Snapshot of hotel markets: U.S. still strongest expanding

PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 14, 2008 – Where are the fastest growing hotel markets? Tophotelprojects.com is the leading data provider for first class and luxury hotel projects being developed in all major global markets. Tophotelprojects.com tracks the development of more than 1,700 key hotel projects around the world and constantly updates each projects progress and key personnel contact details.

Ranking of the fastest expanding hotel markets
(Only first class and luxury hotel projects until 2012, sorted by number of rooms)
U.S.   304 hotel projects  108,723 rooms
China  189 hotel projects    72,427 rooms
Germany    234 hotel projects   40,791 rooms
India   128 hotel projects  22,641 rooms
(These figures show the number of top hotel projects as of April 2008;
no liability for comprehensiveness assumed)


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The annual licence fee ranges from USD 1,425 / GBP 750 to USD 3,750 / GBP 2,010. “This means less than 1.30 US Dollar per project for a comprehensive project data sheet,” says Mr Andreas Rohde, Sales Manager of tophotelprojects.com.

Today, tophotelprojects.com features more than 1,750 top hotel projects. Every month not only are 100 to 150 new hotel projects added, but all projects in the database are constantly updated and tracked.

Current Project Figures – April 2007
Project in total:     1,757
Number of first class hotels:  744
Number of luxury hotels:   882
New hotel projects added since March 2008: 286

“If you want to know where the leading hotel groups are developing their largest hotels, ask me,” Rohde says. For example, Hilton International is planning to open more than 75 large hotels around the globe, and, The InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) is developing nearly 80 new hotels. Similarly, The Rezidor Hotel Group is planning approx. 80 hotels by 2012, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts plans more than 250 top hotels over the next five years. Tophotelprojects.com provides you the full overview and individual data of the leading hotel projects all around the world.