Among the U.S. New England (+24.1 percent
with 11,576 rooms); the Pacific (+13.4 percent with 39,424 rooms); and West
North Central (+10.7 percent with 17,435 rooms). None of the regions reported a
decrease in rooms in the total active pipeline.
The Pacific region
reported 88.7-percent growth in rooms under construction over the last year
with 8,795 rooms, followed by the West South Central region (+27.2 percent with
13,155 rooms) and the West North Central region (+23.3 percent with 4,624
rooms). The New England region (-11.1 percent
with 894 rooms) and the East North Central region (-3.5 percent with 6,732
rooms) reported the only decreases in rooms under construction.
The Caribbean/Mexico hotel
development pipeline comprises 129 hotels totaling 22,240 rooms, according to
the August 2013 STR Construction Pipeline Report. The total active pipeline
includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and Planning stages
but does not include projects in the Pre-Planning stage.
Year-to-date 2013, 13
hotels with 1,784 rooms have opened in the region. During the remainder of
2013, 21 hotels with 4,080 rooms are expected to open. The Luxury segment is
projected to open the most rooms for the remainder of the year, with 1,770
rooms in four hotels, followed by the Upscale segment with eight hotels and
1,355 rooms.
During 2014, 52 hotels
with 8,891 rooms are planned to open in the region. The majority of rooms is
expected to open in the Unaffiliated segment (3,158 rooms in 12 hotels). Three
other segments are expected to open more than 1,000 rooms next year: the Luxury
segment (eight hotels with 1,869 rooms); the Upper Midscale segment (14 hotels
with 1,697 rooms); and the Upscale segment (nine hotels with 1,057 rooms).
The Central/South America
hotel development pipeline comprises 248 hotels totalling 40,263 rooms, according
to the August 2013 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. The total active
pipeline data includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and
Planning stages but does not include projects in the Pre-Planning stage.
Among the Chain Scale
segments, the Upper Midscale segment accounted for the largest portion of rooms
in the region’s total active pipeline, with 24.0 percent and 9,657 rooms. Two
other segments each accounted for more than 15 percent of rooms in the total
active pipeline: the Upscale segment (21.7 percent with 8,750 rooms) and the
Midscale segment (18.8 percent with 7,575 rooms). The Luxury segment accounted
for the smallest portion of rooms in the total active pipeline, with 6.2
percent and 2,511 rooms.
The Middle East/Africa
hotel development pipeline comprises 483 hotels totalling 117,450 rooms,
according to the August 2013 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. The total
active pipeline data includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning
and Planning stages but does not include projects in the Pre-Planning stage.
Among the countries in the
region, the United Arab
Emirates Saudi Arabia (30,642 rooms); Qatar (8,167 rooms); Egypt
(5,945); and Morocco
The Europe
hotel development pipeline comprises 816 hotels totalling 134,819 rooms,
according to the August 2013 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report. The total
active pipeline data includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning
and Planning stages but does not include projects in the Pre-Planning stage.
Among the countries in the
region, Kazakhstan Azerbaijan
(+27.9 percent with 1,145 rooms); Russia
(+22.9 percent with 21,531 rooms); United Kingdom
(+8.0 percent with 41,182 rooms); and Poland
