Chicago – Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT) have recently announced a merger and as a result the total room supply in the US between the two firms is expected to increase by over 33,000 rooms within the next 12 months.

According to the HMD Index, a resource that provides real-time supply and construction pipeline data of the US hotel industry, the newly merged firms will have a combined 4,269 hotel properties within the US containing over 732,000 rooms by year's end 2016. By comparison, Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT), currently the largest hotel operator within the US in terms of total keys, is projected to have 4,057 US hotel properties containing a total of 599,681 rooms by the end of Q4 2016.

The HMD Index indicates that Marriott currently operates 13.3% of the total room supply in the US. After the merger with Starwood, the combined firms will operate a projected 17.7% of the total room supply in the US by the end of Q4 2016. Hilton will then move from being the top operator with a 14.1% share of the total room supply in the US to the 2nd largest operator with a 14.5% share by the end of Q4 2016.

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Josh Kantarski
Hospitality Specialist
BuildCentral, Inc.