As a result of a significant spike in the cost of raw materials following the pandemic, as well as a steady increase in interest rates making it more difficult to finance projects, hotel construction has slowed to a crawl within the past year. Nevertheless, while development executives acknowledge the aforementioned obstacles, they remain hopeful that some of the factors previously constricting new-build projects will begin to loosen up going forward. In fact, according to STR, […]

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