Mr. Jan Freitag

Mr. Jan D. Freitag is the National Director, Hospitality Analytics, for the CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. In his role, Mr. Freitag comments on the trends that shape the U.S. hotel industry. He is a sought-after public speaker and is frequently quoted in trade publications and the general news media such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, etc. He is a trusted source of timely insights to hotel investors, owners and operators. Prior to moving over to CoStar he was with STR for almost 20 years, most recently as the Senior Vice President, Lodging Insights. In the 1990s Mr. Freitag was the Director of Content Integrity at hotelreports.com in upstate New York and a hospitality consultant with EY in Phoenix. He holds a bachelor's degree, with distinction, from the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, and received his Executive MBA, with honors, from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Freitag is a member of the American Hotel Lodging Association Investment Roundtable and the Hotel Development Council of the Urban Land Institute. He is on the advisory board to the Middle Tennessee State University Tourism and Hospitality Management program. Mr. Freitag resides with his wife and their two boys in Nashville, TN.