NATIONAL REPORT – The five U.S. markets with the largest
hotel construction pipelines at the end of 3Q24: Dallas with a record-high of
194 projects and 22,803 rooms, followed by Atlanta with a record-high 166
projects accounting for 19,174 rooms, Nashville with a record-high 130 projects
and 16,966 rooms, Phoenix with 123 projects/15,999 rooms, and Austin with a
record-high 119 projects accounting for 13,962 rooms, according to Lodging
Econometrics.
Five U.S. markets also stand out for their active under
construction hotel projects: New York leads with 42 projects/6,771 rooms,
followed by Dallas with 30 projects/3,443 rooms. Atlanta is third with 26
projects/3,001 rooms, while Phoenix and Nashville follow with 25 projects/4,522
rooms and 23 projects/3,269 rooms, respectively.
Dallas, with 73 projects/8,708 rooms, again has the most
projects scheduled to start in the next 12 months. Following Dallas are Atlanta
with 62 projects/7,708 rooms, Inland Empire with 57 projects/5,670 rooms,
Phoenix with 55 projects/6,620 rooms, and Austin with 49 projects/5,797 rooms.
Dallas also tops the list of markets with the most hotel
projects in the early planning stage at Q3, boasting 91 projects that will add
10,652 rooms. Atlanta follows with 78 projects set to bring 8,465 rooms, while
Nashville has 64 projects totaling 7,885 rooms. Austin and Los Angeles round
out the top five, with Austin at 55 projects/6,434 rooms and Los Angeles at 51
projects/8,491 rooms.
Combined U.S. renovation and conversion at the end of 3Q24: 1,969
active projects with 262,048 rooms. The markets with the largest combined
number of renovations and conversions at Q3 are Chicago with 34 projects/7,704
rooms, Atlanta with 31 projects/4,557 rooms, Phoenix with 29 projects/5,267
rooms, Washington, DC-MD-VA with 29 projects/4,452 rooms, and Los Angeles with
28 projects/4,468 rooms.
New project announcements (NPAs), accounting for 401 hotels
with 42,413 rooms. Dallas, with 15 projects/1,549 rooms, has the largest number
of new projects announced into the pipeline, followed by Atlanta with 11
projects/1,104 rooms, Austin with 9 projects/909 rooms, Nashville with 8
projects/1,142 rooms, and Fort Worth-Arlington with 7 projects/1,145 rooms.
According to LE analysts, 408 new hotels with 48,258 rooms
opened in the U.S. through 3Q24. Of these openings, 67% of hotels (60% of
rooms) were in suburban locations, and 47% of hotels (54% of rooms) were in the
top 50 markets.
The LE forecast for new hotel openings for the remainder of
2024 in the U.S. includes an additional 223 hotels with 23,902 rooms, bringing
the year-end 2024 projection to 631 new hotels with 72,160 rooms to open. The
New York market is forecast to open 20 new hotels/2,181 rooms, followed by
Atlanta and Dallas each with 16 new hotels (2,898 and 2,045 rooms
respectively), Orlando with 13 new hotels/2,398 rooms, and Indianapolis with 12
new hotels/1,347 rooms.
Looking ahead, LE forecasts 759 new hotel openings/86,264
rooms in 2025 and 938 new hotel openings/101,017 rooms in 2026. For 2025, New
York leads with 23 new hotels/3,147 rooms forecast to open, followed by
Nashville and Dallas each with 18 new hotels (2,463 and 1,820 rooms
respectively), Phoenix with 17 new hotels/2,864 rooms, and Inland Empire with
16 new hotels/1,530 rooms. In 2026, LE analysts forecast 938 new hotels/101,017
rooms to open in the U.S.