ARLINGTON, Va. – 10 February 2025 – Among markets outside of the U.S, Shanghai, London and Dubai are projected to open the most hotel rooms in 2025, according to CoStar’s pipeline data. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

 Europe

• In construction: 171,294 rooms (0.0%)
• Final Planning: 86,438 rooms (-22.3%)
• Planning: 163,184 rooms (-8.6%)

Europe shows 106,729 projected room openings in 2025, including those already opened this year. Three major markets in the region are projected to open more than 3,000 rooms for the year: London (5,632), Istanbul (3,920) and Dublin (3,197).

Asia Pacific

• In construction: 511,666 rooms (+4.9%)
• Final Planning: 47,241 rooms (-57.6%)
• Planning: 396,598 rooms (+36.4%)

The region is at 228,468 projected rooms openings for this year with Shanghai (7,953), Chengdu (4,821), Shenzhen (3,946), Kuala Lumpur (3,841), Suzhou (3,403) and Bangkok (3,199) among leaders at the market level.

Middle East & Africa

• In construction: 104,572 rooms (-6.7%)
• Final Planning: 28,875 rooms (-21.8%)
• Planning: 94,056 rooms (+17.1%)

Mostly focused in the Middle East, the region is at 50,683 projected room openings for 2025, with notable counts in Dubai (5,344), Makkah (4,749), Qatar (3,936), Riyadh (3,485) and Jeddah (3,156).

Americas

• In construction: 204,217 rooms (+1.8%)
• Final Planning: 301,645 rooms (+4.3%)
• Planning: 407,254 rooms (+10.1%)

The region is projected for 138,909 room openings in 2025. Excluding the U.S., which is led in projected openings by New York City and Nashville, leaders include the Dominican Republic (3,543) and Toronto (1,460).

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The arrival of 2025 brings a new vision for the architecture, construction, and design sectors. Interiors will become extensions of our identities, where technology blends seamlessly with aesthetics, and harmony becomes the central theme. 
From visual alignment between doors and panels to customization inspired by a human touch, the upcoming year promises significant strides in the environments we inhabit.

As one of Europe’s leading players in the design and production of doors, frames, wardrobes, panels, and furniture pieces, Vicaima anticipates five trends that will make a difference in residential, hospitality, or commercial projects. 

1. Seamless Harmony in Design: From Doors to Panels

The perfect symbiosis of décor elements will be a central trend in 2025. Clean, visually fluid environments with continuous design will define the concept of modernity in the coming times.

In this context, Vicaima has developed new finish options created to meet global trends and professional needs. Available not only for doors but also for wardrobes, panels, and furniture pieces, these solutions create cohesive and elegant spaces, exuding sophistication. 

A scenario where tones and textures take center stage, meeting the demand for personalized and highly integrated designs. Pantone's Color of the Year, Mocha Mousse, emerges as a perfect symbol of this trend. This warm tone, reminiscent of natural wood and organic materials, promises to stand out by adding a sense of interconnection, comfort, and harmony to interiors. 

2. A Human Touch to Balance Technological Abundance

In an era where technology — particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI) — plays a central role in customization and process optimization, balancing innovation with humanization will be essential. Personalized spaces, reflecting a desire for welcoming environments, underscore the need for a human touch in the digital age.

Vicaima Infinity stands out for its ability to create fully customizable pieces that tell unique stories. Each project becomes an expression of identity, offering solutions that meet the most specific needs of architects and designers. 

AI will continue driving the creation of decorative concepts by analyzing patterns and preferences, combined with the professionals’ sensitive eye. The future will thus be a fusion of technological precision and human creativity. Innovation promises to amplify the human touch, and in 2025, we will see more personalized spaces where every detail reflects the users’ style and story. 

AI will also enhance the creation process, enabling professionals to analyze millions of images, styles, and trends, helping overcome creative blocks and explore new ideas. 

On a practical level, upcoming innovations will leverage AI to optimize processes and enhance safety in the construction industry. By analyzing data and identifying patterns, AI can detect potential problems in equipment and safety systems, preventing failures and ensuring building security. 

Beyond design and production, technology will also play a vital role in professional interaction with solutions. AI-powered tools, such as the Vicaima 24/7 chatbot available in the UK (and expected to expand to new markets in 2025), provide simple, direct access to information about companies, products, news, and projects in an interactive way akin to a conversation. 

2025 thus emerges as the ideal time for the industry to evolve holistically through digitalization. Acting as a united sector, it will promote technological integration to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and prepare for future challenges. 

3. Products Beyond Functionality

The growing demand for products that transcend their traditional roles will be at the heart of next year’s trends. Integrated construction solutions — where sleek lines and high-quality materials coexist — reflect a clear preference for minimalist spaces that balance form and function. 

This movement toward visual continuity emphasizes the importance of every design detail, with Portaro® — one of Vicaima's most iconic brands — playing an essential role in elevating architectural environments and adapting to diverse concepts. Doors will increasingly integrate with panels and walls in total harmony, blending seamlessly with surrounding structures. The result is interiors that exude lightness and sophistication, creating a unique visual impact. 

