With 122 Projects/27,943 Rooms Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has the largest brand presence by both project and room count in Asia’s Hotel Construction Pipeline for countries outside of China, Lodging Econometrics (LE) reports. IHG’s top two brands in the region are its Holiday Inn with 48 Projects/11,742 Rooms and Holiday Inn Express with 40 Projects/8,753 Rooms. These two brands represent 72 per cent of all IHG pipeline projects in the region.
Following IHG is Marriott International with 108 Projects/25,301 Rooms in the region, led by their select-service Courtyard brand with 28 Projects/6,234 Rooms. Starwood Hotels & Resorts has the third most projects in the region with 92 Projects/19,966 Rooms, led by Sheraton Hotel with 23 Projects/5,285 Rooms.
IHG also leads by both project and room count in China with 215 Projects/61,227 Rooms, said LE, led by its Holiday Inn Express brand.
