ABOUT US
Hanski is a personal company, so here’s a bit about us! We, (Paul and Helen), met whilst studying for our Sports Science, PE and Recreation Management degrees at Loughborough University in the late 1990’s. After graduation we both embarked upon careers in PE teaching rising to Director of Sport roles at a variety of schools in the Midlands. Here we honed our professional skills of organisation, time management, attention to detail and working towards specific targets. We also developed our caring, empathetic mentality with a focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for our students and colleagues.
In 2004 we were searching for a big new adventure and decided to relocate to The French Alps and buy, then renovate a traditional ski chalet and open to guests. We enjoyed welcoming skiers to stay with us. As part of this experience we cooked 4 course evening meals for our guests, took them to and from the slopes and discussed how to best enjoy their stay. Over the years we created wonderful ski holidays for hundreds of guests, gaining experience and expertise in the travel industry.
In 2013 Hanski also became a specialist sport holiday tour operator and ever since we have loved sharing our passion, experience and expertise by creating tailor-made ski, tennis, padel and golf holidays for our valued clients. In doing so we are also creating unforgettable memories for families, friends and colleagues.
About our passion for sports
As Hanski transformed into a specialist tour operator business we retained our core values. The addition of golf, tennis & padel holidays to our product portfolio has been the latest exciting development in our evolving business. As a result our holidays have found a whole new audience for us to share our passion with. But our involvement in sport doesn’t stop here.
Helen has played county tennis all her life and combines coaching with her role as first team captain and committee member at Newmarket Tennis Club and Cambridgeshire LTA. Our children play county standard tennis and compete in regional competitions on a regular basis. Paul, having played football for a number of professional clubs in his youth, has long since hung up his boots and can now often be seen playing a round at our local golf club trying to improve his decidedly average handicap and dashing round the padel court.
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St Anton
St Anton has amazing quality and extent of slopes.
St Anton is also recognised for its incredible night life, high quality accommodation and the wonderfully friendly welcome.
Indeed St Anton makes the perfect short break ski holiday or long ski weekend destination as it is located less than 1 hour and 30 minutes transfer from Innsbruck airport.
Val d'Isere
Val d’Isere offers huge amounts of skiing and snowboarding, to suit all experience, ability and energy levels. From World Cup downhill blacks to some of the longest greens in The Alps and a huge variety of intermediate slopes Val d’Isere has something for everyone.
Val d'sere's is also one of the liveliest apres ski scenes!
Courmayeur
A very short transfer from Geneva airport you will find Courmayeur, a charming , traffic free resort with cobbled streets in a stunning setting.
A huge array of shops, bars, restaurants and night spots to cater for all tastes you will quickly settle into the relaxing village ambiance which certainly has a feeling of lively, chic sophistication.
Sauze d'Oulx
Sauze d’Oulx is a pretty resort, with great slopes and fantastic apres ski, just 60 minutes from Turin airport.
Part of the vast 440km of pistes in the Milky Way area resorts of Sansicario and Sestriere whilst the French resort of Montgenevre is also on the lift pass and is just a short bus ride away.
Tignes
There are few other ski resort in the world that can match Tignes' long list of attractions for skiers and snowboarders looking to ski long, exhilarating runs on perfect snow.
Tignes resort altitude of 2100m is one of the highest in The Alps and its pistes go up to an amazing 3450m. This means you will enjoy great snow from late November to mid-May.
Sestriere
Sestriere is a convenient, snow sure resort.
With a base altitude of over 2000 metres and slopes that rise majestically to over 2800 metres Sestriere is justifiably known as a resort which has a wonderful historical snow record over a very long season from November to May.
A forecast of rain up to 2000 metres in Morzine means rain right to the top of the ski slopes. In Sestriere the forecast means fresh powder to play in all the way down to the resort!
La Clusaz
La Clusaz is a beautiful, welcoming, traditional French mountain village with slopes to suit all ability levels from complete beginners to advanced off-piste powder hounds and everyone in between.
La Clusaz is just one hour transfer from Geneva airport, with accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets.
