Eight Busiest Cities for Hotel DevelopmentEight Busiest Cities for Hotel Development

Strong local economies keep hotel developers coming back to cities like New York, Dallas and Miami. In these markets, developers are building both a large number of new rooms and a high overall number of new projects. “A lot of the construction is in ‘upscale,’ … a lot don’t have extensive food and beverage,” says Bobby Bowers, senior vice president of operations for STR Inc., a provider of hotel market data and benchmarking.

Other cities have a large number of new rooms under construction at the smaller number of mega-hotels, often designed the serve convention centers or casinos.

Here’s a ranking of the top markets for hotel development: