Steve Hood

Steve is Senior Vice President of Research for STR.  He has been with STR for 29 years and is the Founding Director of the SHARE Center, STR and CoStar’s program to support hospitality, tourism, and real estate education with over 1,000 schools involved from over 80 countries.  The SHARE Center provides hotel and real estate data for research and for use in the classroom as well as educational resources including student certifications.  Steve serves on advisory boards and guest lectures for leading international hotel, tourism and real estate schools and has received several awards for his commitment to hospitality education.