Summary: Last week, several hospitality-focused analytical companies released data that specifically show how the coronavirus pandemic is decimating the U.S. hotel industry.<br> The picture they paint is grim.<br> And – though experts say they believe the industry will eventually resurge – the months ahead will be hard.<br> In this report we review reports from STR, CBRE Hotels Americas Research and Hotstats.<br> We interview Jamie Lane, senior managing economist with CBRE Hotels research, and David Eisen, director of hotel intelligence at HotStats.<br> And we feature sound bites of a March 26 webinar on U.S. hotel industry performance with Jan Freitag.<br> Resources and Links<br> <br> * <a href="https://longlivelodging.com/exclusive/?tag=March%209th%20week%202020&title=u-s-hotel-industry-in-a-free-fall" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View the multimedia presentation of this episode</a><br> * <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-lane-6839b110/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jamie Lane</a> of <a href="https://www.cbrehotels.com/en/our-services/research" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CBRE Hotels Americas Research</a><br> * <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-eisen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Eisen</a> of <a href="https://www.hotstats.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HotStats</a><br> * <a href="https://str.com/data-insights-blog/coronavirus-hotel-industry-data-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">STR</a><br> * <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janfreitag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jan Freitag</a><br> <br>
