Earlier this year, the W Hospitality Group Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey revealed that the number of planned hotel rooms in Africa was up to 64 000 in 365 hotels. This is an almost 30% increase compared with last year, driven by strong growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
However, a slump in commodities has hurt corporate travel on the continent and occupancies in a lot of African cities are down, raising the question of whether the pace of development is exceeding demand.
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