Marriott International leads U.S. hotel construction pipeline

The franchise companies leading the United States hotel construction pipeline are Marriott International with 1,469 projects/193,458 rooms, up 9 percent by projects and rooms year-over-year, according to Lodging Econometrics (LE).

Hilton Worldwide follows in second with 1,372 projects/152,853 rooms, a 3 percent increase YOY. And in third, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has 962 projects/97,647 rooms, also up 3 percent by projects and rooms, YOY. 

The leading brands in the construction pipeline for each of these three companies are Home2 Suites by Hilton with 413 projects/43,040 rooms, IHG’s Holiday Inn Express with 410 projects/38,814 rooms, and Marriott’s Fairfield Inn with 300 projects/29,133 rooms. 

In the first half of 2019, 70 percent of the new