10. Independent database and OS
Stand alone system
Cost - $50,000
a graduate level co-op student to get information
system organized
11. Centralized Database
• Elimination of Human Effort
• Data Integrity
• Ease of Access
Elimination of
• Paper Work
• Manual Error
Quick Response to Customer Queries
Cross Functionality
12. Total Cost Involved:
• Staffing - $700 * (4 * 5) = $14000
• PC Installation - $50000 * 7 = $350000
• Intranet Systems
No Quantification of Cost/Benefits in
• Customer Flow
• Service Process Streamlining.