Tag: Holiday Travel
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Denver International Airport prepped for crush of holiday travelers
Denver International Airport officials are warning travelers to expect the crush of holiday travelers to exceed pre-pandemic levels. More than 200,000 passengers are expected Monday, Wednesday, Sunday and Nov. 29 — the four busiest days of the Thanksgiving holiday week. Overall, more than two million travelers are expected to use the airport in the coming…
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Police increase patrols around Denver International Airport amid rise in vehicle theft
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The Denver Police Department is increasing patrols around the parking areas at Denver International Airport amid a rise in vehicle theft, the airport announced Friday. At least 593 vehicles have been reported stolen this year from the airport and surrounding lots, an all-time high for vehicle thefts in the area, according to statistics from the Denver…
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Colorado expecting its lowest holiday travel since 2002
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Data from AAA predicts only one in four Coloradans will travel for the holidays this year, the lowest in the state since 2002. The decline in travel plans is because of the continued risk of…
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Denver politicians, constituents furious over Hancock’s ‘hypocritical’ holiday traveling
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many in the Denver community are furious as, after urging his residents to stay home and not gather with family, Mayor Michael Hancock flew to Houston Wednesday, traveling to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his…
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State offers travel tips going into Thanksgiving weekend
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Though Thanksgiving gatherings are prohibited in numerous Colorado counties this year, the Colorado Department of Transportation is still anticipating increased traffic over the holiday weekend. CDOT emphasizes that nonessential travel is not recommended because of…
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Emergency COVID-19 warning sent to Coloradans ahead of Thanksgiving
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The State Emergency Operation Center sent a public safety alert Sunday morning to hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, warning them about the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic. The alert read, “This region is at severe risk from deadly COVID. Use caution,” and linked to the…
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DIA prepares for most travel since March amid record-breaking COVID rates
Denver International Airport is expecting Thanksgiving to bring its busiest travel days since the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Colorado in March, officials said Wednesday. DIA said the Sundays before and after Thanksgiving are projected to bring 46,000 and 50,000 travelers to the airport, the most traffic it has seen since mid-March. In Colorado, 1 in…