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.
LONDON – The Asia/Pacific hotel development pipeline comprises 1,788 hotels totalling 385,043 rooms, according to the March 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 Philippines, reported the largest expected supply growth (+35.7 percent) if all 14,048 rooms in the country’s total active pipeline open. Six other markets reported expected room growth of more than 10 percent: India (+29.0 percent with 54,478 rooms in the active pipeline); Indonesia (+24.2 percent with 30,942 rooms); Vietnam (+18.7 percent with 8,500 rooms); China (+13.9 percent with 211,118 rooms); Malaysia (+12.9 percent with 14,245 rooms); and Cambodia (+12.3 percent with 1,755 rooms).
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