Record High Counts for Franchise Companies in the Early Planning Stage at the End of Q4’21

Lodging Econometrics | January 28, 2022

PORTSMOUTH, NH – January 28, 2022 – As seen in the Lodging Econometrics (LE) Q4'21 United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report, the franchise companies with the largest U.S. construction pipelines at year-end 2021 are Marriott International with 1,345 projects/170,586 rooms, followed by Hilton Worldwide with 1,239 projects/141,053 rooms, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 761 projects/76,987 rooms. These three companies combined account for 69% of the projects and 67% of the rooms in the total U.S. construction pipeline. At the end of Q4'21, over 56% of Hilton’s projects in the pipeline are in the early planning proje...