The Europe hotel development pipeline includes 570 hotels comprising 93,163 rooms, according to the October 2009 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report released this week. — Photo by STR Global

The Europe hotel development pipeline includes 570 hotels comprising 93,163 rooms, according to the October 2009 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report released this week.

Among the key markets, London, England, ended the month with the largest amount of rooms in the total active pipeline with 4,429 rooms, followed by Berlin, Germany, with 4,190 rooms. Hamburg, Germany, reported 2,084 rooms in the total active pipeline for the month.

Among the Chain Scale segments, the Upscale segment accounted for the largest portion of the total active pipeline with 23.6 percent and 22,013 rooms, followed by the Economy segment with 21.4 percent and 19,945 rooms. The Midscale without Food and Beverage segment (6.8 percent and 6,336 rooms) and the Luxury segment (8.9 percent and 8,312 rooms) accounted for the smallest portion of the total active pipeline.

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