It's game time for hotels scoring sports tourism business this summer

About this episode

Brandon Ehrhardt from Expedia Group discusses the potential $8.1 billion in tourism spending available in North America this summer.

Brandon Ehrhardt, vice president of marketing for travel partners and advertisers at Expedia Group, joins the show to share details from Expedia Group's new report that found that North America has $8.1 billion in tourism spend up for grabs this summer.

People in this episode

Guest: Brandon Ehrhardt

Topics covered

• sports tourism
• hotel industry
• travel marketing
• summer tourism
• Expedia report

Keywords

• sports tourism
• hotels
• Expedia Group
• North America
• tourism spend
• summer travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Expedia Group

Places: North America

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