497 - How Will Bourbonism Grow in 2025 with Michael Fetter of Louisville Tourism

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Tourism is booming in Louisivlle around bourbon. That's why we have our own spot on Whiskey Row opening in April of 2025 but I'm like many of you and I get skeptical because I want to know some of the real numbers. It's a good thing I'm still friends with my former college roommate because my buddy Michael Fetter works with Louisville Tourism who tracks the data of how tourism dollars are spent in this city. WIthout giving away too much, it doesn't look like tourism is slowing down anytime soon. Show Notes: The Bourbon Boom in Louisville Michael Fetter's Journey in Tourism Marketing Louisville as a Bourbon Destination Challenges in Hotel Capacity and Air Travel Future of Bourbon Tourism and Direct Flights \The Birth of Bourbon Country Marketing Bourbon Tourism Funding and Economic Impact of Tourism Balancing Bourbon and Derby Tourism The Role of Influencers in Tourism Support this podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	That's what's so nice about our expo center is they have this massive green area.
0:03.7	And they literally bring out like excavators and sprayers and mowers.
0:07.7	And you can test all the equipment outside.
0:09.8	I've never seen you light up like this.
0:12.7	It's the raddest thing ever. This is Bourbon Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news, reviews, and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen, And I'm one of your host, Kenny Coleman.
0:38.3	Tourism, it's booming right now in Louisville, and it's all around bourbon.
0:42.9	And that's why we have even decided to open our own spot on Whiskey Row.
0:47.9	It's coming in April of 2025, but I'm like many of you.
0:52.0	I get a little skeptical because I want to know some of the real numbers.
0:56.1	Show me the data.
0:57.7	And it's a good thing I'm still friends with my former college roommate because my buddy Michael
1:02.0	Fetter works with Louisville tourism and who tracks all this data on how tourism dollars
1:06.6	are spent in this great city around urbanism.
1:09.8	So without giving too much of it away, well, I don't think tourism's going away or slowing down anytime soon.
1:16.3	With that, enjoy this week's episode.
1:18.3	And now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.
1:21.0	I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.
1:25.2	This week's idea comes from Ron Nobleski.
1:29.9	Nobleski?
1:30.8	Nowaboleski.
1:32.3	I hope I said that right, Ron.
1:33.6	I know I've butchered it at least one of the times.
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