Meet the women of Courchevel Tourisme

ARIANE ALIAS RIRI

• How old are you?: 33 years old
• Academic background/diploma: I have done all my studies on a work-study basis and I have a master's degree in management.
• Position/role in the resort: I am the digital service manager and I have the pleasure to work with a team of 4 people.
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: splitboarding (compulsory this year) and snowboarding. Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: le Farçon 😊
• Courchevel's "plus": it is the most beautiful resort and the most varied (piste, off-piste, forest, high mountain...)! It is suitable for all profiles, beginners or experts, skiers or snowboarders, even the non-skiers have something to enjoy!
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: I am proud to be part of a company where there are so many women and to take part in projects led by women such as the We Rise day on March 20th.
• Your passions: snowboarding, wakeboarding, mountain biking, yoga, meditation and Krokmou (my cat)!
• Special features: my laughter that can be heard all around the office.
• The TV series of the moment: Lupin (can't wait for season 2!)
• Your totem animal: the snake
• The best working anecdote: the preparation of a video that is being kept secret for the moment 😄

LUCIE ALIAS LULU

• Age: 32 years old
• Academic background/diploma: Master 2 Tourism - specialisation Marketing and Communication
• Position/role in the resort: Groups & Seminars sales representative
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: skiing (downhill and hiking)
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: I haven't had the chance to try them all yet but I really enjoyed the refined cuisine of the restaurant le Génépi!
• Courchevel's "plus": the sumptuous Avals valley
• Your greatest pride/sucess at Courchevel Tourisme: my beginnings in ski touring... In spite of the effort, I persisted and now i like it! 😀
• Your passions: sewing, creative hobbies and upcycling of all kinds
• Special features: farsighted! I always have a needle and thread in my handbag, people tend to be surprised but I've helped out more than one with this kit 😜.
• The series of the moment: I'm actually looking for one!
• Your totem animal: my cat, Floki
• The best anecdote at work: one day, I spent a whole lunch break with my new ski touring boots on to make sure I had chosen the right size, while reading my sewing magazines... A moment that my colleagues still remember! 😆

ANNE-FLORENCE

• How old are you?: ask me, I'll tell you 😉
• Academic background/diploma: Dual English Masters degree and Landscape Architecture, then librarian and documentalist and finally hatha yoga teacher
• Position/role in the resort: executive assistant
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: hiking in the snow (I arrived 3 months ago, I still have a lot of discoveries to make)
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: not a restaurant but a caterer, the Farto, for the quality of its products and the true kindness of its owners.
• Courchevel's "plus": the beauty of the Aiguille du Fruit and the surrounding mountains.
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: Preparing a secret event without any phone number or email address of my own
• Your passions: tango, yoga, writing, discovering new cultures and foreign languages.
• Special features: I was born in Paris (it seems that here Parisian women are comparable to the 10 plagues of Egypt, I'll let you judge).
• Series of the moment: "It's a mess at home". What do you mean it's not a series? It's the one I watch every night but, I must confess, not on a screen.
• Your totem animal: the panther
• The best anecdote in a meeting: a short Alzheimer's sequence and a mix of first names. Don't call me Marie-Charlotte anymore 😀

AURELIE ALIAS KOOBKOOB

• How old are you?: 38 years old
• Academic background/diploma: BTS Tourism and then a Bachelor's degree in English
• Position/role in the resort: marketing manager at the reservation centre. In Courchevel Tourisme for 12 years!
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: skiing, skiing and more skiing!
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: It's impossible to answer this question! There are so many places where I would like to go... For a burger, it's the Burger next door; for a sandwich, at Le Gaulois in Courchevel Moriond; for a fondue, at the Cave des Lys or at the Table de Marie ; for a romantic dinner, the Farçon or the Bistrot du Praz... I was a fan of Bamboo too (if someone wants to reopen a Thai in the same concept I'm in 🙂). I also love l'Ecorce and l'Oeil de Boeuf.
• Courchevel's "plus": there is everything you need to be happy! Our ski area is incredible, the Lac de la Rosière is a marvel, Aquamotion, the spas, the sunny terraces, the toboggan run, the Merlet lakes, the Dent du Villard... It is a joy to live here.
• Your greatest pride/sucess in Courchevel Tourisme: to have taken over the booking department
• Your passions: skiing (if you hadn't understood 🙂). I also love theatre and diving.
• Special features: Anything makes me laugh.
• The TV series of the moment : Black Box
• Your totem animal: the ram

FLORINE OR FLOFLO (FOR CLOSE FRIENDS)

