According to a recent Global Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), the top three hotel franchise companies with the largest pipelines in the world are: Hilton Worldwide with 1,471 Projects/238,904 Rooms; Marriott International with 1,458 Projects/234,734 Rooms; and Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 1,184 Projects/187,212 Rooms. These three companies account for 37% of the world’s 11,130 projects.
Among these three franchise companies, Hilton leads in Europe, the Middle East and China. Marriott leads in North and South America and IHG, while having fewer projects in China than Hilton, still has more projects in the greater Asia Pacific region overall.
