The government says the number of long delays in July involving planes stuck on airport tarmacs was more than the previous eight months combined. Twenty eight planes were stuck on the ground at U.S. airports for more than three hours that month, the height of the summer travel season. Eighteen of those planes were operated [...]
Continue reading …For the first time this year, sales tax collections in Colorado Springs are down. But tourism officials are speedily working to get travelers to the city this fall to make up for summer losses during the Waldo Canyon fire. July’s sale taxes were down nearly 4 percent from the same time last year; but the [...]
Continue reading …Rumors of the closing of the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, Colorado’s scenic train in Canon City, are highly exaggerated. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad train is open for business. Another long-time tourist attraction in Canon City, The Royal Gorge Scenic Train, a narrow-gauge children’s train, will close after 54-years in September. Some recent media reports [...]
Continue reading …An Aspen hotel is counting on Chinese tourists to fill rooms. The Little Nell hotel recently sent representatives to China, hoping to lure wealthy Chinese tourists looking for a Western mountain town experience. Hotel officials believe many wealthy Chinese who send their children to U.S. schools could be sold on a North [...]
Continue reading …In the game of summer tourism, Colorado Springs got its butt kicked in the first half by the Waldo Canyon fire …
Continue reading …Colorado Springs hotels ought to kick in money to form a Tourism Marketing District, said one long-time hotel manager/owner who helped start the San Diego Tourism Marketing District five years ago. Bob Rauch, president of San Diego-based R.A. Rauch & Associates, Inc and a co-owner of Colorado Springs Quality Inn & Suites at Garden of [...]
Continue reading …Sixteen of the world’s best professional cycling teams will compete in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, set for Aug. 20-26. The racing teams, comprised of UCI Pro, Pro Continental and Continental teams, will include some of the top competitors in the sport, including Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer. The race, second only to Tour [...]
Continue reading …A baby giraffe at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo may help drive up attendance, which has been slow in recent weeks as the city dealt with the Waldo Canyon fire. “When there is a baby, and so much media, the buzz makes us at the top of the mind — people are interested in seeing the babies,” [...]
Continue reading …The annual Rocky Mountain State Games, featuring amateur athletes of every age and skill level, kicks into high gear July 20 with basketball competitions at Cheyenne Mountain and Manitou Springs high schools. The first weekend includes eight sports and jump starts the first half of the annual Games. The event, which runs over two weekends, [...]
Continue reading …Woodland Park businesses are trying to get the word out that the town is open for business. Highway 24 reopened Saturday afternoon and traffic seems to be returning to normal levels, said Debbie Miller, president of the Greater Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce. “The closing of Highway 24 certainly affected our tourism business,” she said. [...]
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