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• Tourism bill brings money to southern Colorado

  May 19, 2012 10:06 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A hotel project near Denver International Airport and a Pueblo project have been chosen to receive incentives under the Regional Tourism Act, beating out projects in Douglas County, Glendale, Estes Park and Montrose County. Colorado economic development officials said Friday that Gaylord Entertainment's project to build a... more »

• Pueblo gets $15 million tourism grant

  May 18, 2012 5:31 PM

  The City of Pueblo will receive $14.8 million from a state tourism grant program. That was announced this afternoon in Denver. Pueblo had asked for $34 million to help pay for a major expansion project at the Pueblo Riverwalk including an expanded convention center, an aquatics center and a... more »

• Colorado Tourism releases new television ads

  April 4, 2012 6:34 PM

  Colorado Tourism officials have released new videos all aimed at getting people to explore Colorado and see what our state has to offer. The campaign shows cascading shots of waterfalls and gorgeous views of Colorado's mountains. Tourism officials tell the Denver Post the new ads will hit televisions in Dallas,... more »

• Hill Climb tourism booming

  June 25, 2011 7:38 PM

  It's that time of the year again when tourists and competitors alike take to the top of America's Mountain for the Annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Local merchants couldn't be any happier about it. Eric Bala and his wife have been running the Rainbow Lodge near Manitou Springs for... more »

• Hill Climb brings in cash for local merchants

  June 25, 2011 6:59 PM

  As the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb kicks off, local merchants are seeing as much action as the competitors themselves. We spoke with a hotel owner and a local cupcake maker about how much of a boost the race gives to their shops. We'll have more at 5:30 on News... more »

• Time for a vacation Play Video

  June 12, 2011 11:31 PM

  Forget the stay-cation. People say it is time for a real vacation. "Actually this year for the first time in three years, we went out of state for vacation," says Richard Ellis of Colorado Springs. Many families say taking a vacation away from home was long overdue. ... more »

• Interested in some free gas?

  April 29, 2011 8:48 PM

  A chance to win some free gas is something we all could use these days. To promote tourism in the city, the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is launching their ‘Tank Full of Summer Savings' campaign. As Chelsy Murphy, from the CVB, says, "People are thinking,... more »

• Tank full of summer savings...and gas

  April 29, 2011 4:06 PM

  The Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau launches their "Tank Full of Summer Saving" campaign. It's meant to encourage visitors to come and travel in Southern Colorado during the summer months. It combines free gas cards when you book stays with certain lodging properties, go to certain restaurants... more »

• Official: Make BP pay to restore tourism

  July 27, 2010 11:36 AM

  The head of the U.S. Travel Association is proposing that BP set aside $500 million for a marketing campaign to help draw tourists to the Gulf Coast. Roger Dow makes the proposal in prepared testimony to a House panel looking at the oil spill's impact on tourism. The New... more »

• Massachusetts great places list has a few oops on it

  July 19, 2010 1:00 PM

  It turns out that some of Massachusetts' greatest places aren't so great after all. To promote tourism, the Legislature last week released a list of the state's top 1,000 attractions. But the Boston Herald reports that some sites don't exist any more, some are closed to the public and... more »

• Colorado gains tourists in '09 but spending down Play Video

  June 8, 2010 10:23 PM

  Gay Chandler convinced her husband, children, and grandchildren to drive from Texas to Colorado for a family vacation. "My husband and I had our 48th anniversary last week. We came here on our first wedding anniversary so we going to come back," says Chandler. The Cog Railway was... more »

• Pueblo's famous slopper gets national attention

  April 12, 2010 12:26 PM

  Here's what I'm working on today: Over the next few days the Travel Channel will be filming an episode of Food Wars in Pueblo. The show will focus on Pueblo's famous slopper. For those of you not from around here, that's a hamburger smothered in green chile. The show pits... more »

• Space tourism stoking interest in summit

  April 12, 2010 10:28 AM

  Space tourism is drawing attention to a weeklong summit for the aerospace industry in Colorado Springs. The 26th National Space Symposium starts Monday. This year's symposium is taking on a new importance as the industry mulls signals from the White House that space tourism is due for an expansion. Next... more »

• Tourism driving Railroad Renaissance in Colorado Play Video

  March 1, 2010 12:50 PM

  The golden age of passenger trains is slowly making a comeback in Colorado fueled in part by tourism dollars. The Rio Grande Scenic Railway in Alamosa has began hauling passengers and freight through the San Luis Valley four years ago. General manager Mathew Abbey says in that time,... more »

• Research group sees some bump in mountain lodging

  February 18, 2010 10:24 AM

  A travel research group says there are signs mountain lodging reservations in Colorado, Utah, California and British Columbia are picking up. Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Program, or MTRiP, says it looked at a sample of 201 property management companies in 15 destinations across those four areas. It said Wednesday... more »

• Construction underway on kayak park in Canon City Play Video

  February 15, 2010 5:00 PM

  Construction is moving along on a $400,000  kayak park in Canon City. Crews are building two pools for kayakers and other water enthusiasts. The park is located on the west side of town near the Santa Fe Depot, where the Royal Gorge Route Railroad departs. Canon City hopes the kayak... more »

• Colorado towns pursuing their own job-building efforts

  January 20, 2010 11:13 AM

  The Colorado Municipal League says cities aren't waiting for the state to help them create jobs. The League's State of our Cities and Towns report released Wednesday says cities are using tax incentives, tourism promotion, site redevelopment and "buy-local" campaigns to promote economic growth. The report says 56 percent of... more »

• Sahara mothballing Vegas hotel rooms, cites demand

  December 15, 2009 5:02 PM

  A hotel representative says the Sahara hotel-casino is mothballing rooms in two of its towers for the winter season due to low demand. Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment owns the 1,720-room Las Vegas Strip property, which first opened in 1952. The hotel says through a publicist that the two oldest towers... more »

• Baboon gangs in S. Africa get more aggressive

  November 25, 2009 9:48 AM

  Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. The cheeky primates have learned how to open car doors and jump through windows in pursuit of... more »

• Ski resorts cutting prices to lure locals

  September 10, 2009 4:14 PM

  A struggling economy is turning out to be good news for skiers and snowboarders who live close enough to mountains that they can hit the slopes every weekend. Many ski resorts are slashing prices on season passes and offering locals-only discounts again this year. They hope to boost revenues from... more »

• Ballon Classic will go on as planned, rumors untrue

  September 1, 2009 9:07 PM

  A popular Colorado Springs balloon event will go on as scheduled, even though you may have heard otherwise. On Monday and Tuesday the offices of the Colorado Balloon Classic were flooded with calls. A rumor was spreading that the event scheduled for this weekend had been canceled. It turns... more »