"It is known that he had just left the Rock Bottom Bar which is at the Regent Hotel in the area of Deira, " the family said in a statement.

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But after a frustrating year, most of that money has gone home: no major deals have emerged (although Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, is in a bidding war for the Regent Hotel in Bangkok).

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On May 31, when ASEAN foreign ministers convened in the Kuala Lumpur Regent Hotel to take the historic step, demonstrators outside were crying foul.

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By the time the hotel emerged in April 2007 as the Regent Palms, only two members of the original management team remained.

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Perhaps the best thing about this hotel, which originally opened in 1980 as the Regent, is the port-side view from your rooms.

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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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Well, because the hotel--now the Regent Palms--invited me late last year.

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But since the Regent Luxury Group assumed control in September 2006, the hotel had undergone an extreme psychic makeover, and management was asking for another chance.

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