STR Global Adds 13 Markets to Market-leading Monthly Surveys
The STR Global HotelBenchmark(TM) Survey, issued monthly, now tracks 525 markets outside North Ameri
JULY 3, 2008. The new markets added include 9 markets in Scandinavia, 3 markets in Europe and Fukuoka in Japan.
James Chappell, Managing Director of STR Global in London, commented: "Following the successful consolidation of the three already extensive databases from HotelBenchmark, The Bench and Smith Travel Research, we are pleased to announce the first of many significant expansions to our monthly coverage across the regions. We have more markets in development, which we hope to release soon."
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