Hotels speculate about fallout from GSA scandal 
It might be too soon to know whether the local hotel industry will feel a backlash from the GSA scandal, but hospitality managers are bracing for it ... [...]
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Hotels speculate about fallout from GSA scandal
Labor Day weekend set to cap ‘great’ summer tourism season
by Monica Mendoza Published: September 1,2011
Tags: Balloon Classic, CVB, Hotels, summer, Tourism
The telephone is ringing off the hook at the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau with callers in search of hotel rooms for this Labor Day weekend. “People are saying, ‘I need help finding a room,’ ” said Chelsy Murphy, CVB spokeswoman. “It’s fabulous.” On Thursday morning there were still some hotels reporting vacancies, but [...] [...]
Convention industry grows as corporate stigma fades
by Rebecca Tonn Published: March 4,2011
Tags: conventions, Hotels, Tourism
Meetings and conventions have been called the invisible industry, but hoteliers in Colorado Springs intend to change that. And if the Convention and Visitors Bureau has its way, the region will be a hotbed for group business. With the economy starting to turn around, convention business is poised to recover, locally. Last year, while hotel [...] [...]
Starbucks brews up hotel distribution deal
Starbucks Corp. has brewed up a deal to provide single-serve coffee to half a million hotel rooms, a major step into a small but fast-growing market. The company announced Tuesday that it will provide coffee for Courtesy Products’ CVI single-serve coffee systems beginning this fall. The companies did not disclose the value of the deal. [...] [...]
Hotels’ convention business getting back up to speed
by Rebecca Tonn Published: October 15,2010
Tags: conventions, Hotels, Tourism
There’s good news on the hospitality front: Group and convention business has been gaining traction this year, far exceeding expectations, and is expected to get even better next year. Last year at this time, the outlook was dismal. Instead, demand has increased sooner than most people predicted. The fourth quarter is looking strong or steady [...] [...]
Slow airport traffic has cabs, hotels feeling pain
by Scott Prater Published: October 1,2010
Tags: Colorado Springs Airport, Hotels, taxi cabs
Passenger volumes declined once again at the Colorado Springs Airport this month, news that’s become all too familiar since the recession began sinking its teeth into the airline business. [...]
Hotel business is up but room rates remain a drag
Hotel occupancy in Colorado Springs, year-to-date, is up more than 4 percent compared to the same time last year. But there’s no need to uncork the champagne just yet. Occupancy is up because room rates are flat or down. Lowering room rates became necessary during the recession to attract visitors in a faltering industry. But [...] [...]
Memorial Day travel to increase 8 percent
by Becky Hurley Published: May 20,2010
Tags: flights, Hotels, Memorial Day weekend, rental cars, Travel
AAA Colorado projects the number of travelers in the Mountain region this Memorial Day weekend will increase 7.6 percent over 2009 with about 2.5 million residents taking a trip away from home. Nationwide, 32.1 million Americans will travel over the Memorial Day weekend, a 5.4 percent increase over last year when 30.5 million Americans traveled [...] [...]
Hospitality industry hiring again
Hotels and others in the tourism business are hiring again, the latest sign of a recovering economy. That’s good news for anyone looking for work. The bad news is that a stubbornly high unemployment rate has put hospitality-industry employers firmly in the driver’s seat. In 2006 and ‘07, jobs would go unfilled. Today, applications are [...] [...]
Perhaps third time’s a charm for a new downtown hotel
by Staff Writer Published: June 12,2009
Tags: Hotels, mining exchange building
We’re intrigued by local businessman Perry Sanders’ plans to renovate three historic downtown buildings and transform them into an upscale boutique hotel. The structures, which include the Independence Building, the Freeman Telegraph Building and the once-magnificent Mining Exchange Building, are now vacant and gutted, awaiting either spectacular rebirth or, if the fates are particularly unkind, [...] [...]
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