Podcast hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar Group join CoStar News' Stephanie Ricca to look at some highlights of 2026 hotel performance so far, namely, some demand green shoots. The group takes an early look at FIFA World Cup hotel performance expectations, and dives into the hotel data around data center construction. 

In a conversation at the recent Americas Lodging Investment Summit, STR's Isaac Collazo unpacked the most recent hotel forecast.

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

Tell Me More: A Hospitality Data Podcast hosts Jan Freitag and Isaac Collazo wrap up 2025 with an analysis of their hits and misses when it comes to industry predictions. They talk about why cities and markets outside the U.S. were this year's real winners, and they give some early insight into what hoteliers might expect from next year's World Cup. 

There's always a story behind monthly U.S. hotel performance data and October was a perfect example of that, according to podcast hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar Group. Learn why the data show that the U.S. government shutdown really had no meaningful impact on hotel performance. And they unpack what sets ultra-luxury hotels apart from their luxury counterparts and why that matters so much. In this episode, Freitag refers to the CoStar News article A tale of two hotel segments: Luxury vs. ultra-luxury. 

This month, special guest Brandon Ehrhardt from Expedia Group returns to Tell Me More to chat with STR's Isaac Collazo and CoStar's Jan Freitag about the travel giant's Unpack '26 report that explores the most intriguing travel trends for next year. Plus, Collazo and Freitag share September 2025 hotel performance highlights.

Find the Expedia Group Unpack '26 report here: https://partner.expediagroup.com/en-us/resources/research-insights/unpack-26-travel-trends

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. 

July hotel performance in the U.S. continued a downward trajectory, but hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar Group talked about some regional bright spots -- namely Canada and a handful of U.S. markets. Collazo and Freitag warn listeners to get ready for day-of-week and holiday shifts coming up in September and October that will affect big-picture hotel performance numbers. 

In this special episode of Tell Me More: A Hospitality Data Podcast, hosts Stephanie Ricca, Jan Freitag and Isaac Collazo record live at the Hotel Data Conference in Nashville. This episode incorporates Q&A conversations with the audience, featuring AirDNA's Jamie Lane, Highgate Hotels' Ankur Randev and Sonesta International Hotels' Garine Ferejian-Mayo.
 
This special episode is sponsored by Expedia Group.

Summer hotel performance in the U.S. has been underwhelming so far, thanks to low demand, still-high inflation and general leisure travel weakness. Tell Me More podcast hosts Isaac Collazo from STR and Jan Freitag from CoStar get listeners prepared for a similarly lackluster fall. Mentioned in this episode is a Politico article published on July 15, 2025, titled Event Planners Are Cancelling on Trump-Era Washington. Is This a Sign of Things to Come?