STR Global Reports Middle East/Africa Hotel Pipeline for April 2010

The Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises 467 hotels totalling 128,903 rooms, according to the April 2010 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report released this week.

Among the countries in the region, the United Arab Emirates ended the month with the most rooms in the total active pipeline with 56,187 rooms. UAE also reported the most rooms in the In Construction phase with 29,125 rooms. Saudi Arabia reported 15,770 rooms in the total active pipeline, followed by Egypt (7,178 rooms) and Qatar (6,041 rooms).

Among the key markets in region, Dubai, UAE, reported the largest number of rooms in the total active pipeline (32,753) and in the In Construction phase (16,539), followed by Abu Dhabi, UAE, with 14,558 rooms in the total active pipeline and 7,849 rooms in the In Construction phase.
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