ORLANDO, Fla. – Nine new hotels are expected to open in this year in the Orlando area.
STR, which globally tracks the hotel industry, reported that the new hotels will add about 1,300 rooms for tourists in the region.
STR told the Orlando Sentinel that even more construction is planned: More than 25 new properties are expected to bring an additional 5,200 hotel rooms to Orlando, Sanford and Kissimmee in 2018.
At Orlando International Airport, an ongoing $1.1 billion expansion project includes renovations to the 445-room Hyatt hotel.
Maria Triscari of the International Drive Resort Area Chamber of Commerce said the increasing number of hotels matches a surge in attractions coming to the Central Florida tourism corridor. Triscari said that surge includes about $1 billion in new and planned development.