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TripAdvisor® Names Colorado Dude Ranch Top All-Inclusive Resort

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Granby’s Drowsy Water Ranch earns Travelers’ Choice Award

Granby, Colo., Feb. 11, 2010 – TripAdvisor® has named Colorado’s Drowsy Water Ranch the “#1 All-Inclusive Resort in the World” in its 2010 Travelers’ Choice® awards.

Drowsy Water Ranch is an all-inclusive dude ranch in Granby, Colo., located 70 miles west of Denver. The Ranch is a member of the Grand County Colorado Dude & Guest Ranch Association.

The annual TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards, now in its eighth year, honor the world’s best hotels, and earn their distinction from those who know the lodging properties best – real travelers. Unlike other hotel awards programs, the TripAdvisor awards are based on the millions of real, unbiased reviews and opinions posted at www.tripadvisor.com and content from across the Web. In addition to its selection as the top all-inclusive resort in the world, Drowsy Water Ranch is one of only two U.S. resorts to make the top 10 in that listing.

“Inspired by the millions of trusted traveler reviews and opinions on TripAdvisor.com, the Travelers’ Choice awards have once again highlighted the finest hotels in the world,” says Christine Petersen, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. This year, the awards recognized more than 700 hotels and other lodging properties for outstanding service, value and quality.

For TripAdvisor reviews on the Drowsy Water Ranch, go to http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33449-d125326-Reviews-Drowsy_Water_Ranch-Granby_Colorado.html. For the complete 2010 Travelers’ Choice list, go to www.tripadvisor.com/travelerschoice.

Drowsy Water Ranch (www.drowsywater.com)

Drowsy Water Ranch, a member of the Grand County Colorado Dude & Guest Ranch Association (www.dude-ranch.com), is a 600-acre, all-inclusive dude ranch. The ranch, nestled in its own private mountain valley 70 miles west of Denver, has provided visitors from around the world authentic western vacations for more than 70 years. Drowsy Water’s “Cowgirl-Only Week” was named one of the Top 20 Girlfriends’ Getaways in 2009 by hospitality guru company, Aspire.

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Ouray “Best Destination for Recreation” in Colorado

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Cross Country Skiing in Ouray, Colo.

Cross Country Skiing in Ouray, Colo.

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Ouray, Colo., Named “Best Destination for Recreation” in Colorado

-TV feature on Ouray to air Oct. 24 on Denver’s KCNC-

 

 

Ouray, Colo. (Oct. 21, 2009) – Ouray, Colo., has been named “Best Destination for Recreation in Colorado” for 2009 by the popular online site, The Official Best Of (www.officialbestof.com).

Ouray will be listed on the web site and will be featured on the television program The Best of Colorado, which will air on Oct. 24 at 12 p.m. on KCNC (CBS 4) in Denver. 

 

Official Best of solicits nominations for award winners on its web site, which is intended to provide TV and web viewers with the official best places to visit in America. 

 

Ouray Chamber Resort Association President Karen Avery says it’s been quite the month for Ouray.  She notes that the “Best Of” designation comes on the heels of Ouray being named one of the most beautiful towns and villages in the southwest in a book by the same title.

 

“’The Switzerland of America’ is the perfect escape from the everyday,” says Avery.  “Jeeping, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing, and biking are popular summertime activities.  The Ouray Ice Park – the first of its kind dedicated solely to the sport of ice climbing – is a huge draw in the wintertime.  We host hundreds of the world’s best climbers every January for the infamous Ouray Ice Festival.  It’s really quite something!”

 

Avery notes that there are plenty of cold weather activities for the average Joe, as well.  Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and sledding are popular options, as well as the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, which is open year round.

 

About Ouray:

Located at 7,700 feet above sea level in southwest Colorado, the National Historic District of Ouray is surrounded on three sides by 13,000-foot peaks, earning it the nickname “The Switzerland of America.”  Ouray is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, offering rock climbing, hiking, four-wheeling and mountain biking in the summer and ice climbing, backcountry skiing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.  To learn more about the area log on to www.ouraycolorado.com.

 

Contacts: 

Gaylene Ore, Ore Communications, 970.887.2536, gaylene@orecommunications.com

Karen Avery, Ouray Chamber Resort Association, 970.325.4981, boxcanyonlodge@gmail.com

 

 

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