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CoStar News Hotels

CoStar News Hotels

CoStar News Hotels" experienced, award-winning journalists bring diverse perspectives and voices to the news. From exclusive interviews with CEOs, to conference news from around the world, to coverage of public hotel companies, our stories are accessible for free 24/7 to inform your business today and in the future. CoStar News Hotels is part of the global CoStar News team, which reports commercial real estate news from all over the United States, Canada and the U.K.

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19:37

Japanese travel cools, but the market is still hugely...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/07/30

Growth is finally slowing after a years-long stretch of outsized growth for Japanese hotels, but STR's Jesper Palmqvist notes the country is still enjoying strong performance and remains the success story across the Asia Pacific region.

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25:22

The complicated landscape of hotel procurement (with...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/07/23

Benjamin West founder Alan Benjamin joins the podcast to talk about the issues facing procurement for hotel companies, which remains challenging with shifting tariffs impacting the costs of goods.

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21:36

What's going on with extended-stay hotels? (With the...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/07/16

Mark Skinner, principal with The Highland Group, joins the podcast to dissect supply-demand dynamics for extended stay hotels and why there hasn't been an explosion of new supply despite outsized brand and investor interest.

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23:12

How US hoteliers can prepare for the arrival of ICE...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/07/09

Jessica Cook, partner at the law firm Fisher Phillips with a specialty in immigration and hospitality employment law, explains what hoteliers need to know about the ongoing ICE raids and arrests and how they should create response plans for their hotel teams.

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22:23

Taking the good with the bad in Thailand (with STR's...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/06/30

STR's Jesper Palmqvist joins the podcast for his monthly check in on Asia Pacific hotel performance and news. This month's discussion includes the highs and lows in Thailand, along with the varying trajectories seen in China and Japan.

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23:24

Sonesta's Brian Quinn on his company continuing...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/06/25

The Sonesta International Hotels brand family was born from hotel ownership but has gone a years long transformation to be one of the top franchising companies in the hotel industry. Chief Development Officer Brian Quinn joins the podcast to talk about how they're steering that growth while maintaining and owner-first mindset.

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32:07

Summer 2025 travel trends with Deloitte's Maggie Rauch

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/06/18

Deloitte Transportation, Hospitality and Services Research Manager Maggie Rauch joins the podcast to unpack the company's summer travel trends report. She talks with CoStar News' Stephanie Ricca about how people are spending their summer vacations and how much money they're spending on them.

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13:05

Tax cuts, labor issues top the agenda for AHLA

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/06/11

American Hotel & Lodging Association President and CEO Rosanna Maietta joins the podcast to talk about the top issues for the hotel industry's largest advocacy and lobbying group, including how they're working to get industry priorities in budget legislation currently in front of Congress.

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11:37

Cautiously optimistic but frustrated: Recapping the...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/06/04

CoStar News' Stephanie Ricca and Sean McCracken share their insights from attending this year's NYU IHIF.

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19:02

Hong Kong hotel performance a mixed bag, even amid...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/05/28

STR's Jesper Palmqvist joined the Hotel News Now podcast to discuss hotel performance in Hong Kong year to date along with other trends in the Asia-Pacific region.

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15:44

Extended-stay segment experiences softening demand as...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/05/21

On the latest episode of the Hotel News Now podcast, CoStar Group's Colin Sherman talks about how the extended-stay sector is performing.

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23:23

Smaller hotel owners see big opportunities in current...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/05/14

In this podcast interview, Woodmont Lodging's Michael Blank talks to HNN's Bryan Wroten about 'the little guy' in the hotel industry, hotel owners with small portfolios, and how they're navigating the current environment.

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24:17

Design-focused Hotel Indigo enters new era

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/05/07

IHG Hotels and Resorts is on a mission to double its Hotel Indigo portfolio and opening boutique-style, uniquely-designed hotels around the world.

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19:46

Major Chinese markets see signs of hotel demand...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/04/30

In this episode, STR's Jesper Palmqvist speaks with CoStar News' Trevor Simpson about the latest hotel performance trends in the Asia-Pacific region.

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26:22

Breaking down the hotel guest online invasion of...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/04/23

In this episode, cybersecurity, privacy and hospitality attorney Robert Braun from JMBM talks about an online invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against Accor and how it comes down to the use of tracking pixels on websites.

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33:10

Vision Hospitality's Mitch Patel on growing leisure...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/04/16

Mitch Patel, CEO and founder of Vision Hospitality, joins the show to talk about the slew of challenges he's facing as a hotel developer and operator amid uncertain market conditions. He also explains what's happening in leisure travel, including his prediction on how things will shake out.

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24:40

Olympia Hospitality's John Schultzel on the power of...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/04/09

John Schultzel, chief growth officer for Maine-based Olympia Hospitality, sits down with Hotel News Now's Stephanie Ricca to talk about how stories power independent hotels. He updates listeners on the company's growth strategy in university towns and shares his take on today's travel trends.

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8:44

European hoteliers optimistic about 2025 outlook...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/04/03

HNN's Bryan Wroten and Terence Baker go over the discussions held at the 2025 International Hospitality Investment Forum EMEA in Berlin, noting on the overall optimistic mood as hoteliers figure out strategies for potential global economic disruptions.

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18:30

Hotel demand grows in regional Vietnam markets (with...

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/03/27

STR's Jesper Palmqvist joined the HNN podcast to discuss hotel demand trends in Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.

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12:13

HNN recaps the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference 2025

CoStar News Hotels ·

2025/03/20

Hotel News Now's Natalie Harms and Dan Kubacki discuss their takeaways from the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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