We're not nostalgic for 2025

About this episode

The hosts discuss the surprising hotel performance in December 2025 and predictions for the future.

Podcast hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar Group join CoStar News' Stephanie Ricca to unpack December 2025's surprising hotel performance outcome. Freitag lays out his predictions for 2026, Collazo shares the latest data on hotel conversions and the trio join the #2016 trend, reminiscing about the year Marriott International bought Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and the US. enjoyed 3.2% revenue per available room growth. Referenced in this episode: Five expectations for the US hotel industry in 2026

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaac Collazo, Jan Freitag, Stephanie Ricca

Topics covered

• hotel performance
• predictions for 2026
• hotel conversions
• revenue growth
• industry trends

Keywords

• hotel performance
• 2026 predictions
• hotel conversions
• revenue per available room
• Marriott
• Starwood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STR, CoStar Group, Marriott International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

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