Pre-Olympic ERP

It’s September. Are you ready to hit the slopes in British Columbia yet? If so, Whistler’s ready for you with Agresso ERP. Whistler – or, as tourist information would have it, the Resort Municipality of Whistler – sees a mammoth increase in population come ski season every year.

With a population of around 9,965 in the off-season, when the snow falls, more than twice that many stay in second homes in the B.C. town. An estimated 20,000 further will visit through early spring. The town of Whistler itself employs 435 at peak season, about half of which are part-time or seasonal workers to support the sudden annual population boom.

And with the added future calendar date of 2010 marking Whistler’s turn as the “host mountain resort” for the Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games – reportedly the first time a township has been given the official designation by the International Olympic Committee, the Whistlers no doubt it was time to go a bit more high-tech.