June 8, 2016 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – Analysts at Lodging Econometrics report that there are 2,026 Upper Midscale projects in the U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline, the highest count of any chain scale and representing 45% of Total Pipeline projects.

The leading Upper Midscale brands are Holiday Inn Express with 389 projects, Hampton Inn & Suites with 336 projects and Home2Suites with 290 projects. These top three brands represent half of all projects in the Upper Midscale pipeline.