London leads European hotel pipeline in December

1/22/2010 9:06:00 AM

21 January 2010, LONDON — The Europe hotel development pipeline includes 587 hotels comprising 100,013 rooms, according to the December 2009 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report released this week.

Among the key markets, London, England, reported the most rooms in the total active pipeline with 5,794 rooms. The market also ended the month with the most rooms in the In Construction phase with 3,360 rooms. Moscow, Russia, followed with 4,837 rooms in the total active pipeline and 2,095 rooms in the In Construction phase. Berlin, Germany, reported 4,204 rooms in the total active pipeline and 1,514 rooms in the In Construction phase.

Among the Chain Scale segments, the Upscale segment accounted for the largest portion of the total active pipeline (22.1 percent) with 22,118 rooms. The Economy segment followed, making up 19.4 percent of the total active pipeline with 19,446 rooms.

Europe pipeline by Chain Scale segment for December 2009 (number of rooms):
Chain Scale                Existing Supply   In Construction   Total Active Pipeline*
Luxury                              56,344                   5,112                    9,167
Upper Upscale                  177,940                 9,727   14,315
Upscale                             502,744                11,308   22,118
Midscale w/ F&B      464,976                   4,828                 14,078
Midscale w/o F&B   84,757                    2,262                   6,565
Economy    244,276                   6,638                  19,446
Unaffiliated      1,758,088 7,338 14,324
Total   3,289,125               47,213                  100,013
* Includes those projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and Planning phases.

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