LONDON – The Central/South America hotel development pipeline comprises 221 hotels totalling 32,898 rooms, according to the March 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.

Among the region’s countries, Brazil reported the largest number of rooms in the total active pipeline with 13,765 rooms. Other countries to report more than 1,000 rooms in the total active pipeline include: Panama (7,129 rooms); Colombia (2,747 rooms); Argentina (2,263 rooms); Costa Rica (1,506 rooms); and Chile (1,278 rooms).

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