Industry Professional services Website pgimgmt.com Founder Francesc Viladomat Type of business Andorra private company | Area served Worldwide Headquarters Andorra la Vella Founded 1957 | |
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Key people Joan Viladomat (President) Services Ski area operation
Mountain business development
Sales & Marketing
Support services | ||
PGI Management (Pas Grau Internacional Management) is an Andorra base ski worldwide management company. PGI Management is the international branch of SAETDE/Grandvalira.
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History
PGI Management history started on 1 December 1957 with the officially opening of the first ski lift in Pas de la Casa, in Andorra, near the border with France. In the previous summer, Francesc Viladomat, founder of the company, began to work establishing the company Teleesquís Viladomat.
From 1957 to 1967 the ski resort growth created by Mr. Viladomat was growing and incorporating state of the art facilities in Pas de la Casa. On 22 November 1967, SAETDE (Societat Anònima d’Equipament Turístic-Esportiu de la Parròquia d’Emcamp) was incorporated and run two ski lifts, Escola and Font Negre. On August 14, Francesc Viladomat and the Comú of Encamp signed an agreement to merge the two firms.
From 1967 to 2004 Pas de la Casa Grau Roig developed more new facilities, including detachable 6 seat chair lifts, Funicamp (6.137 meters long cable car) restaurants, FIS Stadium etc., converting the ski resort in one of the biggest in the Pyrenees.
On October 2003 the new skiing domain of Grandvalira became public as result of commercial merger between Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig and Soldeu-el Tarter.
In 2005, Joan Viladomat founded PGI Management to promote, advise on and manage ski and mountain projects. With PGI Management, Grandvalira/SAETDE leverage all the knowledge on mountain and ski acquired during 50 years.
Services
Services of PGI Management includes from the business plan, the design of the ski domain to its completion and management.
Among the services in design and building construction are identify business opportunities, selection and coordination of main suppliers and cost analysis and investment efficiency.
Regarding operation and management the main focus of PGI Management services are: Ski area operation (Lifts, slopes, snow grooming and snow making), Mountain business development (Ski school, Food & Beverage, Winter and summer activities and Shops & Rental), Sales & Marketing (Positioning, Pricing, Sales Operations and Booking Center), Support services (IT, Finance & Administration, Human Resources and Shared Services)
In continuous development Services: Business Strategy, Process Analysis and Redesign, Benchmarking, Market intelligence, Innovation
Main Projects
Currently PGI Management supports and operates Shahdag Mountain Resort (Azerbaijan), GrandErzurum: Palandöken & Konakli (Erzurum-Turkey), Gavarnie-Gedre (France), Hautacam (France), Calafate Mountain Park (Argentina) and Shymbulak (Almaty-Kazakhstan)
Also PGI Management is part of an international consortium to develop Kok Zhailau in Kazakhstan and developed the Master plan for ski resort renewal and positioning (Bovec- Slovenia)
PGI was in charge of Ski Resort Operation Management for Erciyes (Kayseri - Turkey) and Mountain Operation for GranPallars (Catalan Pyrenees – Spain). One of its first projects was the Training agreement with Ski Himalayas Resort (Manali – India)