Lower Austria: The 22/23 Winter Season Starts With Flexible Prices At Ecoplus Alpin

Flexible prices will be introduced in the ski areas of the state-owned ecoplus Alpin GmbH at the start of the 2022/2023 winter season: day and multi-day tickets can be purchased from December 1, 2022 at the Hochkar Bergbahnen, the Ötscherliften, the Annaberger Liften and the Erlebnisalm Mönichkirchen at www.freundederberge. at be booked online. Flexible pricing means that each day of operation has its own price that is updated overnight.

“The principle is well known: the earlier you book online, the cheaper it is. This early booking discount also applies to weekends. Online ticketing has already proven its worth for our guests in terms of comfort and security last season, and flexible prices are the next step. We want to increase utilization over the entire winter season. There will be offers for adult day tickets from as little as €29. Because the existing infrastructure should not only be used as well as possible for economic reasons, but also for active recreation," explains Tourism Councilor Jochen Danninger.

“The online price is the new normal price and is always 15 percent cheaper than in the ski area. Anyone who buys online in good time also secures a place in the ski area on the days when there is high demand. For safety and quality reasons, the ski areas can only sell tickets up to a certain limit on a given day,” explains Markus Redl, Managing Director of ecoplus Alpin.

"The new booking portal of ecoplus Alpin was created in cooperation with Wilken AG and Pricenow AG, who have already successfully advised ski areas in Switzerland, Austria and France. We can inform our guests, who give their consent, about special promotions or good conditions - as we often still have them towards the end of the season - by e-mail newsletter. And of course it is also very important for us that this might result in one or two additional visits,” explains project manager Isabella Hinterleitner from ecoplus Alpin.

The start of the season in all ecoplus Alpin ski areas is currently planned for December 8, 2022. As soon as outside temperatures and humidity offer optimal conditions, snowmaking starts in the ski areas. If the planned start of the season is postponed, tickets that have already been booked but cannot be consumed will be canceled free of charge and the money transferred back.