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 Ningbo

The full list of Hyatt openings in 2012:

North America and the Caribbean:

Hyatt French Quarter, Louisiana, USHyatt Union Square, New York, US

Hyatt Place San Jose Pinares, Costa Rica

Europe, Africa and the Middle EastAndaz Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hyatt Regency Vladivostok, Golden Horn, RussiaHyatt Vladivostok, Burny, Russia

Southwest Asia:

Park Hyatt Chennai, IndiaPark Hyatt Hyderabad, India

Hyatt Pace Hampi, IndiaHyatt Place Pune-Hinjewadi, India

Hyatt Place Bangalore-Whitefield, India

Asia Pacific:Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hyatt Regency Chongqing, ChinaHyatt Regency Qingdao, China

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