US hotel construction pipeline falls to 5,901 projects in Q3 2026

On October 27, 2026, Lodging Econometrics released a report stating that in the third quarter of 2026 the US hotel construction pipeline totaled 5,901 projects and 692,999 rooms, with the project count down 4.9% year over year. Business Travel News reported on the report the same day, saying that at the end of the third quarter the pipeline had more than 5,900 projects and nearly 693,000 rooms, with the total project count down about 5% year over year, and noting that extended-stay hotels accounted for about 40% of pipeline projects, of which midscale extended-stay reached 1,628 projects, accounting for nearly 70% of the extended-stay pipeline; the luxury segment set record highs in both project count and room count, reaching more than 100 projects and about 25,775 rooms, with the project count up 14% year over year. The report said extended-stay and high-end segments were the main factors driving the pipeline that quarter. The information disclosed so far covers only project counts, room counts and year-over-year changes, and does not mention data under earlier definitions.