{"id":233,"date":"2013-11-18T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T11:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2013-11-18T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T11:26:05","slug":"val-thorens-is-best-ski-resort-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/val-thorens-is-best-ski-resort-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Thorens is &#8216;Best Ski Resort in the World&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, the World Ski Awards in Kitzbuhel saw the best resorts, hotels and chalets across twenty different countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/val-thorens\">Val Thorens in France<\/a> was named as the Best Ski Resort, which took not only the title of best resort in France, but best ski resort in the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234\" alt=\"Val Thorens was voted 'Best Ski Resort in the World'\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award.jpg 540w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-142x190.jpg 142w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-251x335.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Val Thorens was voted &#8216;Best Ski Resort in the World&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The main competitors for this award were Deer Valley in the States and Lake Louise in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phenomenal response from voters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The awards were voted on by travel professionals and skiers from around the planet. Sion Rapson, MD of the <a href=\"http:\/\/worldskiawards.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">World Ski Awards<\/a>, described the reaction to their inaugural event as &#8216;phenomenal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Ski Resorts in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The full list of winners of the best ski resort in each country are:<\/p>\n<p>Andorra&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Vallnord<br \/>\nArgentina&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Cerro Castor<br \/>\nAustralia&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Perisher<br \/>\nAustria&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Kitzb\u00fchel<br \/>\nBulgaria&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Bansko<br \/>\nCanada&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Lake Louise<br \/>\nChile&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Portillo<br \/>\nFinland&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Ruka<br \/>\nFrance&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Val Thorens<br \/>\nGermany&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Garmisch-Partenkirchen<br \/>\nItaly&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo<br \/>\nJapan&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Niseko<br \/>\nNew Zealand&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Treble Cone<br \/>\nNorway&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Trysil<br \/>\nRussia&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Krasnaya Polyana<br \/>\nSlovenia&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: Kranjska Gora<br \/>\nSouth Korea&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: YongPyong<br \/>\nSweden&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: \u00c5re<br \/>\nSwitzerland&#8217;s Best Ski Resort 2013: LAAX<br \/>\nUnited States&#8217; Best Ski Resort 2013: Deer Valley Resort<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-235\" alt=\"wsa-banner-2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-1024x262.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-190x48.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-60x15.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013-400x102.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wsa-banner-2013.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Article by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107961348339974741522\/about?rel=author\">Iain Martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/val-thorens-is-best-ski-resort-in-the-world\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-142x190.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vt-award-142x190.jpg<\/a><p>This weekend, the World Ski Awards in Kitzbuhel saw the best resorts, hotels and chalets across twenty different countries. 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