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If you\u2019re a regular follower of downtown Spartanburg news (and you should because there's\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0) you probably\xa0\xa0about the possibility of a second downtown hotel. While we can\u2019t talk about the specifics of any potential development, the article led with a very interesting question: \u201cIs downtown Spartanburg ready for a second hotel?\u201d\n\xa0\nAround here, we're pretty bullish on downtown Spartanburg so you can probably guess what our answer would be. But that's not just the knee-jerk reaction of a few optimistic bureaucrats around City Hall. When it comes to hotel demand in Spartanburg, the numbers don\u2019t lie. Countywide, hotel occupancy is up 5 percent, and the average daily rate for a hotel room is up 7 percent. Overall revenue per room is up 12 percent. While those numbers are great, they also pose further questions. What\u2019s driving the increased demand for hotel rooms in Spartanburg? How would a new downtown hotel take advantage of that demand?\n\xa0\nToday on the podcast, we\u2019ve brought on a guest who\u2019s probably better qualified than anyone around to answer to those questions, Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Chris Jennings.How is the rising tide of visitors impacting needs downtown?