• Age: 31 years old
• Academic background/diploma: DUT in Marketing Techniques and Master in Marketing of Tourist Destinations
• Position/role in the resort: B2B Promotion Officer (Tour Operators and Travel Agents)
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: snowshoe outings in the snow-covered fir trees, the must: the Col de Praslin from the Belvedere then the descent to the Lac de la Rosière, a gourmet break at Roland's and a quiet ascent to the car park
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: Le Farçon in Courchevel La Tania, at least once in a season
• Courchevel's "plus": without any hesitation the ski area, unequalled quality of grooming, pure pleasure during First Tracks
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: I started working as a hostess at 23 years old and was proofreading the booklets, at 24 I was working full time at the edition department and updating of the business owners information on the website, and for the last 3 years I have been working in the the B2B promotion department where our role is to promote and sell the resort throughout the world
• Your passions: Indochine ! I've seen them 12 times in concert, the 13th is scheduled for June, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. And travelling, my most beautiful travel: Vietnam
• Special features: my daughter who came to transform my life just 4 months ago.
• The TV series of the moment: The Crown during my maternity leave and at the moment, with my spouse, we are redoing the complete Mysterious Cities of Gold.
• Your totem animal: the marmot, I sleep just about as much!
• The best meeting anecdote: during the first lockdown, first trimester of pregnancy and no colleague knowing about it, my spouse would discreetly bring me herbal teas when I was nauseous during Zoom meetings.

EMELINE OR "LA P'TITE"

• How old are you?: 26 years old
• Academinc background/diploma: Bachelor in French Litterature
• Position/role in the station: Digital content creation officer
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: Alpine skiing
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: Copiña
• Courchevel's "plus": Its access to the Vanoise National Park
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: working for the ski area where I am from, where I grew up, and making it shine internationally.
• Your passions: music, hiking and ski touring, alpine skiing, French history, reading.
• Special features: I am often presented as the French Academy of the team 😂.
• The TV series of the moment : I'm not a big fan of series but the latest one that I've enjoyed a lot is Zone Blanche.
• Your pet totem : the dog
• The best anecdote at work: when I first started working at the office (I was a receptionist at the time), a holidaymaker asked me where Eric Zemmour's hairdressing salon was. Not knowing that it was a homonym and that the hairdressing salon in question no longer existed the winter I joined Courchevel Tourisme, I thought it was a joke and had a bit of trouble keeping a straight face 😅

MOUNIA ALIAS MOON

• How old are you?: 30 years old
• Academic background/diploma: Communication Services and Networks DUT and Bachelors degree in communication techniques - Audiovisual speciality
• Position/role in the station: Community Manager and Video Project Manager
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: skiing & snowboarding
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: The Polar Café, the Azimut and the not-to-miss Chez ma Cousine for its quality sandwiches with local products.
• Courchevel's plus: the exceptional quality of grooming
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: being able to combine all my professional activities: teacher at the Savoie Mont Blanc University, volunteer firefighter and first-aid trainer.
• Your passions: snow sports, snowshoeing 🏸, indoor sports 🏋♀, singing, music (violin, piano, guitar).
• Special features: I can wear several hats in one day.
• The TV series of the moment : Brooklyn 99
• Your totem animal: the wolf, solitary and independent but always in a pack!
• The best reunion anecdote: an ex-colleague, who is now a friend, who asks me very seriously if I have Mexican origins 😆

ALEXIA

• How old are you?: 34 years old
• Academic background/diploma: Masters degree - EDHEC Business school.
• Position/role in the resort: Marketing Director
• Favourite activity in Courchevel: good question :) the choice is difficult! Skiing in winter, and trail running in summer.
• Favourite restaurant in Courchevel: Le Bel Air without any hesitation - my grandmother worked there with her brothers for many years.
• Courchevel's "plus": Courchevel is a resort which benefits from a diversity of landscapes, activities, accommodation and restaurants.
• Your greatest pride/success in Courchevel Tourisme: working with my team to enhance the value of the resort where I come from.
• Your passions : Cooking and astronomy.
• The TV series of the moment: it's a book, Le Comte De Monte-Cristo, which I had never read before. I'm so caught up in the plot that I don't watch any other series at the moment. 
• My favourite piste: the Combe des Pylônes is a masterful slope in Courchevel. It is both technical and majestic. A black run that you watch with pride once you are at the bottom.
• The best meeting anecdote: It's not necessarily a meeting anecdote but the simple fact of going to a meeting in Courchevel Le Praz, the village where I grew up, is very symbolic for me.