LONDON—The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 495 hotels totalling 131,981 rooms, according to the January 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.
Among the countries in the region, Qatar reported the largest expected growth (+69.9 percent) if all 7,340 rooms in the country’s total active pipeline open. Five other countries are expected to grow more than 40 percent if all rooms in the active pipeline open: Oman (+68.8 percent with 4,504 rooms); Saudi Arabia (+54.0 percent with 25,398 rooms); United Arab Emirates (+48.0 percent with 44,056 rooms); Algeria (+41.2 percent with 1,691 rooms); and Kuwait (+40.6 percent with 2,504 rooms).
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