Tag: Travel Industry

  • Colorado tourism industry rebounded in 2021, despite lack of international travel

    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…

  • Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist

    Denver’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way in 2021, drawing 31.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Longwoods International Travel USA 2021 survey report. Visit Denver presented the report at a news conference Wednesday. “The travel industry was disproportionately harmed by the pandemic. … Thankfully, Denver is a very…

  • Colorado Springs hotel occupancy increases for first time in 16 months

    Colorado Springs hotel occupancy increases for first time in 16 months

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs hotels sold more rooms than a year earlier last month for the first time in 16 months, but only because the COVID-19 pandemic had already triggered many convention cancellations in March 2020. The 53.9% occupancy rate in March was the highest since October…

  • Southwest has high hopes, big plans for Colorado Springs

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Southwest Airlines will begin servicing Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 5, 2021. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “BUSINESS | Southwest Airlines to begin servicing Colorado Springs”, “description”: “Southwest Airlines will begin servicing Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 5, 2021.”, “thumbnailUrl”: “https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/denvergazette.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3cf2695-3576-5859-af5c-26eefb6f71d7/60463c9d0b464.image.jpg?resize=1396%2C785”, “uploadDate”: “2021-03-06T22:22:00-07:00”, “contentUrl”:…

  • Colorado Springs hotel occupancy falls to lowest level since at least 1986

    Colorado Springs hotel occupancy falls to lowest level since at least 1986

    Last year was the most difficult year for Colorado Springs hotels and those across the state since at least 1986 as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered the travel industry, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. Local hotels filled just half of their rooms in 2020 as many full-service hotels, including The Broadmoor and Cheyenne Mountain…

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