Didio Pequeno joined CoStar Group as Director of Hospitality Market Analytics, responsible for the Northeast and Midwestern regions. In this capacity, he produces meaningful, relevant, and insightful analysis on the hospitality industry, focusing on ...
Didio Pequeno joined CoStar Group as Director of Hospitality Market Analytics, responsible for the Northeast and Midwestern regions. In this capacity, he produces meaningful, relevant, and insightful analysis on the hospitality industry, focusing on his assigned regions.
Pequeno’s career in hospitality spans nearly 20 years, including roles in operations, consulting, and advisory. While working as a Senior Consultant with Carpedia Hospitality, he specialized in labor optimization and implementing changes to operational processes within full-service hotels located across the globe. Most recently, he spent time as a Senior Consultant with REVPAR International, a hospitality advisory and asset management firm. In this role, he assisted in the asset management of over a dozen hotels, completed over 50 feasibility studies, and the cumulative value of the assets he evaluated exceeded $1 billion.
His passion for the hospitality industry drove him to obtain a Bachelor of Business Administration in Hospitality & Tourism Management from Pace University, a Master of Science in Hotel Finance from NYU, and a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments & Asset Management from Cornell University. In his free time, he likes to work out, travel, and entertain friends. He is also married to a chef, so he and his wife are wholeheartedly committed to the hospitality industry!
Since February 2025, the hospitality industry across the Washington, D.C., region has been weighed down by a wide variety of challenges. Over the past 12 months, revenue per available room, or ...
Hotel construction activity in the Vancouver region has accelerated markedly, positioning it as one of the most active hotel development centers in Canada as of February, reflecting a combination of ...
Hotel investment across the five major Northeastern hospitality regions accelerated between 2024 and 2025. In aggregate, the regions of New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore ...
In December 2025, the launch of a major U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative, Operation Metro Surge, led to an influx of over 3,000 immigration agents to the Twin Cities. The sudden ...
Hotel investment activity across five major Midwestern hospitality regions declined meaningfully between 2024 and 2025. This marks a stark contrast from the increase in investment activity observed ...
The Northeastern hospitality regions of Philadelphia, Boston and New York are positioned for a strong year of hotel performance in 2026, driven by an outsized boost from the FIFA World Cup and the ...
While hotel performance in the U.S. fell flat through December 2025, both St. Louis and New York posted revenue per available room, or RevPAR, metrics that were stronger than expected.
The Canadian hospitality regions of Vancouver and Toronto entered 2026 with different levels of momentum, but the unprecedented impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to position Toronto and ...
The Midwestern hospitality regions of Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit each exhibit conditions that could allow them to outperform their 12-month revenue per available room, or RevPAR, forecasts ...
In 1993, Marriott, Hilton, Accor, Hyatt and InterContinental Group, known as IHG, had a total of 19 brands. Fast-forward to 2025, and the five major hotel companies now feature nearly 180 brands and ...
Despite continued economic uncertainty this year, the Canadian hotel sector has posted strong performance through October, with several regions in Eastern Canada notably outpacing national averages.
Through October 2025, hotel transaction volume has increased in most Northeastern markets, as the high cost of borrowing and elevated interest rates have slightly eased.
Washington, D.C.’s hotel industry, which relies heavily on federal travel and conferences, experienced sharp declines in occupancy and revenue per available room, or RevPAR, during the government ...
Hotel operating budget season, which generally runs between the months of August and December, is now in full swing. As hotel operators, asset managers and owners deliberate expense ratios with their ...
The current government shutdown, which began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2025, has now entered its fifth week and hotels, particularly near the nation's capital, are feeling the effects.
Over the past 25 years, the government has shut down five times, and hotel performance in the nation’s hub of governance, the Washington, D.C., region, has suffered each time.