How does STR find out about new hotels and changes to existing properties?
Lomanno: STR has a census department that is constantly cleaning and verifying our database. Each hotel in our U.S. census is contacted each year to corroborate information. Each of the lodging companies we have relationships with also informs us of new hotels and conversions in and out of their brand. We also get information from convention and visitors bureaus, periodicals, consultant reviews and other relationships with development organizations.