U.S. Upscale, midscale w/o F&B report most rooms under construction | hotelnewsnow.com

New hotel supply has been growing by leaps and bounds since the basically flat levels in 2004, 2005 and 2006. As of July 2009, year-to-date, the number of new hotel rooms that have opened in the U.S. has increased 3.2 percent (148,174 rooms).