HotelNewsNow.com is a division of STR and is affiliated with STR Global, STR Analytics and RRC Associates. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, HotelNewsNow.com is an online news resource that combines the decades worth of experience from its editorial team along with unprecedented access to STR data to provide vital, up-to-the-minute information for hotel decision makers throughout the world.
HotelNewsNow.com comprises a website and numerous email newsletters, including the Daily Update, Hotel Investment Barometer and Product Showcase. Its reader community includes executives who own, manage, or finance hotels, as well as the managers and employees who oversee the operations of hotels worldwide.
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Jeff Higley
Editorial Director, Digital Media/Director of Communications
jeff@HotelNewsNow.com
Jeff Higley is the former editorial director for Hotel & Motel Management magazine and has specialized in hotel industry journalism for a dozen years. He oversees all aspects of the HotelNewsNow.com digital platform, including the HotelNewsNow.com website and daily newsletters. Jeff also leads STR’s corporate public relations efforts and is a speaker at a number of industry events.
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Jason Q. Freed
News Editor - Americas
jfreed@HotelNewsNow.com
Jason joined HotelNewsNow.com as News Editor of the Americas region in September 2010 after reporting on the hotel industry for three years at a print publication. Prior, he spent five years in the newspaper journalism field and has won several awards for his writing. Jason is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University.
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Patrick Mayock
Features Editor
patrick@HotelNewsNow.com
Patrick Mayock leads the day-to-day production of the HotelNewsNow.com website and the Daily Update newsletter. In addition to writing articles and special reports, he manages columnists and oversees video and multimedia production. Patrick is a graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.
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Shawn A. Turner
Finance Editor
shawn@HotelNewsNow.com
Shawn A. Turner covers the financial side of the hotel industry. He also heads up the Hotel Investment Barometer, which focuses on hotel transactions, debt, and other topics the industry’s real-estate pros need to know. Prior to joining HotelNewsNow.com, Shawn worked as a business reporter in Vermont and finance/legal reporter in Ohio as well as a media and investor relations professional at a publicly held technology company. He earned his undergraduate degree in newspaper journalism from Kent State University in Ohio and his graduate degree in business journalism from Baruch College in New York.
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Lynsie Chamberlain
Director of Sales
chamberlain@HotelNewsNow.com
Lynsie Chamberlain is responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships with clients of HNN and STR. Lynsie brings with her two years of award-winning advertising sales experience in the newspaper industry. She is a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Under 30 Gateway.
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Rachael Spann
Director of Public Relations
spann@str.com
Rachael Spann is responsible for communications and media relations for STR, as well as marketing, promotion and outreach for the HotelNewsNow.com brand. She has experience in consumer sales and marketing. Rachael is a member of the Public Relations Society of America. She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University.
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Stephanie Wharton
Editorial Assistant
swharton@HotelNewsNow.com
Stephanie Wharton is responsible for a variety of tasks at HotelNewsNow.com, including social media and analytics. She’s also been known to write a story or two. Stephanie is a graduate of the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University.
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