Article: Thai Partner Sought to Build Skiing Theme Park.

Article: Ski the peaks of . . . Chiang Mai?, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  February 15, 2002 ;     420 words ... ... director of Leisure Patine International Co, said yesterday ... Hong Kong. Leisure Patine International Co has developed ... The park, called Snow Land, is intended to ... and ice-skating. Snow Land's snowmakers cost ...

Article: Group Wants to Create Man-Made Ski Resort in Chiang Mai, ...
Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 15, 2002 ;     610 words ... ... location was not disclosed. Leisure Patine International Co said the investment would be at ... start next year if the company's Snow Land at Seacon Square proves successful ... It projects 200,000 visitors to Snow Land this year, with tickets at 90 baht ...

Article: Chinese Tibetologists, lamas make report in Rome University
Xinhua News Agency;  September 19, 2005 ;     614 words ... ... Traditional Tibetan culture is under good protection while the snow land of Tibet, dubbed the "roof of the world", witnesses rapid ... able to feel how the Buddhism tradition is preserved in the snow land. Tibetologists and lamas also gave a report in Milan on Sept ...

Article: Commentary: Tibet's track for progress not to be barred
Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the century-old dream of the nation to connect the isolated snow land with a railway with other parts of the country. And the project ... China's efforts in developing Tibet. And those who think the snow land should be kept as a medieval museum to satisfy their bizarre ...

Article: Tibetan culture week in full swing in Italy
China Daily;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... that traditional Tibetan culture is well protected while the snow land of Tibet, dubbed the "roof of the world," witnesses rapid ... able to feel how the Buddhism tradition is preserved in the snow land. Tibetologists and lamas also gave a report in Milan on September ...

Article: Super malls of Dubai
New Straits Times;  June 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... ski-runs, aquarter pipe snowboard park and a 32,280sq ft snow-land play area. Its longest ski run is 1,312ft - equivalent to ... while its slopes are as high as a 25-storey building. The snow-land play area called "Snow Park" is a mountain-themed snow ...

Article: SOLDIER STAYS FIT SURFING IRAQI BREEZE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 24, 2006 ;     484 words ... ... and windsurfing. The whole set-up packs into a small back-pack and weighs just over 20 pounds. It can be done on the snow, land or water. The sport is really taking off ... no pun intended. It has been around the United States for about eight years ...