Lodging Econometrics reports that the five U.S. markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines by project count are New York with 187 projects, Houston with 169, Dallas with 128, Los Angeles with 94 and, new to the top five, Nashville with 89 projects.
Marriott International has the most pipeline projects of any franchise company in four of these markets with 30 in New York, 29 in Dallas, 18 in Los Angeles and 20 in Nashville. In Houston, however, Intercontinental Hotels Group has 46 projects.