According to the Q3 2025 Europe Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the quarter, the region’s total pipeline stands at 1,666 projects/245,705 rooms and remains relatively unchanged year-over-year (YOY).
Claiming 45% of the projects and 46% of the rooms in the total pipeline in Europe at Q3, projects currently under construction stand at 749 projects/113,306 rooms. Projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months account for 359 projects/54,283 rooms, making up 22% of both projects and rooms. Projects in the early planning stage comprise 558 projects/78,116 rooms, accounting for 33% of the projects and 32% of the rooms in the total pipeline. The early planning stage represents a 10% increase in projects and an 8% increase in rooms YOY. Additionally, at the close of the third quarter, new project announcements (NPAs) rose in Europe, up 3% by projects YOY to total 96 projects/11,108 rooms.
At the Q3 close, Europe’s hotel construction pipeline continues to be led by projects in the upscale chain scale with 357 projects/55,136 rooms, showing an 8% increase in projects and a 6% increase in rooms YOY. The upper midscale chain scale follows with 300 projects/43,721 rooms. The upper upscale chain scale reached record highs this quarter with 287 projects/45,885 rooms, representing a 7% increase in projects and a 4% increase in rooms YOY. Combined, the top two chain scales by project count, upscale and upper midscale, account for 657 projects/98,857 rooms, representing 39% of the projects and 40% of the rooms in Europe’s total construction pipeline.
Construction starts at Q3 stand at 92 projects/11,203 rooms, showing an 11% increase in projects YOY. Combined, hotel renovations and brand conversions total 667 projects/87,640 rooms, showing a 5% increase in projects and a 7% increase in rooms YOY.
The leading countries in Europe’s construction pipeline are the United Kingdom with 277 projects/39,402 rooms, Germany with 152 projects/26,456 rooms, Turkey with a record high project count of 140 projects/19,866 rooms, France with 114 projects/11,097 rooms, showing a 9% increase in projects YOY, and Portugal with 108 projects/13,326 rooms.
The cities with the largest pipelines are London with 76 projects/14,169 rooms, Istanbul with 49 projects/7,403 rooms, Lisbon with 38 projects/4,223 rooms, and Tashkent with 30 projects/5,080 rooms, showing a 30% increase in projects and a 28% increase in rooms YOY, and Dublin with 24 projects/4,455 rooms.
Through Q3 2025, Europe opened 195 new hotels accounting for 23,459 rooms. LE’s forecast for new hotel openings expects an additional 105 new hotels/14,041 rooms to open in Q4, bringing the year-end total for 2025 to 300 new hotels/37,500 rooms. Looking ahead, LE predicts continued growth in new hotel openings with 338 new hotels/47,694 rooms scheduled to open in 2026, and 350 new hotels/47,987 rooms expected to open in 2027.