'Recessionary' is a tough word

About this episode

The hosts discuss the implications of average daily rate changes in the US hotel market and whether it indicates a lodging recession.

Buckle up, listeners: Podcast hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar Group take a deep dive this episode into average daily rate. They unpack the percentage of US submarkets losing ADR and the number of hotels losing ADR to debate whether the US is sliding into a lodging recession.

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaac Collazo, Jan Freitag

Topics covered

• average daily rate
• lodging recession
• US submarkets
• hotel industry
• economic trends

Keywords

• average daily rate
• ADR
• lodging recession
• hotel market
• US submarkets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STR, CoStar Group

Places: US

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