China's Hotel Construction Pipeline Hits Record High Project & Room Counts at Q1 2022
According to the latest Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of Q1 ‘22, China’s total hotel construction pipeline reached record high project and room counts, standing at 3,711 projects/704,101 rooms and up 8% by projects and 7% by rooms year-over-year (YOY).China has 2,623 projects/477,245 rooms presently under construction, both at record highs, and up 11% and 12% YOY, respectively. Projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months stand at 504 projects/96,054 rooms. Projects and rooms in the early planning stage are up 26% and 17% YOY, respectively, and stand at 584 projects/130,802 rooms at the end of Q1 2022.