Alfred Ford romances the Himalayas
Ravi Teja Sharma / New Delhi June 16, 2006
HOSPITALITY: The ambitious Himalayan Ski Village is set to welcome
tourists by 2009.
When the name Ford is associated with a project, it is bound to be big.
And the Himlayan Ski Village (HSV) — a dream of Alfred Ford, the great
grand son of the legendary Henry Ford — is a big project, aimed at
developing ski-slopes and other premium facilities in the Himalayan
region. His dream is set to be realised in the next three years...by the
winter of 2009.
The HSV project has crossed many speed-breakers in the last couple of
years, the last being the opposition of the local deities in the
Kullu-Manali region, who, some said, were against the building of the
resort.
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HSV has engaged INTACH for a study on the local architecture in the
region which will be used as a guide by HSV architects. The feasibility
study for the complete project has been done by global hotel consultancy
HVS International, which analysed the payback model and time.
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