The Asia Pacific hotel pipeline is among the healthiest in the world, perhaps only second to the Americas, largely fueled by new construction in the United States. This summer, the Asia Pacific pipeline has shown no signs of slowing down. June alone brought the region a pipeline report of 612,210 guestrooms across 2,767 hotel projects, which is a 6.2-percent increase in rooms under development compared with June 2016. This under development status includes projects that are in construction and the various stages of planning, but it does not include those that are currently unconfirmed.

Here are the countries with the most robust pipelines in Asia Pacific. 1. China: With 745 projects, China is by far the leader in terms of how many hotels it currently has in its pipeline. 2. India: India ranks second in the Asia Pacific region with 179 total hotel projects. India is also the second most populous country in the region, behind China. 3. Australia and Russia: With 120 upcoming projects each, Australia and Russia are tied for third on the list of top 10 hotel pipelines in the Asia Pacific region. 4. Indonesia: Indonesia comes in fourth place with 116 projects lined up to increase its hotel stock. 5. Thailand: Thailand follows close behind Indonesia with 91 hotel projects in its development pipeline. 6. Malaysia: Malaysia takes sixth place with 79 projects currently under development. 7. Vietnam: With 76 hotel projects in its development pipeline, Vietnam takes seventh place. 8. The Philippines: The Philippines's development pipeline currently has 38 projects underway. 9. Japan: Japan rounds out the list in last place with 32 hotel projects in its development pipeline. (News via hotelmanagement)