Updating
I have been doing some further research on the hotel industry and the volume of updates that I have been able to track this year is significant, but I do seem to have a need for better sources of information regarding hotels in some areas.
Analysis
I have done a series of analyses on the data I have been able to collate and would like to share it obtain some feedback.
Regional
The first analysis is a regional breakdown of the data.
Here I am using the hotel related information by regions that I have defined and I trust that most people will understand the geographic splits. These comprise of the following:
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- Asia Pacific
- Americas
Americas
The Americas I have split into 4 sub categories:
North America
Central America
South America
Caribbean.
| Region | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total |
| Caribbean | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Central | 53 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| North | 385 | 75 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 515 |
| South | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Total | 481 | 88 | 47 | 22 | 6 | 644 |
These numbers represent the information I have been able to collate on hotels which are either being developed, just opened or have been rebranded. Unsurprisingly the majority of the effort has been centered upon North America.
Asia Pacific
| Region | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total |
| Asia | 256 | 48 | 30 | 41 | 24 | 399 |
| Pacific | 87 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 126 |
| Total | 343 | 64 | 42 | 49 | 27 | 525 |
Here is an area where discussion would be welcome but also insights as to how people view the region. I realise that splitting the globe into 3 is “Easy”, but it is hopefully a geographic representation which hopefully is understandable.
Europe, Middle East and Africa
While some people may suggest that the Regional Label is European centric, it was not my intention for it to be viewed that way. It is just that the information I have gleaned from my research suggests that there is a lot of activity primarily in Europe, that is probably more to do with my familiarity with my numerous data sources.
| Region | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total |
| Africa | 35 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 56 |
| EU | 335 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 425 |
| Europe | 140 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 182 |
| Middle East | 96 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 117 |
| Total | 606 | 93 | 54 | 23 | 4 | 780 |
While I know that a lot of people will see my splitting Europe into 2 as splitting “hares” or in this case Europe into 2, I think that it does go to show how they operate.
The numbers for Europe, include a small number of properties in Russia, that are no further updates since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24th.
The numbers only reflect the data I have been able to collate from a number of sources and sadly not complete.
I would like to understand what my readers view of this post is and how they would like to see it evolve.
I will be doing a further series of posts that will provide a series of drill downs on these numbers.