September 14, 2016 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – Lodging Econometrics (LE) reports that, excluding China, the top three cities in Asia with the largest hotel construction pipelines by rooms are: Seoul with 26,008 Rooms/124 Projects, Jakarta with 21,390 Rooms/122 Projects, and Tokyo with 12,029 Rooms/54 Projects.

Excluding China, the leading franchise companies in Asia’s Hotel Construction Pipeline are: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 26,211 Rooms/116 Projects, Marriott International with 25,912 Rooms/110 Projects and Starwood Hotels & Resorts with 25,632 Rooms/115 Projects.

The leading brand for each of the top three franchise companies in Asia’s Pipeline, excluding China, are: IHG’s Holiday Inn with 10,372 Rooms/42 Projects, Marriott Hotel with 7,167 Rooms/25 Projects and Starwood’s Sheraton Hotel with 6,444 Rooms/27 Projects.