the 10 winter sports resorts smart health connected to France in 2017

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With 9 billion sales in 2016, ski resorts are investing more and more money every year in IoT and smart health connected infrastructures. Here is a 2017 comparison of the 10 most smart health connected ski resorts in France.

In France there are no less than 357 ski resorts for 25000 hectares of slopes. During the 2016-2017 season, more than 10 million tourists were welcomed, including 7 million skiers. Unfortunately, since 2016, the hexagon lost its first place of world destination of the winter sports to the profit of the United States. Runway use in France is down by 6% in contribution to the 2015/2016 winter season. Insurance of 2.85 million euros was set up to help the so-called "difficult" years of some stations.

Ski resort managers may have found the solution for restore France's first place on the podium and surf on the IoT wave. Just like the smart city, the smart station is discovering a new, safer, more comfortable way, making life easier for holidaymakers. To evaluate the best smart health connected ski areas, we compared ski resorts with Simplytoski. We also invite you to visit the official website of station guides of France Mountain to find out more about the offers offered by the different ski resorts.

We evaluated the French ski slopes 2.0 and here is our 2017 ranking of the 10 most smart health connected ski resorts in France:

Serre-Chevalier, the largest ski resort in the Southern Alps

As a reporter, we had the chance to spend several days with the ski patrol-rescuers of the station. It is not only the biggest ski resort in the Southern Alps, it is also the most smart health connected. Sensors are placed on all tracks and lifts. In case of suspicious activities of a skier or a malfunction of the system, several sensors and tags warn trackers of the station in real time. In each of the control points, a giant dashboard allows skiers to open or close trails. Add to this that this resort is equipped with many snow cannons to ensure a ski area for tourists throughout the winter period. Skiers can judge the condition of the slopes themselves before starting connecting from their smartphone to the various webcams of the station. In addition, a web tv, Serre-Che TV in partnership with D! CI TV, informs holidaymakers of the weather of the day and the good plans and activities of the day that are proposed to them.

Val Thorens "best ski resort in the world 2016"

Val Thorens occupies the prestigious place of best resort in the world In 2016.

On its website, the ski area proudly displays a YouTube channel that brings together many reports on the valuation 2.0 tracks, such as the installation of sensors and new pylons helicopter. With nearly 2.5 million views on its YouTube channel and nearly 60,000 followers on Twitter, the station is close to its public internet. Large screens located on the slopes can even tell skiers the less traveled routes of the resort to make the most of their day. With the implementation of Wi-Fi on most areas, holidaymakers can access the region's Web TV.

Chamonix the ski resort that enters the era of virtual reality

Chamonix has the advantage of being sandwiched between the mountain ranges of Red Needles and Mont Blanc, which makes a popular destination for its landscapes breathtaking.

It is one of the major French resorts that have made the choice, like Serre-Chevalier, to install everywhere around the slopes. webcams to inform potential skiers of the state of the slopes. Since July 2017, the ski area has entered the air of virtual reality. With a VR headset it is now possible to do a 3D and 360 ° tour of a large part of the region. From this summer's climbing world cup to the Dar waterfall and the Bossons glacier, discover the beauty and wonder of the wild nature of the valley from your living room.

Courchevel and advertising 2.0

Since the 2016/2017 winter season, the station is smart health connected to Digital Social Retail (Holosfind). Several dozens of connectors are positioned in the field at different strategic locations in cities and urban centers. This allows two things: the first, of to collect a lot of data, information on the activities of tourists present in the region. The data is then analyzed to predict customer needs. Then, thanks to the tags scattered around the station and the slopes, companies can order beacon advertising campaigns or dynamic displays. The beacon is a sensor that can activate a notification on a smartphone as soon as it is nearby, provided that the corresponding application is installed on the phone of the user. For example, if a beacon sensor is installed in a store and a customer enters the same store with the sign application installed in their smartphone, the beacon beacon will "wake up" the phone by sending a notification containing most time advertising.

La Plagne: wait for the lifts it's over

The ski area of ​​the resort is aptly named: Paradiski. The mobile application of La Plagne has a unique function. Holidaymakers can to locate on tracks in real time thanks to the GPS function smartphone software. Skiers can also follow the flow of ski lifts and find the best routes to follow through the beacons and sensors scattered throughout the station.

The large domain of the 3 Valleys in 3D

The Trois-Vallées area, which extends into the valleys of the Tarentaise, is considered one of the largest ski areas in the world with more than 600 km of slopes. It is also a very smart health connected station that has developed one of the best applications for ski areas. In cooperation with Fatmap, the 3 valleys offer their users to prepare their ski routes via the application thanks to 3D plans. Like La Plagne, the application also allows in real time to find his family or friends on the slopes thanks to sensors and GPS tags located on the slopes.

Cauteret: the small resort that sees big

This small resort located on the edge of the Pyrenees National Park offers a new application that allows you to find your way in 3D thanks to augmented reality. After downloading the app to his phone, simply "film" the surroundings to have a description in AR of the landscape, as well as benchmarks for snowshoe trails. It also symbolizes on your screen the various points of interest present around you, as well as the names of the mountains and their height. Only available on Android unfortunately.

Tignes: a personalized application for each family

The resort of Tignes offers a customizable application according to the tastes and levels of skiing of users. By downloading the application and by subscribing to "Tignaddict", skiers receive a weather report concerning the slopes, the ski lifts, the road traffic and daytime itineraries according to the information collected by each person.

Les Sybelles: a geolocation application to pay attention to the risks of unevenness

The Sybelles offer an application focused on the safety of skiers. With beacons and sensors placed on the edge of risky runways, the station sends alerts directly to users' the risks of unevenness on the domain. The application also allows to find in real time his family, friends or just his way in seconds.

Valloire: the village resort that allows to find his Facebook friends on the slopes

Located in Savoie, the small resort village of Valloire offers to find his Facebook friends on the slopes. A mobile application that links social networks with winter sports. We also find the map of villages, trails, weather and business directory of the valley. The application even indicates the real-time opening and closing of the lifts.

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