HVS counts more than 200 Caribbean projects
The Caribbean development pipeline holds more than 200 hospitality projects across recently opened, under construction, final planning and announced stages. HVS published the count in its regional pipeline summary dated 12 October 2026. Hotel News Resource carried the piece on 13 October 2026.
The summary carries two charts. Both credit CoStar and HVS as their source. One chart is headed "Dominican Republic Leads the Region with 103 New Projects in the Pipeline".
Four markets hold the largest project counts
HVS names four leaders for this cycle. They are The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Barbados.
The Dominican Republic holds 103 projects on its own. HVS puts that total at 48.6 per cent of all Caribbean projects in the pipeline and 53.1 per cent of all pipeline keys. The summary places the concentration in Punta Cana, the Miches corridor, Pedernales and Puerto Plata.
Luxury and upper-upscale take almost 60 per cent
HVS counts 58.9 per cent of all new development projects and 71.1 per cent of all new keys in the luxury and upper-upscale classes. Its own summary line for the project share reads "nearly 60.0%".
Jamaica carries the widest gap between the two measures. Its share of pipeline keys is 11.3 per cent. Its share of pipeline projects is 4.2 per cent. HVS attributes the gap to the scale and scope of the market's luxury and upper-upscale developments.
Residential components sit inside the capital stack
HVS estimates 64 residential components attached to the development pipeline. The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos hold 40.6 per cent of the branded residential pipeline between them. The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico follow.
The summary states that nearly every major luxury project pairs hotel rooms with for-sale branded residences. Presale deposits and gross sale proceeds from those residences form a significant part of the capital stack in HVS's account.
The named schemes
The Bahamas carries Montage Cay, Bvlgari, Amancaya and the Ritz-Carlton Reserve at Cotton Bay. Baha Mar is expanding with a fourth resort and residences.
Puerto Rico's Esencia development carries a $2-billion project value. HVS states it will reportedly feature Mandarin Oriental and Rosewood products with residences.
Three brands enter the region under new flags. Mandarin Oriental is completing its first Caribbean new-build in Grand Cayman. Pendry has entered the Caribbean for the first time in Barbados. Equinox makes its Caribbean debut in Anguilla with a 118-berth marina for yachts and super yachts.
The market read behind the count
HVS states the snapshot illustrates a bullish attitude toward the region's vacation destinations. The summary places the strongest investor appetite in high-end and luxury travel.
The summary also records that the pipeline will shed projects before completion. Some of the hotel, resort and branded-residential projects will go unbuilt, and new developments are announced almost every month. The count measures announced and planned supply at one date in October 2026.
The author and the conference
Shannon L. Sampson wrote the summary. Sampson is a Managing Director at HVS and leads the firm's Caribbean region consulting and valuation practice. HVS dates the piece 12 October 2026, one day before Hotel News Resource published it.
HVS will present the pipeline in detail at CHICOS, the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit. The 15th edition runs 10 to 12 November 2026 at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.
The organiser describes CHICOS as the region's annual hospitality conference. Owners, developers, investors, lenders, operators, tourism officials and industry advisers attend. The programme covers development trends, capital markets, brand expansion and the investment outlook for the Caribbean and Latin America.
The Day-Use Lines the Summary Does Not Carry
The summary carries no day-use line. It states no hourly rate, no daytime window, no part-day occupancy figure and no revenue figure for a part-day slot. The 200 projects and the 64 residential components are asset-level counts, and they name no room type and no rate position a daytime operator could sell.
The Caribbean's Day-Use Shelf
Dayuse.com publishes its city list in a sitemap. That file carried 10,973 city entries across 44 country paths on 15 October 2026, and its hotels sitemap carried 11,877 property pages across 30 country paths. Neither file carries a Caribbean country path.
The platform listed no Caribbean day-use hotel on that date. A daytime operator reading the pipeline starts from counts stated in keys and in projects.