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🔧 STR (Smith Travel Research)

STR (Smith Travel Research)

Providing premium data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry.

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Overview

STR, a CoStar Group company, is the gold standard for data benchmarking in the hospitality industry. It provides confidential, reliable, and accurate performance data, including metrics like Occupancy, Average Daily Rate (ADR), and Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR). Hotels worldwide submit their data to STR and in return receive aggregated, anonymized reports benchmarking their performance against their chosen competitive set and market.

✨ Key Features

  • Hotel Performance Benchmarking (STAR Reports)
  • Market Trend Analysis
  • Profitability Data (P&L)
  • Pipeline Data (New Hotel Construction)
  • Forecasting
  • Custom Data Analysis

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Largest and most trusted source of historical hotel performance data.
  • Strict confidentiality and data quality standards.
  • Industry-standard for benchmarking.

Unique Value: Provides the most comprehensive and trusted hotel performance data, enabling properties to accurately gauge their market position.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Benchmarking hotel performance against a competitive set. Analyzing market trends and seasonality. Informing pricing and revenue management strategies. Feasibility studies for new hotel developments.

✅ Best For

  • Competitive set analysis
  • Market performance analysis
  • Budgeting and forecasting

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Real-time rate shopping (STR data is historical)
  • Individual guest behavior analysis

🏆 Alternatives

Lighthouse (OTA Insight) Kalibri Labs Amadeus

While others focus on forward-looking or real-time rates, STR provides the definitive historical context needed for strategic planning.

💻 Platforms

Web

🔌 Integrations

Various Property Management Systems (PMS) for data submission

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Phone Support
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Varies tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ GDPR ✓ SSO

💰 Pricing

Contact for pricing

Free tier: N/A

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