Summer Looking Strong as Western Mountain Lodging Limps Into Winter Season Finale
Along with abysmal snowfall and record-breaking warm temperatures during March, economic news conspired to continue dragging down the 2025-26 winter s...
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Along with abysmal snowfall and record-breaking warm temperatures during March, economic news conspired to continue dragging down the 2025-26 winter s...
Snowfall picked up during February to provide some relief to western mountain destinations but for the second consecutive month, there were some signi...
While severely dry conditions and warm temperatures took a serious toll on mountain lodging properties in Colorado and Utah, the better snowfall in th...
Mother Nature and stubborn inflation along with a weak job market conspired during December for a lackluster start to the winter season across most of...
With the critically important holiday season coming up fast, Mother Nature has been unusually stingy with snowfall across most of the West. And despit...
The 2025 summer season closed on Oct. 31 in much better shape than it started and wrapped up with moderate gains in occupancy, rates, and seasonal rev...
As the final weeks of the summer season wind down with results that will be similar to last summer, the focus is shifting to the upcoming winter seaso...
Faced with continued rising prices and inflation during August as well as disappointing news about jobs, consumer confidence wobbled further, and the ...
Confronted with continued economic turmoil, vacillating consumer confidence and sentiment, and some notable declines in bookings and demand during Jun...
The booking pace for occupancy at western mountain destinations finally ticked up slightly in June for the first time since last November while revenu...
For the sixth consecutive month, the booking pace for DestiMetrics* 17 participating mountain destinations in seven western states reached its longest...
It may have been a bit of a slog across the finish line for some lodging properties at western mountain destinations—although there was considerable...