With 1,536 projects/246,358 rooms, Hilton Worldwide has the largest brand presence by both project and room count in the Global Hotel Construction Pipeline, Lodging Econometrics (LE) reports. Hilton has added 255 projects to its pipeline since last year, up 20 percent. Following closely is Marriott International with 1,431 projects/231,517 rooms and InterContinental Hotel Group with 1,281 projects/203,430 rooms.