Asia Pac, MEA, Europe Top Pipeline

　　Asia Pacific, Middle East/Africa and Europe held the largest shares of the global hotel pipeline in February, according to STR Global.

　　The Asia/Pacific hotel development pipeline comprises 1,536 hotels totaling 364,595 rooms.

　　Among the region"s markets, Shanghai, China, ended the month with the most rooms under construction with 10,582. Four other markets reported more than 3,000 rooms under construction: Beijing at 4,962 rooms, New Delhi at 4,930 rooms, Bali, Indonesia at 4,463 rooms and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 3,402 rooms.

　　Europe’s hotel development pipeline comprises 863 hotels totaling 140,084 rooms.

　　Among the key countries in the region, Azerbaijan reported the largest expected growth at 41.2% if all 1,285 rooms in the total active pipeline open. Other countries that reported significant expected room growth include: Kazakhstan at 26.8% with 1,355 rooms in the total active pipeline, Russia at 22.8% with 18,685 rooms, Poland at 9.0% with 4,612 rooms and the United Kingdom at 8.1% with 40,328 rooms.

　　The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 498 hotels totaling 134,893 rooms.

　　Among the markets in the region, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reported the largest expected room growth at 79.4% if all 5,645 rooms in the market"s total active pipeline open. Five other markets are expected to grow more than 25% if all rooms in their active pipelines open: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at 64% with 11,133 rooms, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at 60.7% with 3,587 rooms, Muscat, Oman at 49.4% with 2,104 rooms, Dubai, United Arab Emirates at 45.3% with 26,643 rooms and Amman, Jordan at 27.4% with 1,797 rooms.

　　The Caribbean/Mexico hotel development pipeline comprises 128 hotels totaling 17,616 rooms.

　　Among the countries in the region, Mexico ended the month with the most rooms under construction, reporting 4,771 rooms. Other countries to report a significant number of rooms under construction: Dominican Republic with 1,437 rooms, Bahamas with 1,243 rooms, Aruba with 320 rooms, Puerto Rico with 265 rooms and Haiti with 237 rooms.

　　The Central/South America hotel development pipeline comprises 213 hotels totaling 30,657 rooms.

　　Among the chain scale segments, the midscale segment accounted for the largest portion of rooms in the total active pipeline with 23.9% and 7,336 rooms, followed by the upscale segment at 22.2% with 6,799 rooms and the upper upscale segment 201% with 6,166 rooms.

　　Four segments each accounted for more than 10% of rooms in the in construction phase: the upper upscale at 30.5% with 3,801 rooms, the upper midscale segment at 22.7% with 2,826 rooms, the upscale segment at 19.3% with 2,407 rooms and the luxury segment at 11.6% with 1,439 rooms.