Hyatt Hotels Corporation (HHC) will open 14 new hotels and resorts during 2012 with a focus on benefiting from the growing Asian market.
Eight of the 14 new properties will be in Asia and only two in North America.
Among the Asian openings is the 412-bedroom Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, which will house a spa with 11 treatment rooms, an indoor swimming pool and two restaurants.
The group has identified India as one of its primary markets, with five new hotels launching in 2012 - a significant addition to its current 10 sites.
Hyatt is also expanding in China, where it already operates 20 hotels. One the two new launches in 2012 is the landmark Hyatt Regency Qingdao scheduled for a Q3 opening.
The 450-room Quingdao property forms part of an upscale, mixed-use development located on the western section of the Old Stoneman Beach in the Laoshan District.
The hotel's spa will have eight treatment rooms, a sauna area, hydrotherapy stations and an indoor swimming pool.
Other facilities at the hotel include a health club and four restaurants and bars - including a fine dining Chinese restaurant with 10 private rooms.
Hyatt launched four new resort hotels in China in 2011, including the country's first
Park Hyatt-branded property in the eastern coastal city of NingboThe full list of Hyatt openings in 2012:North America and the Caribbean:
Hyatt French Quarter, Louisiana, US
Hyatt Union Square, New York, US
Hyatt Place San Jose Pinares, Costa Rica
Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Andaz Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hyatt Regency Vladivostok, Golden Horn, Russia
Hyatt Vladivostok, Burny, Russia
Southwest Asia:
Park Hyatt Chennai, India
Park Hyatt Hyderabad, India
Hyatt Pace Hampi, India
Hyatt Place Pune-Hinjewadi, India
Hyatt Place Bangalore-Whitefield, India
Asia Pacific:
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hyatt Regency Chongqing, China
Hyatt Regency Qingdao, China
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