LONDON—The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 474 hotels totalling 128,344 rooms, according to the May 2011 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.
Among the countries in the region, Qatar shows the largest expected room growth (+84.4 percent) if all 7,002 rooms in the total active pipeline open. Other countries with large expected room growth include: Oman (+67.7 percent growth with 4,211 rooms in the total active pipeline); United Arab Emirates (+59.5 percent with 50,908 rooms); Bahrain (+55.3 percent with 3,557 rooms); and Algeria (+51.6 percent with 1,744 rooms).
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