LONDON—The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 460 hotels totalling 125,268 rooms, according to the July 2011 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.
Among the countries in the region, Qatar ended the month with the largest expected room growth (+78.3 percent) if all 6,604 rooms in the total active pipeline open. Other countries to report significant expected room growth: Oman (+57.9 percent with 3,734 rooms); United Arab Emirates (+55.7 percent with 48,071 rooms); Bahrain (+49 percent with 3,155 rooms); and Algeria (+47.9 percent with 1,619 rooms).
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