Vail Resorts Hospitality owns or manages hotels, lodging, condominiums, and golf courses, and the Vail Resorts Development Company oversees property development and real estate holdings.

Eaton, a lifelong resident, led Siebert (a former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) to the area in March 1957.

Locals complain that the Vail's pass structure caters to wealthy international pass holders and reduces access to nearby residents; additionally, residents have seen their cost-of-living increase following Vail's takeovers.

[8][9] In 2001, Vail Resorts acquired the luxury hotel chain RockResorts, contributing substantially to its brand recognition.

In 2010, Vail completed the buyout of the Specialty Sports Venture brand and is now the 100% owner of all SSV operations.

The founders of SSF are Rod Slifer, a former ski instructor who was recently the mayor of the Town of Vail, and Mark Smith, a real estate broker/turned developer who currently also runs East West Partners with Harry Frampton, who was the former President of Vail Associates and currently owns East West Partners.

VRDC developed Bachelor's Gulch, one of the business's most upscale ski-in/ski-out resorts, with its own Ritz Carlton and just over 100 slopeside mansions.

Arrowhead was a separate ski area unrelated to Beaver Creek for years before Vail Associates finally bought them in the early 1990s.

In British Columbia, Canada, they also acquired the largest ski resort in North America: Whistler Blackcomb.

The Epic Pass also has partnerships that allow access to several other resorts in the US, Canada, Japan, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy.