Europe, Middle East, Africa: Q3 2008 Pipeline | Lodging Econometrics
At the end of Q3 2008, Europe, Middle East and Africa’s (EMEA) Total Construction Pipeline stood at 1,656 projects/358,067 rooms. • Total project counts are down 6% from the likely cyclical peak in Q2 2008, with total rooms down 4%. The Total Pipeline will continue to trend downward as New Hotel Openings come online at an accelerated pace in ‘09 and ‘10. New Project Announcements into the Pipeline are expected to taper off. • In EMEA, 53% of Total Pipeline projects are already Under Construction due to the rush to get projects started in late ‘07-early ‘08 before the economy softened further.