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Podcast: No Vacancy Live!
Episode: Is Hotel Development on Pause? CoStar's Freitag Breaks Down the Industry's Crossroads
Description: The hotel business is shifting whether we like it or not. I speak with Jan Freitag, National Director of Hospitality Analytics at CoStar, at the Starwood Hotels Leadership Conference in Nashville. hashtag#NoVacanyNews insights hoteliers, developers, and investors need to hear right now. 👉 In This Episode: 📉 Why operators are nervous — and why developers might be even more so 🏗️ How tariffs and rising material costs are impacting hotel renovation and new builds 💸 The real story behind interest rates and why they might not be the silver bullet ✈️ The dramatic drop in Canadian and European travel—and...