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Charlie Guest, MPI-spnsored Winter Olympics hopeful, will make a special guest appearance on the MPI stand at The Telgraph Ski and Snowboard Show.

Visitors to The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard show in London can get a chance to rest their legs before and after the show with a free ride on a MPI-sponsored golf buggy.

The eco-friendly eight-seater buggies, sporting MPI branding, will provide an all-day service throughout the show to give visitors a comfortable ride between Battersea Park’s Chelsea Bridge entrance and the Battersea Evolution show area.

A regular exhibitor at the Ski Show for several years, MPI Brokers is stepping up its presence this year, with its logo prominent as people arrive and leave. In addition to the buggies, the route is lined with MPI banners.

“We are calling it our Mobile Promotion Initiative to get More People Insured,” says Michael Pettifer, MPI Managing Director.

Staff are available at the MPI stand – 107 – to advise on all aspects of winter sports insurance, for individuals, families and ski companies.

“The Ski Show is an important feature on our calendar because it brings together significant parts of the skiing public and the ski industry at the start of the season.

“This 2016-17 season is particularly important for MPI because it leads up to our 15th anniversary – although the business is built on a legacy of ski insurance expertise going back more than 60 years.”

In the first signs of the coming winter, this month sees two key UK trade events at which ski companies, suppliers and snowsports writers meet to prepare for the new season.
The events are Ski-Launch, in London, followed by Listex, the London Inter-national Ski Trade Exchange, at Hemel Hempstead Ski Centre.
As a leading specialist insurance provider for the travel industry, especially the winter sports sector, MPI Brokers will again be participating in these annual events.
MPI Managing Director Michael Pettifer is a keen skier with more than 50 years' experience. He says: "These events showcase the latest in ski holidays, providing opportunities for providers to talk about new developments as well as the service their reputations are based on.
"This year, we will be promoting MPI's new online purchasing system together with the YourMPI.com portal that enables existing individual customers to manage their insurance from anywhere, at any time and on any device."
The MPI website now also has live snow reports from all the main resorts in Europe.
"These developments are designed to enhance the  travel insurance experience – and complement the in-house claims service we introduced last year.
"I am also reminding ski companies of their duty to 'signpost' travel insurance to their customers." (see next page)
MPI's preparations for the 2016-17 season include the introduction of a dedicated Twitter account – @MPIWinter – and a strong presence at The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Show, to be held at London's Battersea Park.