Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association

05/18/2023

Honored to have attended the Fallen Officers Memorial today. And we very much appreciate the award from DPD for coordinating meals for the night shift from our member properties. Thank you to our members who have provided these meals - Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, The Ritz-Carlton, Denver, Thompson Denver, Hotel Clio, Sonesta Denver, Denver Marriott Tech Center, Doubletree by Hilton Denver Central Park!

03/01/2021

“We are thankful that Governor Polis and his team are ready to reopen Colorado for larger meetings and events. Our industry has been working with the governor’s administration to demonstrate our ability to reopen events, meetings and conventions while ensuring the safety and health of our guests, employees and local communities. The governor’s decision to chart a pathway to return meetings and events to Colorado will positively impact our members, their employees, our local communities and the state’s economy.”

Many if not most Coloradans probably have been affected in some way by the industry’s paralysis even if they don’t realize it. In good years, after all, tourism is a

11/02/2020

From the Gazette editorial:

"The state’s hotels report losing $660 million in earnings since the arrival of COVID-19, according to a Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association survey — and that’s just at the 53 resorts that responded. Those businesses project losing another $456 million in the near term. As a result, tens of millions of dollars are lost in tax revenue to the state. ...

"The outlook is dire, but our state’s policy makers — particularly Gov. Jared Polis — can help turn things around. We hope the governor will act because he can make a big difference."

The biggest threat to the industry’s recovery are the state’s unrealistic restrictions on the events that are the bread and butter of a lot of the hotels.

09/28/2020

CHLA is proud to host our 2020 Annual Conference in-person at The Broadmoor today! Safe in-person meetings are possible!! Thanks to The Broadmoor, Visit Denver, Western Paper, and Propark Mobility for your generous support of this event!

06/11/2020

Yes, more hotels are beginning to reopen, but we have serious issues to address to help rebuild a vital part of Colorado's economy and support significant job-providers across our state.

The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa’s closure on April 7, the first shut down in its 128-year history, was a demonstration of just how damaging the novel coronavirus has been to Colorado’s…

02/21/2020

Join us for the 4th Annual MDLC Trade Show at the Hilton Denver City Center on 4/7 - click below for details. https://members.chla.com/events/MDLCTrade%20Show-129/details

01/27/2020

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01/16/2020

Look for some new hot hotels in next year! About 2,000 new sleeping rooms will be added to the

The wave of new projects will begin to hit the Denver area in early 2020 but will grow significantly in the coming years.

01/16/2020

Congratulations Veronica! We look forward to having you on our Emerging Leaders Council!

Our Director of Front Office Veronica Moretti was recently appointed to the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association Emerging Leaders Council - congrats to Veronica!

01/14/2020

A big congrats to and for being named as a top to visit in 2020!

Guess which two Colorado cities made Forbes' top destinations for 2020.

12/18/2019

An amazing year for CHLA! Check out our .

11/21/2019

Winner winner! Nick Colucci of won a $250 gift card for guessing the number of ‘tees’ in the jar at CHLA Readiness Golf Tournament! His guess was 239 - just 2 tees off from the actual number of 237. Congratulations, Nick!