The figure of 10,391 rooms include those that are already under construction or under development, but does not include those in the pre-planning stage.
Dubai has more construction rooms under development than any other city in the region, according to the latest hotel pipeline report from STR Global.
The Construction Pipeline Report found that of the 120,795 hotels rooms currentely under construction in the Middle East, 10,391 are in Dubai.
Other markets with more than 1,000 hotel rooms under development are Riyadh (5,598 rooms), Abu Dhabi (3,727), Jeddah (2,313), Cairo (1,744) and Amman (1,547).
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These figures include rooms that are already under construction or under development, but does not include those in pre-planning stage.
In January of this year, Dubai's occupancy rates topped an average of 89.6 per cent, according to TRI Hospitality Consulting, an increase of 4.2% on the prior year.
More recently, a report by Jones Lang LaSalle for the second quarter of 2013 stated that the 58,000-plus rooms already developed in the Emirate achieved an occupancy rate of 85% during the period.
The new Oberoi Hotel in Business Bay was the only hotel to complete in Dubai during the quarter, but others including the Conrad Sheikh Zayed Road, Novotel Al Barsha, Sofitel Palm Jumeirah and Anantara Royal Amwaj are all set to open by the end of the year.
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