{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Hotel Demand Shifts: Blowout Trips, Meetings, and \u201cValue\u201d","description":"Bruce Ford keeps coming back to one idea: the next traveling economy will book and spend differently. He tracks the data as SVP at Lodging Econometrics, so he sees the shifts before they feel obvious. \ud83d\udcc8 He talks \u201cblowout trips\u201d and experience travel, where guests spend big on the moment and stop sweating the room rate \ud83c\udfe8 He breaks down meetings demand: more meetings, smaller meetings, and a bigger need to capture total spend through #HotelOperations \u26fd He flags the cost ripple: diesel prices flow into everything, and operators feel it fast \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f He talks incentives and loyalty leverage, and why discounts and perks pull travelers in when budgets tighten \ud83d\udca1 He reframes \u201cvalue\u201d as a three-day experience, not a 30-second transaction\u2014club lounges and access matter more than ever \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f He gives the #HotelDevelopment reality: financing still slows new starts, owners invest in renovations and conversions instead \ud83d\udccc He closes with the investment climate: more hotels hit the market, transactions jumped last year, and he expects activity to continue Thanks to Actabl for supporting this episode. Actabl gives you the power to profit. Visit Actabl.com. Want the weekly roundup of news, videos, and what you might\u2019ve missed from #NoVacancyNews? Text HOTEL to 66866. ","author_name":"No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News","author_url":"http:\/\/novacancy.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"