Other elements, such as wardrobes, will no longer be mere storage pieces but central décor components that contribute to a space’s identity and aesthetics. Attention to detail and the sophistication of materials transform wardrobes into icons that harmonize effortlessly with any environment. 

In 2025, we anticipate a focus on premium wardrobes with exclusive accessories that enhance user experience. Moreover, other segments will also see a growing addition of accessories that add value to solutions, offering an “extra touch” that makes a significant difference in décor impact. 

Whether in homes or various types of projects, these elements will play a vital role in creating elegant and highly functional spaces, contributing to the identity and exclusivity of interior designs. 

4. Sustainable Materials: Present with Purpose

Sustainability will remain a fundamental pillar but will take on a more purposeful role. Beyond being an ecological choice, products and solutions that combine sophisticated design with a lower carbon footprint will naturally address the most demanding challenges. 

For doors, Portaro® solutions with thermal performance exemplify this trend, combining this capability with acoustic, fire-resistance, and security features. With a UD=1.2W/(m².ºC), the Portaro® Thermal achieves an A-rating in thermal transmittance, ensuring excellent insulation and high energy performance while offering a sophisticated design that integrates seamlessly into any decorative space. This meets the need to reduce energy consumption without compromising comfort or quality — a performance also found in other Vicaima solutions. 

In addition, the use of materials certified by entities such as FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) reinforces the commitment to environmentally responsible practices, ensuring that design elegance reflects a positive impact on future generations. 

As a whole, sustainability will align with broader solutions. The use of eco-friendly and innovative construction materials is increasing, with a growing emphasis on renewable, recyclable, or low-impact materials. While the higher initial cost of sustainable buildings may be a concern, this can be offset by lower lifecycle costs due to reduced energy consumption and maintenance. 

Alongside wood and its contribution to decarbonization, Vicaima has pursued positive transformation through a global sustainability policy, fully aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Investments in renewable energy, waste recovery, and digitalization projects form part of a wide range of actions and partnerships aimed at achieving these goals. 

5. Innovative Launches Will Become More Frequent

In a constantly evolving market, innovation will remain a driver of transformation. The demand for quick and efficient solutions will fuel the continuous release of products that address flexible design and functionality needs. 

Construction projects are expected to increase in 2025, driven by factors such as population growth, urbanization, and infrastructure development needs. The demand for housing, especially in urban areas, is expected to remain high, highlighting the need to address housing deficits and the growing demand for more sustainable and affordable housing solutions. 

Deloitte predicts that after ending 2024 with a 10% growth, the construction industry is expected to continue expanding globally this year, despite fluctuations in interest rates. 

Simultaneously, the hospitality sector remains attractive to investors, with significant growth in projects focused on luxury hospitality and sustainable tourism, driven by the global recovery in tourism. This trend is expected to continue into the new year, with the Global Travel Outlook 2025 estimating a 9% increase in family budgets allocated to travel. 

In a world increasingly oriented toward sustainability, personalization, and visual harmony, Vicaima envisions the coming year as an opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to solutions that combine aesthetics and functionality. Whether in residential, hospitality, commercial services, healthcare, or education, 2025 will be marked by unique, inspiring, and future-ready spaces.

Independent hoteliers are turning to all-in-one tools to increase consistency on property, reducing friction and improving ROI through new efficiencies.

By Warren Dehan

Today’s independent hoteliers often feel trapped between the rising costs of operating their properties and guests' sky-high expectations for each stay. But with the right tech stack, your hotel could be operating smoothly with tools that pay for themselves over time. In this case, it may require independents to rethink their tech partnerships and how many they need to operate efficiently in 2025.

Independents yearning for a more efficient operations model are increasingly investigating all-in-one Property Management Systems capable of serving each of their operational needs while integrating with third parties to address anything beyond what the all-in-one includes. Good news: This strategy is more viable today than ever and can help a hotel recoup its return on investment for operations technology in record time. All-in-one PMS technology assists hotels to provide the best possible experience without investing in many different systems, cutting down the number of tech partnerships they need to navigate, and technical integrations that need to be managed.

Consolidating your independent hotel’s operations technology into the PMS creates a consistent operations environment across all departments, improving operations without adding complications. The more independent hotels reduce operational friction, the more they can focus on hospitality.

Comfort, Context, and Consistency

Hoteliers' time spent decoding their PMS operations often feels like money lost. Operating costs and labor are among the most significant barriers to success today, and an integrated all-in-one PMS is the ideal tool to support independent operators’ labor needs over the long term by creating consistency. The hotel PMS can often feel overwhelming, even for experienced hoteliers, and efforts to familiarize or simplify these tools will create a more stable operations environment.

Through simplifying operations, hotels can realize cost savings associated with reduced training time, smoother employee transfers between properties, fewer errors, and a more enjoyable work experience for employees. When using fewer integrations overall, independents can focus their attention away from technology and processes and dedicate themselves fully to the hotel experience.

Consolidating the majority of hotel operations tools to the PMS can also assist with data management between departments. Hotels today excel at leveraging the basics of hotel operations technology, such as inter-property communication and tracking work orders or housekeeping requests. In 2025, it’s time to expand those features to include embedded payment processing to cut down on fees and maintain your brand during all payments. Independent hotels must also consider the impact of loyalty programs on optimizing the guest experience. Through data-driven insights supplied across the PMS, hotels can increase the effectiveness of their loyalty campaigns and more accurately target guests at the right moment.

