The franchise companies leading the U.S. construction pipeline with the greatest number of new construction projects are Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Lodging Econometrics (LE)
APAC hotel construction pipeline in Q121, excluding china, stood at 1,759 projects
This was a decline of 8% by both projects and rooms year-over-year (YOY)
Europe’s Hotel Construction Pipeline remains healthy and continues to grow in the first quarter of 2021
Europe ends the first quarter of 2021 with 1,928 projects/310,523 rooms, a record high project and room count for the region.
At year-end 2020, the Global Hotel Construction Pipeline decreased slightly year-over-year
Lodging Econometrics (LE) is forecasting 2,812 hotels/424,844 rooms to open in 2021 and another 3,255 hotels/498,631 rooms to open in 2022.
The Asia Pacific Construction Pipeline, excluding China, remains steady year-over-year
During the third quarter of 2020, the Asia Pacific region, excluding China, saw 97 new hotels accounting for 20,587 rooms open, a 44% opening increase over the Q2 total, a sign that construction has resumed in much of the region.
The Middle East hotel construction pipeline continues to decline
The Middle East’s pipeline is down 7% by projects and 6% by rooms year-over-year (YOY). This is the fifth consecutive quarter the pipeline has declined since reaching its cyclical peak by projects in Q2 2019.
Europe’s hotel construction pipeline increases year-over-year (YOY)
Rooms under construction stand at an all-time high of 151,471 rooms from 921 projects and are up 11% by projects and 15% by rooms YOY. Projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months are at 478 projects/75,166 rooms, down slightly YOY.
At the end of Q3 2020, Latin America’s hotel construction pipeline continues to decline
Through the third quarter of 2020, 45 new hotels/8,608 rooms opened in Latin America. There were 29 new project announcements, a cyclical low project count for the region, accounting for 4,557 rooms.
At the close of the second quarter of 2020, hotel construction pipeline growth in Europe continues
Four global franchise companies account for 44% of all projects in Europe’s Pipeline
