I found this construction, which I don't really understand, a couple of time,
which make me asking myself if it's a set phrase or something:

> このスキー場は来月２日に２本のコースの営業を始め、本格的なシーズンを迎える12月下旬には10本のコースを利用できるようにし **たいとしています**

In every instance I found it (two or three, unfortunately I didn't noted the
others and I don't remember them), it always were `たい + としている`; I know `たい` is
the "I want" form, and the general meaning of the sentence seems to be "These
ski resorts will begin selling [tickets] for two [ski] courses on the 2nd of
next month, and by when the regular season comes in the last third of December
they want to be able to use 10 courses".

`ようにする` is "To decide to do; To make an effort to", with `たい` it becomes "They
want to make an effort to [have all 10 courses open]". The `としています` seems
kinda useless, meaning that, if I'm right in my translation, I can understand
it without that part. I know `とする` can have a ton of meanings (which I'm
currently struggling with); it's "just" to make a `ている` form of a `たい` form,
something like "Right now in this period they want to"?
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たい form + としている