Tag: Business Travel
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Colorado tourism industry rebounded in 2021, despite lack of international travel
Colorado’s tourism industry bounced back in a big way in 2021, but it is at least another year away from a full recovery, according to the Colorado Tourism Office. The state recorded 84.2 million tourism trips last year, generating $21.9 billion in spending from visitors, according to figures released Thursday by the Tourism Office, part…
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Report: Denver lodging bounces back, but lags behind national recovery
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Metro Denver’s hotels saw a strong first quarter, marching – slowly but surely – to pre-pandemic occupancy levels, according to an industry report from real estate giant CBRE. But the recovery remains behind the national average – largely because of the influx of all the newly-constructed, higher-priced…
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Hotel building boom underway in Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the Colorado Springs area’s biggest waves of hotel construction in the last quarter century will add three-dozen new properties and more than 4,100 rooms over the next two years, including a high-profile downtown hotel set to open this week. A healthy economy and…
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Tourism outlook: Pent-up travel demand will boost visitor numbers in the Pikes Peak region
Colorado Springs tourism leaders are optimistic that visitors will return to the Pikes Peak region in near-record numbers as the two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic fades from view. Officials believe Americans are ready to take vacations after two years of trying to avoid infection, and they are spending heavily to bring those visitors to the region. Visit…
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DIA CEO to holiday travelers: Patience
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington has one word for travelers using DIA this holiday season: Patience. Washington, in his first press conference since taking over the role July 19, addressed members of the Denver media Friday morning and fielded questions about the long wait times at TSA checkpoints, parking woes caused by driver shortages,…
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Colorado summer tourism rebounds, but key element missing
Colorado’s summer tourism season brought plenty of leisure travelers from out of state via automobile, airplane or train. But tourism industry officials say it won’t fully recover until business travelers come back in force, and large-gathering restrictions are completely lifted allowing for the large conventions again. “While tourism is recovering well, we are far from…
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Despite pandemic, Colorado Springs tourism season ‘historic’
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The Pikes Peak region’s tourism industry bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic in a big way this summer, posting numbers one tourism industry executive called “historic.” Doug Price, CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, said you can credit the March arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport for boosting visitor numbers to historic levels.…