Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRecapping the first day of the NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum 2026
Episode 239
CoStar News Hotels' Stephanie Ricca, Bryan Wroten and Trevor Simpson share their takeaways from the first day of the 2026 NYU International Hospitali…
5 hours ago
World Cup pregame: How hotel performance projects two weeks out
Episode 238
CoStar Group's Didio Pequeno joins the CoStar News Hotels podcast to break down how hotel performance is trending across the 16 World Cup host market…
6 days, 5 hours ago
It's game time for hotels scoring sports tourism business this summer
Episode 237
Brandon Ehrhardt, vice president of marketing for travel partners and advertisers at Expedia Group, joins the show to share details from Expedia Grou…
1 week ago
How hoteliers are sorting through the complicated tariff refund question (with Alan Benjamin)
Episode 236
Procurement expert Alan Benjamin, founder and president of BenjaminWest, joins the podcast to discuss what hoteliers might expect from the $166 billi…
1 week, 6 days ago
Smaller markets are winning hotel group demand
Episode 235
In this episode of the CoStar News Hotels podcast, reporter Natalie Harms discusses hotel group demand trends with STR's Hannah Smith, including how …
2 weeks, 6 days ago
How Japan moneyballed its way to strong tourism demand
Episode 234
When Japan lost more than half of its travelers from China, many worried the year's long stretch of strong performance for hotels would end in that c…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
A hotel-hostel concept for the digital nomad era
Episode 233
In this interview from the 2026 IHIF EMEA conference, CoStar News Hotels' Terence Baker speaks with Navneet Bali, founder and CEO of LyvInn Hotels, w…
1 month ago
Trinity expands its investment criteria for European hotels
Episode 232
CoStar News Hotel's Sean McCracken speaks with Trinity Investments' Ryan Donn at the 2026 IHIF EMEA conference in Berlin where Donn spoke about the c…
1 month ago
Why Wyndham’s Dimitris Manikis sees big growth ahead in Europe, India
Episode 231
Dimitris Manikis, president of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, joins the podcast from the International Hospitality Inves…
1 month ago
Turbulent times call for portfolio scale, geographical reach and trusted investors, says TUI Blue’s Wesam Okasha
Episode 230
In this interview from the 2026 IHIF EMEA conference, CoStar News Hotels' Terence Bakers speaks with Wesam Okasha, managing director of TUI Blue Hote…
1 month, 1 week ago