According to the June 2012 STR Global Construction Pipeline Report, the Asia Pacific hotel development pipeline comprises 1,625 hotels totaling 374,604 rooms. Among the Chain Scale segments, the upscale segment reported the largest number of rooms in the total active pipeline with 25.7 percent and 96,274 rooms.

Blue Diamond Hotels & Resorts, a division of the Sunwing Travel Group, recently announced the purchase of the Grand Paradise Bavaro Beach Resort, Casino and Spa in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.