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HVS Asia Pacific Hospitality Newsletter
Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
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Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
Hospitality News for the Asia Pacific Region
Retiree discretionary spending is growing, driven by increased leisure demand and wealth transfer, shaping the future of consumer real estate.
The Middle East hotel construction pipeline reached a record 717 projects representing 177,110 rooms in Q1 2026, showing 13% growth in projects and 12% growth in rooms year-over-year despite regional geopolitical tensions. Saudi Arabia led with 385 projects (105,598 rooms), followed by Egypt with 157 projects (33,446 rooms), and the upscale chain scale segment posted the strongest growth at 15% by projects and 18% by rooms year-over-year.
Europe's hotel construction pipeline reached 1,731 projects comprising 255,354 rooms at Q1 2026, representing a 3% year-over-year increase, with the early planning stage hitting a record-high 604 projects and 86,128 rooms. The United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany, France, and Portugal account for 46% of projects in the region's pipeline, and Europe is forecast to see 319 new hotels with 44,156 rooms open by the end of 2026.
Europe's hotel construction pipeline stood at 1,731 projects comprising 255,354 rooms at the close of Q1 2026, representing a 3% year-over-year increase, with early planning stage projects reaching a record high of 604 projects/86,128 rooms. The report forecasts 319 new hotels with 44,156 rooms to open across Europe by year-end 2026, with the United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany, France, and Portugal accounting for 46% of the region's pipeline projects.
The Asia Pacific excluding China hotel construction pipeline reached 2,387 projects and 442,973 rooms at Q1 2026, representing a 15% increase in projects and 9% increase in rooms year-over-year, with higher-end properties dominating and India leading the region at 940 projects. India, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand comprise the top five countries by pipeline size, while Bangkok ranks as the most active city with 68 projects, and conversions reached record highs of 353 projects with an 82% year-over-year increase.
At the close of Q1 2026, the Asia Pacific hotel construction pipeline (excluding China) reached a record 2,387 projects and 442,973 rooms, up 15% by project count and 9% by rooms year-over-year, with luxury, upscale, and upper upscale segments dominating and India leading the region with 940 projects and 124,011 rooms. China's separate pipeline totaled 3,602 projects and 640,328 rooms at Q1 2026, with upper midscale and upscale chain scales accounting for two-thirds of the pipeline and projects under construction representing 71% of the total, while conversions reached record highs and forecasts project 1,111 hotels opening by year-end 2026.
According to Lodging Econometrics' Q1 2026 China Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report, China's hotel construction pipeline totaled 3,602 projects and 640,328 rooms, with projects under construction dominating at 2,572 projects and 451,156 rooms representing 71% of total projects and 70% of total rooms. The upper midscale chain scale leads the pipeline with 1,249 projects and 183,534 rooms, followed by the upscale chain scale with 1,087 projects and 223,180 rooms, while Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Xi'an account for the majority of pipeline activity.
Latin America's hotel construction pipeline comprises 755 projects and 113,663 rooms as of Q1 2026, representing a 6% year-over-year increase in projects and 1% increase in rooms, with early planning projects up 12% by project count and 4% by room count. Mexico leads the region with 247 projects, followed by Brazil with 132 projects and the Dominican Republic with 84 projects, together accounting for 61% of the pipeline's total projects and 64% of rooms.
Lodging Econometrics' Q1 2026 report documents Latin America's hotel construction pipeline at 755 projects comprising 113,663 rooms, representing a 6% year-over-year project increase and 1% room increase, with Mexico leading at 247 projects/36,646 rooms followed by Brazil and the Dominican Republic. The report forecasts 104 new hotels with 17,934 rooms to open in 2026 and 115 new hotels with 15,661 rooms in 2027, while noting that early planning stage projects increased 12% by project count and 4% by rooms year-over-year.
At Q1 2026, Canada's hotel construction pipeline contains 331 projects representing 45,401 rooms, with early-stage planning projects reaching a record high of 176 projects and 24,949 rooms, up 6% and 13% year-over-year respectively. Upper midscale chain scales lead the pipeline with record totals of 137 projects and 14,173 rooms, while Ontario accounts for 57% of projects and 61% of rooms, with Toronto, Vancouver, and Niagara Falls representing 38% of all Canadian projects combined.
Lodging Econometrics' Q1 2026 Construction Pipeline Trend Report shows Dallas leading the U.S. hotel pipeline with 184 projects and 22,861 rooms, followed by Atlanta, Phoenix, Nashville, and Austin, while Phoenix recorded double-digit year-over-year growth of 19% in projects and 11% in rooms under construction. The report forecasts Phoenix to lead new hotel openings in 2026 with 27 hotels and 3,640 rooms, and Dallas to lead in 2027 with 27 hotels and 2,484 rooms.
US REITs gained 18% YTD (double the S&P 500) despite rising yields; M&A at a decade high, ~6.3% projected 2026 earnings growth, ~30% average loan-to-value.
JLL's 2026 EMEA edition: laboratory space remains a niche asset class with concentrated demand; AI creating cross-industry occupancy opportunities and reshaping facility requirements.
European healthcare investment reached EUR5.8bn in Q1 2026, up 189% YoY, with record 2025 volumes, care-home strength and consolidation led by US REITs such as Welltower.
Whitepaper modeling four AI-adoption scenarios and how AI widens dispersion of outcomes across markets, property types, asset quality, and strategies.
MIT Sloan overview of proptech across smart buildings, property management platforms, construction tech, and RE fintech, with market projected to $104.6B by 2034.
Global lab/cGMP rents down 1.7% YoY as vacancy reached 23.1%; R&D investment sales rebounded to $13.5B in 2025, up 28% YoY.
