“We’re seeing comparable declines in room development across all regions of the country,” said Duane Vinson, vice president at STR. “The Mountain Region has posted the sharpest year-over-year decline due to a 75-percent (16,000-room) decline in the Las Vegas pipeline.”

Among the nine geographical U.S. regions, the Mountain region reported the largest year-over-year percent change in rooms in the total active pipeline, falling 95.3 percent to 32,701 rooms, followed by the East North Central region (-38.7 percent to 29,630 rooms) and the West South Central region (-38.1 percent to 59,793 rooms). The East South Central region (-37.6 percent to 24,077 rooms) and the South Atlantic region (-37.5 percent to 87,857 rooms) also posted large decreases in the number of rooms in the total active pipeline. The West North Central region ended the month with the smallest decrease of rooms in the total active pipeline, falling 7.3 percent to 15,542 rooms.

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