Hours later, and we're stood outside the modestly named Hyatt Grand Champions Resort Hotel looking like pasty extras from a low-budget road movie.

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New World's Hong Kong inns -- the Regent, Grand Hyatt, New World Hotel and New World Harbor View Hotel -- have been steady earners.

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Grand Hyatt Beijing is an elegant, modern hotel located right in the heart of town.

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Hyatt International , which just opened a 674-room Grand Hyatt in Dubai, the chain's second property in that city, is negotiating to manage a luxury hotel in Kabul.

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