September 22, 2016 – PORTSMOUTH, NH – According to the recent Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the Middle East from Lodging Econometrics (LE), the total pipeline has 495 Projects/142,946 Rooms, up 16% by projects and 11% by rooms Year-Over-Year (YOY). For hotels currently Under Construction, the Middle East Pipeline has 282 Projects/88,545 Rooms, up 26% by projects and 19% by rooms YOY. There are 103 Projects/24,211 Rooms Scheduled to Start Construction in the Next 12 Months, up 8% by projects and 7% by rooms. Projects in Early Planning, 110 Projects/30,190 Rooms, are down 16% by projects and 11% by rooms.