Mountain Meetings

Improvements to Denver's Colorado Convention Center, the new Hyatt convention hotel, and a bigger budget for marketing the city helped make 2006 a record year for metro-area meetings. As a result of this — and the choice of Denver to play host to the 2008 Democratic National Convention — the downtown hotel market is in the midst of a major building boom. The catalyst was when the 1,100-room Hyatt Regency Denver took the lead in raising room rates, making Denver feasible for several luxury