Each year the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association (CHLA) inducts members who have made significant contributions to CHLA and the hotel industry into the Hall of Fame. In 2017, Dan Pirrallo was inducted for his many years in the industry and his extraordinary service to CHLA and AH&LA. Below is the script from Dan’s Hall of Fame induction. Before coming to Colorado, this year’s inductee served as the General Manager of the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, the Sh

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It was 2002 when Debbie Born Wright finished her associate's degree at the local college and took a job at Steamboat's newest bank as a teller. The young college student figured she'd work there while she assessed her future. Sixteen years later, Wright is now an assistant vice president and commercial lender for the locally owned Yampa Valley Bank. "I guess you could say she has grown up with the bank," said John Kerst, a mentor and former president of Ya