In the 12 months from April 2020 to March 2021, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has executed nearly 100 new construction deals across the United States, achieving approximately 90% of the previous 12 months’ pre-pandemic levels.
The company’s new construction pipeline, including newly introduced prototypes and dual-branded properties, now includes over 260 hotels that are currently under construction contributing to an overall new construction pipeline of 950 hotels, which will add approximately 140,000 rooms to its domestic and international portfolio.
In the second quarter of 2021 alone, La Quinta by Wyndham has opened or is scheduled to open six new construction upper-midscale Del Sol prototype hotels, which now has some 120 open.
With three recent U.S. openings, including the Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham Milford in Delaware, and the brand’s Moda prototype debut in Canada with the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Lac-Megantic in Quebec, the new Microtel by Wyndham Moda prototype remains on a steady growth trajectory with approximately 110 hotels in its development pipeline.
Wyndham’s new La Quinta and Hawthorn Suites extended-stay dual-brand concept that targets both business transient and extended-stay guests has 35 hotels in its development pipeline in markets.