STR Inaugural Hotel Data Conference

You won't find another conference with more hotel industry data than the one brought to you by STR, the global leader in hotel market data and performance benchmarking and HotelNewsNow.com, a digital platform dedicated to reporting objective news from the global hotel industry. And, you'll have the opportunity to meet and interact with our speakers, panelists and other STR data users.

Here are just a few of the topics on the agenda:

• US Hotel industry forecasts from STR, PKF and PWC
• Consumer business and leisure travel trends
• Best practices using STR data
• Hotel demand drivers and industry cycles
• STR data overviews including top markets, customer segments, chain scales, pipeline, hotel operating statistics and more.

Who should attend?

• All parties interested in understanding the current operating environment and what industry experts envision for the future
• STR data users interested in learning how to get the most from their data stream
• Hotel owners and developers interested in knowing more about what current data means to their bottom line
• Hospitality industry analysts, brokers, lenders, consultants and other executives who want to know how the latest data relates to the overall US economy
• Existing and potential STR data customers who want to expand their network of hotel industry professionals to share ideas, best practices and knowledge base

Speakers and panelists at the conference include:

• Mark Lomanno, president of STR;
• Scott Berman, the U.S. industry leader of the Hospitality and Leisure Consulting Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.;
• Brian Ferguson, vice president of supply strategy and analysis for Expedia, Inc.;
• Kate Henriksen, senior vice president of investment and portfolio management at RLJ;
• Robert Morse, senior director of corporate revenue management for White Lodging;
• Webster O’Brien, vice president of SH&E Gary Portuesi, vice president of lodging account development for American Express;
• Mark Woodworth, executive vice president of PKF Consulting; Maria Simos, CEO of e-forecasting.com;
• Dr. Evangelos Otto Simos, strategist and chief economist at e-forecasting.com; Nate Fristoe, director of RRC Associates;
• Robert Bowers, Jr., senior vice president of operations for STR;
• Vail Brown, vice president of global sales and marketing for STR;
• Brad Garner, vice president of operations and client relations for STR;
• Duane Vinson, vice president of content management for STR.
• Moderators include Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media and communications for STR and Lana Yoshii, vice president of new product development for STR.