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Construction of the 25-story JW Marriott Detroit Water Square hotel in 2025. Photo: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Downtown's hotel pipeline is ramping up to attract more events and conventions.

Why it matters: More than 1,600 new hotel rooms are slated to come online — about a 25% increase from today's roughly 6,000 rooms, per Visit Detroit.