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The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index jumped 12.7 percent in December to a level of 5,744. For 2021 as a whole, the stock index was up 25.6 percent. | Executives from Robert W. Baird & Co. and STR say this signifies expected continued strength in leisure travel despite the Omicron variant.