After a strong start to 2025, demand for hotels from groups, defined as rooms sold in blocks of 10 or more, fell for nine straight months, a pattern that points to the lingering uncertainty felt across corporate America following the federal government tariff announcement in early April.
Declining hotel demand from groups reflects softness in meetings industry
Nine-month drop in rooms sold in large blocks came even amid mixed transient demand
By Jan Freitag
CoStar AnalyticsFebruary 2, 2026 | 9:52 P.M.
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