Author: Jessica Van Dyne [email protected]
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Colorado Springs Airport growth trend continues in February
Colorado Springs Airport traffic saw growth across the board in February with more travelers boarding planes than years prior. The number of enplanements, or travelers boarding planes out of the Colorado Springs Airport, hit 72,500 in February, up 3.7% from the same month last year and 36.2% higher than 2019, a benchmark year for the…
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Colorado Springs saw ‘strong’ tourism in 2022 though not ‘fully’ recovered
Visit Colorado Springs, the city’s and Pikes Peak region’s marketing organization, discussed the success and challenges the tourism industry experienced during 2022 and what to expect in the year ahead at its annual business meeting Wednesday. The region’s tourism industry has walked a long road to recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, Wednesday’s speakers asserted, but…
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Colorado Springs, El Paso County economy ‘poised for smart growth’
Colorado Springs is positioned well for growth and business development because its population is younger, on average, than the rest of the nation, and because of its investments in job creation, according to speakers at Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC’s inaugural State of the Chamber. An increasing population is a key factor for economic growth…
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Colorado Springs Airport sees highest traffic in 22 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Airport saw more than a million passengers board planes in 2022, the highest amount of traffic in 22 years, the airport’s annual report showed. The tally of 1,071,826 enplanements, or travelers boarding planes out of the Colorado Springs Airport, was almost 15% higher than…
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Colorado Springs sees ‘strong tourism’ but not complete pandemic recovery in 2022, Visit Colorado Springs CEO says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite Colorado Springs hotel occupancy dipping slightly in December, the month capped a year of “strong tourism” for 2022, Doug Price, president and CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, says. December’s occupancy rate of 49.1% was down 5.2% from the year prior, according to the Rocky…
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Colorado leads nation in per capita personal income
Colorado was ranked as a top state in the nation for per capita personal income, according to a report released Wednesday by the Leeds Business Research Division at the University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado’s per capita personal income increased 7.9% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022 and personal income increased 8.5%, making Colorado the…
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Colorado Springs sees highest rate of November hotel stays in 5 years
As temperatures cooled down, tourism heated up in Colorado Springs with the highest November hotel occupancy rates since 2017. November’s occupancy rate of 58.7% was up 3.35% from the year prior, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. “In looking at demand in November, it came primarily from the drive market as Fly COS passenger…
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November travel keeps Colorado Springs Airport on pace to see its highest year of traffic in decades
November stacked on another month of busy airport traffic, putting the Colorado Springs Airport on track for its busiest year in two decades, according to airport data. The number of enplanements, or travelers boarding planes out of the Colorado Springs Airport, reached 88,526 for the month, up 23.9% from 2019, a benchmark year for the airport…