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China’s Hotel Construction Pipeline Remains Strong Despite A Slowing Economy
Lodging Econometrics | January 3, 2019
In the recent report by Lodging Econometrics (LE), in the third quarter of 2018, China's total construction pipeline stands at 2,642 projects/569,690 rooms and is up 9% by projects and 6% by rooms year-over-year (YOY). Rooms in the construction pipeline are at an all-time high, and the pipeline is a mere 16 projects shy of the cyclical high of 2,658 projects set in the fourth quarter of 2014. Projects presently under construction are at 1,928 projects/402,529 rooms, projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months are at 344 projects/73,209 rooms, and projects in the early planning stage are at 370 projects/93,952 rooms. B...