The Europe hotel development pipeline comprises 816 hotels totalling 134,819 rooms, according to the August 2013 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report.

The total active pipeline data includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and Planning stages but does not include projects in the Pre-Planning stage.

Among the countries in the region, Kazakhstan reported the largest expected supply growth (+39.3 per cent) if all 2,147 rooms in the total active pipeline open.

Four other countries reported expected growth of more than five percent: Azerbaijan (+27.9 per cent with 1,145 rooms); Russia (+22.9 per cent with 21,531 rooms); United Kingdom (up eight per cent percent with 41,182 rooms); and Poland (+5.6 per cent with 3,059 rooms).

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