Emerging-market hotels: CIS, Asia, Africa, LATAM
The next decade of hotel growth is in markets the global chains are too slow to reach. This guide collects the regional opportunities and the operating playbook for capturing them on your own name.
Why the gap exists
The big operators concentrate on a few gateway cities and leave strong independents under-served. The markets the big operators missed →
The CIS
Rising domestic and intra-regional travel plus a brand vacuum after the chains withdrew. The independent operator's guide to the CIS →
Southeast Asia
Character is the asset and distribution the constraint - build, brand or operate? Boutique hotels in Southeast Asia →
Africa and Latin America
The fastest-growing demand and the thinnest layer of operators in the world. Africa & Latin America: the next frontier → See which owner profile fits your situation on who it's for.