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Denver Inc.: Vail gets name in lights in Australia

Published December 3, 2005 at midnight

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Vail and its sister ski areas will be getting lots of free airtime in Australia over the next week.

Steve Jacobs, Australia's version of Today Show weather guy Al Roker, will broadcast live from each of Vail's four resorts starting Sunday and ending Thursday.

Australia is already one of Vail's top five international markets. But anyone there who doesn't know about Vail's ski areas will get a taste of just about everything, even the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch's soon-to-be world famous dog, Bachelor.

Jacobs will likely be sampling everything from night skiing to restaurants to World Cup races. Also on his itinerary: sleigh and dog sled rides, hanging out with the snowboard crowd and interviewing the chef who created Keystone's chocolate village.

The only remaining mystery: Will the resort operator's new Aussie publicity rep be getting a holiday bonus?

Luxury shopping

It's almost cheaper than a baby-sitter and much more decadent. When Front Range hotels are scrambling for customers - all of whom are in mountain resorts - the Omni Interlocken Resort Hotel in Broomfield is trying a new way to lure parents who haven't finished their holiday shopping, or those who can't do it with a kid wrapped around their legs.

The hotel, which recently underwent an $8 million upgrade to its spa, is offering a "Wrap up window shopping" special. For $119 a night, the hotel will provide lodging, complimentary gift wrapping, champagne or lemonade, transportation to FlatIron Crossing, and a 15-minute foot massage at the spa.

And, a daily two-hour kids program (fancy way of saying baby-sitting) so parents can shop child-free.

The kids get to tour the resort, bake cookies and visit the Butterfly Pavilion.

The package is available weekends through Dec. 15 and every day between Dec. 16 and Jan. 1.

Ivy-covered interns

The Ivy League wants to bring more Ivy to Denver.

A group of Yale alumni is trying to establish a formal Yale internship program in Denver.

Ted White, of Moye White and a member of the Yale class of 1980, is leading the charge.

He says by the summer of 2006, there'll be at least 30 Yale undergraduates working for Denver businesses and nonprofits.

"This is one of the first programs of its type - only Louisville, Ky., and Cleveland, Ohio, have formal Yale internship programs running," he said in a statement.

The goal is to get the soon-to-be Yale grads to settle down in Denver, instead of the East Coast, when they graduate.

The program has interest from the city of Denver and Opera Colorado. The executive director of Opera Colorado, Peter Russell, is a Yale graduate.

Want a Yale intern working for your business? Expect to pay the intern $2,800 (nonprofit) or $3,500 (for profit) and provide housing.

Assistant Business Editor Jane Hoback and Deputy Business Editor Gil Rudawsky write about local business talk that doesn't necessarily end up in quarterly reports. They can be reached at .