['ORG | STR']
"Any positive with the hotel stock index as a whole is encouraging given recent industry fundamentals," said Amanda Hite, STR's president and CEO. "Pricing weakness continues to weigh on operators' minds, and continued healthy demand growth is not translating into higher occupancies as new supply is also on the climb. Add wider macroeconomic and political uncertainty to the equation, and we're likely to see dampened enthusiasm around the industry continue."