Janus Henderson on global REITs' attractive 2026 setup: historically low valuations, strengthening fundamentals and diversification benefits.
CIO outlook positioning global listed property for a solid 2026, citing a REIT-vs-equity valuation gap at GFC-era levels against strong real estate fundamentals.
CRETI year-end report: $16.7B invested in proptech in 2025 (+67.9% YoY), 77% structured as debt/PE, AI as baseline expectation, Europe softening while the Middle East emerges.
2026 outlook across U.S., Asia Pacific, and Europe; notes global REIT equity multiples ~30% cheaper than historical levels versus broad equities.
JLL sizes the European PBSA opportunity to 2030, noting completions will run 79% below student additions over five years amid rising demand and undersupply.
Survey of 145 VC investors: market stabilizing around capital efficiency, institutional AI adoption, and operator-driven demand, with AI as core infrastructure.
Nareit market commentary on diversifying across global REIT regions and property sectors, with data as of Nov. 30, 2025, framing 2026 allocation opportunities.
Survey-based piece: 88% of institutions view REIT investing as real estate investing and 89% plan to maintain or raise allocations, with sovereign-wealth and pension case studies.
JLL City Climate & Resilience Policy Tracker: nearly half of 75 studied cities now enforce building performance standards (e.g. NYC Local Law 97, EU EPBD), shifting from ambition to enforcement.
CRETI monthly funding note: October 2025 proptech rounds concentrated in residential electrification, owner-operating financial infrastructure and construction AI with single-project payback.
MSCI analyzes how booming data-center development conflicts with investors' climate commitments, quantifying construction-stage carbon and renewable-procurement strategies.
PERE's ranking of the top 20 proptech investors by capital raised 2020-2024; Hidden Hill Capital leads at $2.3B, Fifth Wall second; top-20 fundraising down 23% YoY.
JLL survey of 1,000+ senior decision-makers across 16 markets: 92% of CRE teams are piloting AI but only 5% have hit program goals; leaders prioritize portfolio optimization, energy management and data workflows.
Altus Group on proptech's move from AI hype to the application layer: point solutions deliver measurable time savings while broader strategic/financial impact remains unproven.
Portfolio-manager discussion of REIT performance drivers, subsector opportunities (data centers, senior housing, medical office) and REITs as a diversifier for tech-heavy portfolios.
Five sustainability drivers reshaping real estate value; retrofit rates must rise more than fivefold globally to meet 2050 net-zero, with efficiency unlocking 25-50% revenue upside.
CBRE research on integrating climate-risk assessment with business strategy to drive value creation in commercial real estate amid expanding disclosure requirements.
Savills Impacts examines how 'green' office standards vary by city - operational carbon, embodied carbon limits and climate resilience - across New York, Oslo, Singapore, Amsterdam and others.
Altus Group on proptech's shift from nice-to-have to ROI-driven essentials, with operator-validated case studies (Twin-Knowledge, Whale) and tech-stack consolidation trends.
Quarterly CIO video update covering global REIT sector developments, residential housing dynamics, AI's impact on commercial real estate, and the 2025 outlook.
CRETI on the structural shift in proptech capital: debt and structured late-stage rounds supplementing/replacing venture equity, with continued VC interest in AI workflow tools.
CRETI quarterly note: Q1 2025 proptech raised $2.06B, with a structural tilt toward infrastructure, backend systems and AI-driven operational platforms over consumer-facing features.
CBRE global atlas of life sciences clusters and real estate fundamentals across major innovation hubs worldwide.
CRETI monthly note: February 2025 proptech raised $544M across 32 rounds (median $9.8M), with debt at 41.7% of total funding and early-stage VC focused on AI-driven solutions.
Janus Henderson PMs argue listed real estate fundamentals stay sound amid 2025 tariff/economic turbulence, aided by contractual cash flows and high construction costs.
Sector-by-sector sustainability outlook for 2025 covering energy efficiency, green leases, renewable adoption in data centres, and tightening energy regulations.
JLL Spark's four 2025 proptech themes: sustainability, data-center growth, CRE market rebound and AI, with ROI/payback emerging as the deciding factor for adoption.
JLL Spark research mapping the gap between what CRE users demand from AI (predictive analytics, tenant-experience tools) and what proptech developers supply; 90.1% plan to run CRE with AI supporting human experts.
CBRE IM projects global listed real estate can outperform broad equities in 2025 via accelerating earnings, favorable capital access and range-bound yields.
JLL overview of its proptech stack: smart-building management, AI for market prediction, cloud asset management and AI-based energy management across 80+ countries.
CRETI on AI's expanding 2025 role across real estate: AI agents replacing chatbots, predictive analytics, automation of financial processes and predictive maintenance.
ULI Europe systems map and report identifying 12 intervention areas to decarbonize existing and new affordable housing across Europe.
CBRE's European life sciences ecosystems report PDF (9.3MB): lab space commands rent premiums over office; 43 of top-100 life sciences universities are in Europe; growing investor interest.
Global REIT outlook across U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific; projects new deliveries declining ~20% in 2025 and notes office sector bifurcation favoring top-tier product.
Listed real assets outlook tied to deglobalization, digitalization and decarbonization, expecting REITs to turn acquisitive and REIT earnings to accelerate as CRE values bottom.
Record $3.2B in VC into AI-powered proptech in 2024; US captured $2B+, Europe $700M, APAC $500M across leasing, construction, energy, and workplace use cases.
Analysis of worldwide REIT trends across the FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Real Estate Index (497 constituents, 38 countries) spanning North America, Europe, and Asia.
Tyler Swann on 2025 net lease trends: cross-border expansion into Mexico and Canada, and growing demand for data centers and healthcare beyond traditional industrial assets.