Lodging at Western Mountain Destinations poised for summer rate and revenue records
The focus for western mountain destinations is now squarely on the summer season as these resort communities are flexing some impressive muscle as they mount their recovery against last summer’s pandemic-limited visitor seaso...
Winter season exceeds early season projections to finish up in occupancy; Summer lodging looking to set new records
Winter Park, Colo —Western mountain destinations finished the Winter 2020-21 ski season by pulling a proverbial rabbit out of the hat and moved from expected double-digit deficits for room nights back in November to wrap u...
Tempo is changing for lodging properties in Western Mountain Destinations with strong bookings and rates
With just weeks to go in the six months of the winter ski season, western mountain resorts have been capitalizing on incremental fill in the final two months of the season to boost occupancy and revenue that brought some much...
Western Mountain Destinations post record-setting bookings for march boosted by Ramp-up in vaccinations
With just two months to go in the winter season, lodging at mountain destinations continued to claw back some seasonal ground as declining COVID-19 cases and rapidly accelerating vaccination efforts encouraged short-term book...
More snow and less Covid-19 deliver slightly improved numbers at Mountain Destinations; Deficits still deep
January brought much-needed snow to many western mountain slopes along with positive news about a drop in both COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The combination gave a boost to lodging properties in 18 mountain destination...
Western Mountain Destinations dropping in year-over-year comparisons
MONTH-OVER-MONTH SHOWS MORE REALISTIC VIEWOverall seasonal occupancy held steady during December from where it was a month ago but remains dramatically below where it was a year ago. The mos...
Rates Holding but occupancy softens as booking pace reverses during November
The surging pandemic and mixed economic indicators are combining to negatively impact mountain resorts throughout the western US, with marginal snowfall at some destinations adding to the mix as tentative gains during Octo...