For the first time, each Market Trend Report combines all lodging real estate research from LE's five separate proprietary databases into one comprehensive reference manual. It consists of summary tables providing trend line insights and individual project records with extensive detail about every hotel for both Development Projects and Recent Hotel Transactions.
In 2011, 390 hotels/42,187 rooms will open, with an additional 368 hotels/40,070 rooms to open in 2012. Net supply growth, after removals from inventory, will range from 0.6%-0.8% for each of the next three years.
The Total Pipeline for the Asia Pacific region grew in Q1 to 2,036 projects/505,562 rooms. As measured by rooms, the Q1 2011 Pipeline is virtually even with the peak reached in Q2 2008 and is heavily driven by development activity in China.
Further declines have brought Construction Pipeline counts to a new cyclical low of 2,951 projects/354,100 rooms in Q1 2011. With 426 projects/54,530 rooms, just 14% of total Pipeline projects and 15% of rooms, Under Construction totals have fallen to lows not seen since the 1990's. Conversely, Early Planning counts have been growing since Q4 2009. Hotels that are larger and have longer time lines are being planned today for when construction financing becomes more accessible.