richard scharf
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Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist
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Denver’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way in 2021, drawing 31.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Longwoods International Travel USA 2021 survey report. Visit Denver presented the report at a news conference Wednesday. “The travel industry was disproportionately harmed by the pandemic. … Thankfully, Denver is a very…
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Tourism outlook: Pent-up travel demand will boost visitor numbers in the Pikes Peak region
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Colorado Springs tourism leaders are optimistic that visitors will return to the Pikes Peak region in near-record numbers as the two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic fades from view. Officials believe Americans are ready to take vacations after two years of trying to avoid infection, and they are spending heavily to bring those visitors to the region. Visit…
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Denver, state officials react to losing Outdoor Retailer trade show
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Officials from Visit Denver and Colorado’s Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry expressed surprise and, of course, disappointment to Emerald X’s decision to move the Outdoor Retailer show back to Salt Lake City starting in 2023. “We were all pretty surprised,” said Richard Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver. “We’ve been working the past two…
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Outdoor Retailer organizers respond to calls for boycott
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Officials with the company that organizes the Outdoor Retailer show said they’re “taking all input and perspectives into consideration” in deciding whether to move the show out of Denver. The Conservation Alliance, composed of more than 270 companies, said in a news release Monday that Emerald X, the publicly traded company that owns Outdoor Retailer,…
