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CoStar Group

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2 stories · First covered Mar 3, 2026 · Latest Mar 4
Related: Revenue Management 2 IHG Hotels & Resorts 2 Marriott International 2 Hilton Worldwide Holdings 2 STR 2 RevPAR 1 Amadeus 1 Average Daily Rate 1 IDeaS 1 UK Competition and Markets Authority 1 Revenue Management System 1 Algorithmic Collusion 1
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CoStar Group Coverage
The CMA Just Called STR a Cartel Tool. Every Revenue Manager Should Be Paying Attention.
Operations Primary
Mar 4

The CMA Just Called STR a Cartel Tool. Every Revenue Manager Should Be Paying Attention.

The UK government is investigating whether Hilton, IHG, Marriott, and CoStar used STR benchmarking data to coordinate hotel pricing. If you've ever pulled a comp set report, this one's about you.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 4
The CMA Just Called Your Revenue Management Stack a Cartel. Now What?
Technology Primary
Mar 3

The CMA Just Called Your Revenue Management Stack a Cartel. Now What?

The UK's competition authority is investigating whether Hilton, IHG, Marriott, and CoStar's STR platform enabled algorithmic collusion on room rates. If you've ever benchmarked your ADR against your comp set... yeah, they're talking about you.

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Rav Patel 3 min read · Mar 3