Kelsey Fenerty
Kelsey Fenerty is a research analyst at STR.
Meetings Momentum: Corporate Group Business Continues to Outgrow Other Segments
U.S. hotel performance has continued to inch toward normalized levels over the past three-plus quarters. The trend of normalization is evident across most data...
Pricing Trends: Class-Level Patterns and the Impact of Inflation
Over the past two years, class-level hotel occupancy has served as a proxy to track the recovery of different industry segments. The lower-tier, leisure-based...
Hotel Segmentation: Understanding U.S. Demand Patterns Amid Pandemic Shifts
The pandemic has no doubt created a shift in the U.S. hotel demand mix, but while deviations from historical trends have been aplenty, recent...
Unique Advantage: Soft Brands Positioned to Recovery Quickly
One week ahead of the long-awaited Memorial Day weekend, U.S. soft brand hotels reached the 50 percent occupancy mark for the first time since...
Holding On: The Resilience of Rural Hotels
Per STR, rural hotels are defined as hotels found in submarkets with a population density below 150 people per square mile, or the first...