In November, the global hotel industry reported mostly positive pipeline growth.

According to the STR Global Construction Pipeline Study from November 2011, the global hotel sector experienced mostly positive growth in most markets. villa

Americas Central and South

In Central and South America, there are 196 hotels in the pipeline, totaling 28,958 rooms.

Panama has the highest projected growth (64.4 percent) among the countries in the region if all 7,593 rooms in the country’s active pipeline open. Paraguay (+16.2% with 300 rooms), Colombia (+11.1% with 2,056 rooms), Costa Rica (+7.4% with 1,306 rooms), Brazil (+7.3% with 12,775 rooms), and El Salvador (+7.3% with 200 rooms) are among the countries that have seen substantial development.

Mexico/Caribbean

The Caribbean/Mexico hotel pipeline includes 131 hotels with a total of 17,923 rooms.

If all 753 rooms in the active pipeline open, Haiti will have the highest projected growth (45.0 percent) among the countries in the region. Anguilla (+28.8% with 220 rooms), Dominica (+13.5 percent with 90 rooms), St. Kitts/Nevis (+11.7 percent with 235 rooms), and Turks and Caicos (+10.2 percent with 327 rooms) are among the other countries with substantial increases in established availability.

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There are 869 hotels in the pipeline in Europe, totaling 139,006 seats.

With 21.8 percent and 30,369 rooms, the Upscale segment of the Chain Size segment accounted for the most rooms in the region’s overall active pipeline. The Upper Midscale segment (19.2 percent with 26,726 rooms), the Unaffiliated segment (19.2 percent with 26,755 rooms), and the Upper Upscale segment (19.2 percent with 26,755 rooms) each accounted for more than 10% of the total active pipeline rooms (15.0 percent with 20,802 rooms).

Europe pipeline by Chain Scale segment (number of rooms) for November 2011:

Africa/Middle East

The Middle East/Africa hotel pipeline includes 494 hotels with a total of 133,705 rooms.

The United Arab Emirates registered the most rooms in the In Construction process, with 21,238 rooms, among the main countries in the area. Saudi Arabia (11,270 rooms), Qatar (5,544 rooms), Egypt (4,807 rooms), and Jordan (4,807 rooms) are the other four countries with more than 3,000 rooms under construction (3,758 rooms).

Asia and the Pacific

The Asia/Pacific hotel pipeline includes 1,443 hotels with a total capacity of 348,653 rooms.

To date in 2011, 361 properties in the area have opened, totaling 64,269 spaces. In the remaining months of 2011, 38 projects with a total of 8,993 rooms are scheduled to open. In 2012, 559 projects with 139,432 rooms are expected to open in the city, and 395 projects with 97,312 rooms are expected to open in 2013.

The Luxury segment is expected to open the most rooms in the remaining two months of 2011, with nine properties totaling 3,022 rooms, followed by the Upscale segment (eight properties totaling 2,287 rooms), the Upper Upscale segment (eight properties totaling 1,921 rooms), and the Upper Midscale segment (eight properties totaling 1,921 rooms) (six properties with 1,226 rooms).