January 18, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "January hotel bookings jump after busiest holiday week since 2007"

Congratulations to Aspen!  It's wonderful and eagerly anticipated news.

All cities and towns in the surrounding areas to centrally located Glenwood Springs had blockbuster sales over the holiday season.  Even if there was little snowfall.

And now, it looks like January in Aspen will do just as well.

"Special events and international tourists have transformed January into an increasingly bright period for the Aspen area’s hotels and lodges.

Advance bookings for January jumped 6.3 percent this year over last in Aspen and 14.6 percent in Snowmass Village, according to a recent report from central reservations agency Stay Aspen Snowmass.

Once typically a lull for the local tourism industry, popular January events including Winter X Games and Gay Ski Week have in recent years made it a more popular time to visit the resort, said Stay Aspen Snowmass President Bill Tomcich. That’s in addition to the month’s influx of visitors from the southern hemisphere, including Australians and Brazilians, whose summer vacations land in January...."
(Andrew Travers)

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3 comments:

mack said...
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WingMan said...

What on earth did you say to get a Nanny boot?

mack said...

I deserved it.