Jan Freitag
Upscale Chains Experience Strong Year
The U.S. lodging industry is in the later part of the economic cycle and questions about the longevity and health of the industry are being read in editorials and heard at conferences across the...
Reviewing Upper-Midscale Hotel Performance
The largest chain scale in the United States is made up of hotels in the upper-midscale segment. Comprised of 9,100 hotels with almost 900,000 rooms, upper-midscale properties represent 18 percent of all hotel rooms...
Extended-Stay Consistently Outperforming Other Tiers
As the U.S. lodging industry continues to post healthy results, it is worth examining some niche products and their performance. Many extended-stay chains are now offering their guestsrooms with a full kitchen and, often,...
Comparing Performance: Full-Service and Limited-Service
Many of the “Road Warriors” and cost-conscious guests traveling today are on the lookout for a limited-amenity product, harking back to the old E.M. Statler days of “A Room and Bath for a Buck...
Non-Branded Hotels Outperforming the Competition
If you had to write a state of the union speech for independent hotels, you would likely follow every U.S. president’s lead and comment that “the state of the union is strong.” Indeed, in...