Karan Mahesh

Karan Mahesh is the Regional Director for South & Southeast Asia at STR, part of CoStar Group, where he leads the commercial business across one of the world's most dynamic and rapidly growing hospitality regions. Based in Singapore, he oversees regional growth, strategic customer relationships, and the sales organization, working with hotel owners, operators, brands, investors, developers, and consultants throughout the region. With experience spanning luxury hospitality, technology, commercial strategy, and sales leadership, Karan has built a reputation for helping organizations translate data and market intelligence into actionable business decisions. As frequent speaker at industry conferences and leadership forums, Karan presents hospitality performance, market trends and the evolving role of data within the hospitality industry. He holds certifications in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell, Data Science from IIM Calcutta, Revenue Management from e