Hotel supply in the United States is a hot topic of conversation. The industry had 407,413 branded guestrooms under contract at the end of April, which represented a 18% jump over 2015 levels. Where are those rooms going? We break down the current U.S. supply pipeline into top brand contributors and the leaders in each segment.

1. PIPELINE LEADERS
BY SEGMENT
Luxury
W Hotels
(1,188 rooms/0.3%)
Upper Upscale
Embassy Suites
(6,605 rooms/1.6%)
Midscale
La Quinta Inn & Suites
(14,400 rooms/3.5%)
Economy
WoodSpring Suites
(1,192 rooms/0.3%)
Upper Midscale
Holiday Inn Express
(35,028 rooms/8.6%)
Upscale
Residence Inn
(21,161 rooms/5.2%)
Total number of rooms and percentage of total pipeline
Nearly 70% of rooms
under construction in
the U.S. fall into the
upper midscale and
upscale segments,
including nine of the
top 10 listed here.
These top 10 brands
contribute more
than half of the
total branded
rooms under
contract in the U.S.
The economy segment
contributes the
fewest rooms to
the under construction
pipeline.
BRANDS
UNDER CONTRACT
35,028
29,715
22,882
21,161
17,914
16,168
14,789
14,400
14,331
8.6%
7.3%
5.6%
5.2%
4.4%
4.0%
3.6%
3.5%
3.5%
TEN
BRAND
GUESTROOMS
UNDER CONTRACT
PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL U.S.
BRANDED PIPELINE
TOP
33,860* 8.3%
54%
*This number includes Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites.
68% 1.3%
© 2016 STR, Inc. All Rights Reserved. illustrations: annamarie hudson
Source: STR, data current as of April 2016
U.S. Branded Supply Pipeline
Breakdown
Hotel supply in the United States is a hot topic of conversation. The
industry had 407,413 branded guestrooms under contract
at the end of April, which represented a 18% jump over 2015 levels.
Where are those rooms going? We break down the current U.S. supply
pipeline into top brand contributors and the leaders in each segment.