Businesses that offer marijuana-centric bus tours have attracted a wide variety of travelers. These bus tours stop at grow facilities and dispensaries, along with restaurants and sightseeing spots.
Colorado is now squarely on the radar. Companies are recognizing the public land-rich state as prime testing grounds for outdoor sports and adventure products, not to mention a healthy, active lifestyle that could help attract and retain employees.
Take steps to keep your organization in compliance, such as eliminating pay history questions from your hiring process, training managers, conducting an internal pay audit to uncover any disparities and addressing any disparities found.
Climate change will exacerbate the divide between resorts in the ski industry. Only the strongest and most well capitalized will be able to survive the changes.
One of Colorado’s more storied outdoor activities is making its mark in the great indoors, too. Climbing gyms hold appeal for those seeking workouts that are both physically challenging and mentally engaging.
Outdoor Retailer expects the annual direct and indirect economic impact for all three shows - Snow Show, Retailer Summer Market and Retailer Winter Market - to be $110 million a year in Colorado.
Chris Phillips, president and general manager of the Rocky Mountain Vibes minor league baseball team, has a confession to share: The bull testicles never really had a chance.
Popularized in the last decade, glamping describes a style of camping amenities allowing campers to immerse themselves in the great outdoors without actually having to rough it. While the term glamping means different things in different contexts, glampgrounds are united via unusual accommodations.
Water underpins Salida’s tourism, from rafting to fishing to soaking in the hot springs. Scott Peterson, marketing director for the Chaffee County Visitors Bureau, says lodging tax receipts have increased 50 percent since 2014.
With an estimated 85 million visitors coming to Colorado each year, and half of those guests taking advantage of the state’s great outdoors, a little “Colo-Ready” education might be in order.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act whacked a 6-iron across the knees of everyone who has ever done business on a golf course and claimed the round as a tax deduction. Along with orchestra seats at the theater and corporate boxes at the ballpark, golf is now considered 100 percent entertainment and zero percent deductible.
» Find the club nearest your home and the club nearest your work. Just as the best fitness resolutions crumble in the face of I-25 slowdowns, you’ll find that easy access yields more value.
Here at ColoradoBiz, the entire SportsBiz team (that would be me with sideline support from Editor Mike Taylor) remains united in the hope that by the time you read these words, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Dallas Keuchel are all attired in new Major League Baseball uniforms that fit properly, display adroit embroidering of surnames and are freshly laundered.
The Arkansas River is the 800-pound rainbow trout of Colorado’s rafting industry. In non-drought years since 2000, commercial user days typically range between 200,000 and 250,000 on the Arkansas, according to the Colorado River Outfitters Association (CROA).
The 4,000-square-foot store has double the profit margin of the grocery industry standard.
There are few trickier tasks in Colorado business than resurrecting one of the state’s 100-plus ghost resorts.
Just for starters: In Grand Junction residents spend 32 percent less time sitting in their cars than Front Range residents.
Hope Solo’s complaint, voiced at a conference this summer, will ring familiar to any Colorado family with a child who’s got the chops to play competitively at the club level.
Strong messaging helps drive sales at their statewide ski resorts and customers are more amenable to earlier deadlines.
Where you're bound to get stopped for bad behavior en route to the Colorado mountains.
Largely recognized for its four key military bases, Colorado Springs has become home to military personnel serving in the region upon retirement from active duty.
Bipartisan support favors the protection of public lands in Colorado, seen as an investment in the state’s future.
When the outdoor industry's biggest trade show set up shop in town, innovation is sure to follow.
I’d encourage sports fans and business leaders alike to take note and think of ways to make strides toward eliminating gender double-standards.
