Online searches for Denver hotel rooms around the are soaring, according to data from booking website Hotels.com.
Search totals also , during the first year of legal retail weed in Colorado.
Hotels.com said the numbers suggest that the oft-asked question — — has been answered affirmatively.
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The website operator said searches for Denver bookings during April 17-20 are up 60 percent over the same period in 2014. Searches last April had soared 73 percent compared to the same period in 2013, before retail marijuana sales were legal.
Hotels.com said similar increases are being seen in Washington, where recreational sales became legal last July. In Oregon, where legal sales will begin July 1, booking searches are up 25 percent for travel during the first 90 days of legalization.
Deborah Park, a spokeswoman for Visit Denver, the city’s convention and visitors bureau, noted that the Hotels.com report analyzes only online searches, not bookings for hotel rooms. She said year-to-date increases in bookings are driven largely by increases in convention delegates and ski tourists.
Steve Raabe: 303-954-1948, sraabe@denverpost.com or twitter.com/steveraabedp
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