Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou Top Cities in China's Hotel Construction Pipeline
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. September 20, 2016 - In China's Hotel Construction Pipeline, according to Lodging Econometrics (LE), the three cities with the largest pipelines are: Shanghai with 113 Projects/23,340 Rooms, Chengdu with 81Projects/22,160 Rooms and Guangzhou with 95 Projects/16,740 Rooms.
The leading franchise companies in China's Pipeline are: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 219 Projects/61,355 Rooms, Hilton Worldwide with 214 Projects/60,460 Rooms and Marriott International with 128 Projects/37,985 Rooms.
The leading brand for each of China's top three franchise companies are: IHG's Holiday Inn Express with 66 Projects/14,891 Rooms, Hilton Hotels with 67 Projects/23,565 Rooms and Marriott Hotels with 48 Projects/15,496 Rooms.
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