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HNN's Sean McCracken and Dan Kubacki are joined by STR's Kelsey Fenerty to talk about what they learned during the first day of the 2023 Hotel Data Conference, including how Taylor Swift continues to be a force to reckon with for hoteliers.

In a June interview, Ashford Hospitality Trust's Rob Hays explained his company looks at financing with extended maturation dates that are up against debt yield tests. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Concord Hospitality's Melinda Griffith shares how her company grew its portfolio and where it sees potential for future expansion. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Outrigger Hospitality Group's vice president of global communications and social responsibility Monica Salter and President and CEO Jeff Wagoner talk about why the company continues to grow, most recently acquiring two more Hawaiian resorts. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's Ray Martz spoke about the hotel REIT's affinity for independent, lifestyle hotels and its capital strategy of property sales and buying back stocks at a discount. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Aimbridge Hospitality's Mark Tamis talks about how the company's divisional structure helps it respond to hotel owners' needs as well as how it's been focusing heavily on talent recruitment and retention. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.

STR President Amanda Hite said higher rates and signs that a recession won't arrive when previously expected are behind the upward revisions in the firm's U.S. hotels performance forecast. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.

 The Hotel News Now team shares the top takeaways from the second day of the 2023 HITEC conference and HSMAI's Commercial Strategy Week. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.   

The Hotel News Now team shares the top takeaways from the first day of the 2023 HITEC conference and HSMAI's Commercial Strategy Week. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.  

New hotel brands are emerging designed specifically for how people travel post-pandemic. Hilton's Chief Brand Officer Matt Schuyler details how the company built its latest brand, Project H3, with today's guest in mind. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

First Hospitality President and CEO David Duncan said there's a lot of reason for optimism with strong hotel operating metrics, but the transactions and development environment are significantly more difficult. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Mission Hill CEO Greg Kennealey said despite his firm's young age and mounting macroeconomic issues that have gummed up the transactions environment, his company has been able to grow in its two years through relationships. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Following a few years of significant staff turnover industrywide, Arbor Lodging Management CEO Sheenal Patel says his company is in the process of rebuilding trust between corporate and property-level teams. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

IHG Hotels & Resorts' Joanna Kurowska said sound business practices and respectful humanity can go hand in hand to create a hotel industry that everyone can rejoice in. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

CoStar's Jan Freitag and STR's Isaac Collazo said a strong operating environment and continued growth in key performance metrics have left hoteliers feeling overwhelmingly optimistic, despite continued issues with financing and the looming threat of a recession. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Noble Investment Group CEO Mit Shah said companies such as Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott embracing the segment is a testament to its continued strong fundamentals. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

The Hotel News Now team shares the top takeaways from the second day of the 45th annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.  

The Hotel News Now team shares the top takeaways from the first day of the 45th annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts CEO Geoff Ballotti shared the steps he took to reinforce trust among employees and franchisees as part of Hotel News Now's Pandemic Reflections series. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Speaking with Hotel News Now for its “Pandemic Reflections” series, Dimitris Manikis, president and managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, said travel remains one of life’s most precious jewels but only if we learn from the past. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Hubert Viriot, CEO of Yotel, said the hotel firms that succeed will be the one that see human resources as a key resource, not just a nice line to say at conferences when asked about teams and career prospects. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Davidson Hospitality Group President and CEO Thom Geshay said among all the thing he appreciates looking back at the pandemic, empathy and understanding from his family ranks at the top. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Hazel Hagans, general manager of The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C., said the COVID-19 pandemic "almost got the best" of her, but she's become a better leader on the other side of it. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Speaking with Hotel News Now for its ongoing Pandemic Reflections series, Priya Chandnani, vice president of revenue and distribution strategy at Pyramid Global Hospitality, said she got emotional seeing people in person at conferences after the start of the pandemic. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update. 

Global third-party management company President and CEO Mike Deitemeyer said the biggest area of growth for him during the pandemic has been realizing the importance of work-life balance. Read more on CoStar. Click here to sign up for the Hotel News Now Daily Update.