Data provenance.
A statement of how the institution acquires, verifies, attributes and safeguards the data on which its indices, reports and Knowledge Graph depend.
Sources
The institution's published data draws on four permanent streams: proprietary transaction intelligence assembled by the Brokerage and cleared for aggregate use; structured interviews with senior principals conducted under the institution's research protocols; audited operating information shared by partner operators under confidentiality; and continuous monitoring of licensed market and public data.
Verification
Every material data point entering a publication or the Knowledge Graph is verified against a second source or an audit trail. Where a datum rests on a single source, that fact is recorded and the source is qualified.
Attribution
Licensed data is attributed to its licensor on the publication. Interview-derived material is attributed to the class of source where the individual is not named. Data derived from Advisory or Brokerage engagements is used only in aggregate form and never in a way that identifies a principal or a transaction.
Confidentiality
Confidential information shared with the institution in the course of engagement is held under strict controls. It is not used in published research otherwise than in anonymised, aggregated form, and it is not shared outside the engagement team.
Retention
Source data and intermediate calculations underlying published indices and reports are retained in the institutional archive for a minimum of ten years to support enquiry, verification and correction.
Access
Verifiable enquiries regarding the provenance of a specific published datum may be directed to research@luxuryhotelbrokers.com.