Hotels benefit from sharing guest data across departments, especially when each tool is accessible through an all-in-one PMS. The technology is even more impactful when leveraging revenue management tools or across more than one hotel through multi-property management, reducing time spent managing each property’s individual revenue strategy. Combined with an all-in-one PMS in each hotel, a portfolio of independent properties can make individual decisions or operate as a group to increase their agility and strategic positioning. The process becomes second nature when all of these capabilities are under one roof.

Filling the Gaps

Even an all-in-one PMS may not always fit every independent hotelier’s unique needs in today's operating environment. However, the main benefit of an all-in-one system is its wide-reaching integrations and ability to pull data from nearly any hotel department. This allows operators to simplify the technology they use to operate their properties–or it should. Hoteliers must locate a technology partner that not only provides the capabilities they need but is also willing and able to form integration partnerships and seamlessly deploy them at their property.

This concern is of unique importance to independent hoteliers. These properties can rarely make do with a cut-and-paste solution and may require more attention from their technology partners. Independents should seek out experienced technology partners capable of working with them step-by-step throughout this process. Any unnecessary time spent during the deployment process can penalize a hotel’s path to quickly realized benefits, so choosing a partner who is invested in your property’s success is vital.

Hotels rely on technology to remain profitable today, but the web of required partnerships and implementations often feels like they are weighing operators down, not lifting them. The time is now for hoteliers to take stock of their needed capabilities and consolidate wherever possible. Your operations teams will thank you, and so will your bottom line.

McLEAN, Va. – In a year in which Hilton announced new strategic partnerships and acquisitions and accelerated hotel development worldwide, the company set historic records for growth. Hilton added 973 hotels and nearly 100,000 rooms in 2024, the single biggest increase in rooms in Hilton’s more than 100-year history, achieving net unit growth of 7.3%.

Hilton also strengthened its development pipeline, signing more than 1,430 hotels representing 154,000 rooms in 2024. The company’s pipeline now stands at roughly 3,600 hotels totaling more than 498,500 rooms, a year-over-year increase of 8% in pipeline rooms. 

In 2024, construction started on 88,500 rooms, excluding acquisitions and partnerships, the highest level of construction starts in Hilton’s history. Hilton continues to have more new rooms under construction than any other hotel company with approximately one in every five hotel rooms under construction globally slated to join the company’s portfolio.

“We’re incredibly proud of our growth last year, driven by the performance of our brands and our team’s commitment to delivering the very best stays for our guests and impressive returns for owners,” said Chris Nassetta, president and CEO, Hilton. “Given the strength of our commercial engines, family of brands, and global network, we continue to feel good about our growth this year. Our development pipeline and construction starts are strengthening around the world, and demand for travel remains strong, leading to increased confidence in our expectations for net unit growth of 6-7% in 2025.”

Hilton’s growth has been bolstered by a number of global milestones, meeting guest demand in new locations and market segments for Hilton.

• Lifestyle brands Graduate by Hilton and NoMad joined Hilton’s portfolio in spring 2024, expanding Hilton’s new development opportunities in university communities and growing luxury markets around the world.
• The launch of an exclusive partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) added hundreds of independently minded luxury hotels to Hilton’s luxury portfolio, which continues to be anchored by the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts and Signia by Hilton brands. With more than 500 hotels worldwide, Hilton’s luxury portfolio is now one of the largest in the industry with additional marquee openings slated for this year to include Waldorf Astoria New York, Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Punta Cacique, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai Qiantan, Waldorf Astoria Osaka, Waldorf Astoria Morocco Rabat Sale, Conrad Hamburg, Conrad Athens and Signia by Hilton Amman.
• Spark by Hilton, which continues to define the premium economy segment, opened its first hotel in September 2023 and has now surpassed 100 trading hotels, including locations in the UK, Canada and Austria, with plans to further expand the brand in new markets around the world.
• Long-stay brand LivSmart Studios by Hilton, launched in 2023, expects to open its first hotel this summer in Kokomo, Indiana, with hundreds more in various stages of negotiation.

“Our diversified and strategic approach to development continues to generate robust growth, bringing us closer to our goal of serving any guest, for any stay occasion, anywhere in the world,” said Kevin Jacobs, CFO and president, global development, Hilton. “Signings and construction starts increased meaningfully in 2024, giving us great momentum heading into the new year. With approximately half a million rooms in our development pipeline, coupled with favorable supply and demand fundamentals more broadly and a growing global middle class, we’re confident in our ability to deliver sustained growth in 2025 and beyond.” 

Hilton has more than 8,400 properties trading worldwide. The company debuted its brands in several new markets in 2024, including Paraguay, Nepal and Bonaire, bringing the total number of countries and territories where Hilton operates to 140. Hilton also welcomed more than 224 million guests to its properties last year, more than any year in its history.

More information on the latest exciting openings slated across Hilton’s global network in 2025 is available here.