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Average Rate Index (ARI)

Measures a hotel’s ADR performance relative to an aggregated grouping of hotels (i.e., competitive set, market or submarket). If all things are equal, a property's ARI is expected to be 100, compared to the aggregate group of hotels. Historically, this is described a...

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Bed & Breakfast (B&B/inn)

Independently owned and operated properties that typically include breakfast in the room rates, 20 rooms or fewer and a resident/owner innkeeper.

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Bandwidth

The range of performance among a competitive set indicated by the daily high and low performance of individual competitors.

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Benchmarking

Benchmarking is the process of comparing and analyzing your property or portfolio's performance against the competition. The benchmarking process draws on our robust historical data to provide you with a better understanding of the market and context in which you ope...

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Boutique

Property that appeals to guests because of its atypical amenity and room configurations. Boutiques are normally independent (with fewer than 200 rooms), have a high average rate and offer high levels of service. Boutique hotels often provide authentic cultural, histo...

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Census

The total number of hotels and rooms in a particular segment (i.e., country, market or submarket).

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Census Database

STR’s database of existing properties containing key information and amenities offered by each property.

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Chain Scale

Chain Scale segments are grouped primarily according to actual average room rates. An independent hotel, regardless of average room rate, is included as a separate Chain Scale category. The Chain Scale segments are: Luxury, Upper Upscale, Upscale, Upper Midscale, Mid...

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Change in rooms

Indicator of whether or not an individual hotel has added or removed rooms from their inventory.

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Class

A categorization of chain-affiliated and independent hotels. The class for a chain-affiliated hotel is the same as its Chain Scale. An independent hotel is assigned a class based on its ADR, relative to that of the chain hotels in their geographic proximity. The clas...

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Closed

Property that is closed permanently or due to renovation and may/may not reopen, depending on the closure reason.

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Collapsed class | Collapsed class

Two combined classes that form a single segment. The collapsed classes are: Luxury and Upper Upscale Upscale and Upper Midscale Midscale and Economy

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