The Middle East and Africa has 637 hotels under contract, with 151,205 rooms, according to STR Global’s September construction
pipeline report.
139 hotels opened year to date, with 33,232 rooms in the
region, according to the global research firm. It expects 82 hotels, with
18,538 hotels to open in the remainder of 2014.
The most rooms are planned to be added in the upper scale
segment (5419 in 18 hotels), followed by the unaffiliated segment (4626 rooms
in 22 hotels), the upscale segment (3,531 rooms in 13 hotels) and the luxury
segment (3480 rooms in 150 hotels).

A number of hotels have opened in the UAE, in 2014, such as
the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel and Residences in Al Barsha-Dubai, Sofitel
Downtown and Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi downtown.
According to the data provided by the Dubai’s Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing, more than 7000 rooms were added in Dubai since
June last year bringing the total to number to 88,680 rooms across 634
properties.
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