The Hotel Colorado is a historic grand hotel in Glenwood Springs which opened in 1893.
Its history includes the teddy bear, Teddy Roosevelt’s western White House, gangsters, and World War II U.S. Naval hospital. The National Park Service has recognized Hotel Colorado on the list of National Register of Historic Places.

The Hotel Colorado is very close to the Hotsprings pool. It is an easy walk across the bridge to downtown Glenwood Springs.

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Residents of Colorado can get special rates when staying at the Sky Hotel in Aspen.  I heard an ad on the radio and because I was unable to find anything on their website as to what the rate was about I contacted the hotel.  And sure enough if you have a Colorado driver’s license you can get a “Colorado Resident” rate. 

In the off-season it is a bargain at $125.00 a night and includes; room, valet parking, and continental breakfast.  According to John Curnow, the General Manager the discount is valid all year but the rate fluctuates.  You can hob-nob with the Aspen elite knowing that you got special treatment because you chose to live in Colorado - yeah!

Note that the lounge will be closed from April 17th till April 17 till May 12…Just give reservations a call (970-925-6760) if you are interested and mention you are a Colorado Resident.

Check out the rooms and suites online at The Sky Hotel (lower or turn off your volume as they have music on the site.)

I am thinking that our next anniversary, rather than spend $100 on dinner in Denver we will wing our way over to Aspen. Oh, and they have some pet freindly guest rooms so you can bring your ‘best friend’.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006
X GAMES: RECORD BOOKINGS
The 10th version of the Winter X Games begin in Aspen this weekend, and virtually every bed of the 14,800 available beds in Aspen/Snowmass is booked for Friday night. According to Bill Tomcich, president of Stay Aspen Snowmass, the resort’s central reservation agency, “This Friday night we are facing the biggest single sell-out in my 11 years here.”
-Rocky Mountain News, 01.25.06
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Monday, January 09, 2006
GLENWOOD SALES SOAR
Sales tax revenues in Glenwood Springs in November totaled $998,263, up a whopping 33% over the $747,872 in November 2004. The city’s lodging tax, which generates funds for tourism promotion, had $30,298 in collections, up from $25,284 in November 2004. Overall, sales tax collections for the first 11 months of 2005 were almost 9% higher than the corresponding period in 2004.
-GS Post-Independent, 01.09.06

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Monday, December 12, 2005
MINERALS MEAN MONEY
The total value of minerals produced in the state is estimated to reach $10.3 billion this year, up 22% from the record level in 2004 of $8.5 billion. The total for 2006 is projected at almost $12 billion. The combined total of royalties from mining on federal land, state severance taxes, Colorado State Land Board mineral royalties and rentals, and county property taxes on mineral properties was $384.5 million in 2004, a 53% increase from 2003 and will be even higher this year.
-Rocky Mountain News, 12.10.05

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

ASPEN HOTEL OK’D
The Lodge at Aspen Mountain, in its latest version which was reduced by another 9,000 square feet and two feet in height from the October submission, won conceptual approval from the Aspen City Council Monday. The approved version contains about 175,000 square feet of floor area, with 80 hotel rooms and one-bedroom suites, 21 units to be sold as fractional shares, 16 employee units and 4 free-market condos.
-Aspen Times, 11.29.05

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Monday, November 14, 2005
TERMINATING ASPEN?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his wife Maria Shriver, have made Aspen an annual destination for the holidays, is featured in a 30-second television spot promoting skiing in California. Schwarzenegger and the state’s top skiers and snowboarders are pumping up California to make “the Golden State top-of-mind as a premier ski destination."

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