Oct 24, 2017
Chez Le Venue - Mr. Harry Measure & Lorne Borgal
Ski Town Case Studies from Sun Valley & Telluride to Revelstoke's Innovation Corridor

Harry is the Great ‘Envisioner’. Harry is the person who travels the world and devotes his life to understanding the es- sence of what makes resorts and tourism destinations successful. He has partici- pated in many United Nations panels and conferences as a key resource on sustain- able tourism and resort development. Since beginning his professional career as an architect and planner, Harry has worked on over 120 resort and tourism projects including planning and design in locations around the world, and led the revitalization of Whistler Resort in the 1990’s.

For over 20 years, Harry has resided in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, the world’s ‘living laboratory’ of mountain resort development and experiments in tourism trends. 

He collaborated with Eldon Beck (the designer of Whistler Village) in preparing the first master plan for the Fernie Alpine Resort which defined the roadmap that the resort followed in moving from a regional ski hill to a year round boutique destination resort. 

Lorne Borgal

Lorne has over 30 years of experience in resort development and operations. Combining his experience in industry and resorts with his education, he led the opening of the entire operating business of Blackcomb Resort. From there he led Whistler as President and Chief Executive Officer of Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation, and as Chairman and Director of the Whistler Resort Association during the most exciting and formative years of the resort.

Under his leadership at Whistler, Lorne envisioned and created a service culture for Whistler that has endured to this day. He installed the first chair lift to the Peak and opened up the largest single lift ser- viced terrain expansion in the company’s history, he planned and constructed a major new restaurant in the high alpine, renovated company restaurants, ac- quired and expanded retail businesses and constructed the gondola from the valley to the mountain top which remains the major lift on the mountain and the only direct route from the village to the high alpine in the resort.