Since the recession, most developers have had to put up at least 50% of a given hotel project's cost.

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He refused to stay at the Mandarin, saying there was no need to put him up in a luxury hotel or make the staff work overtime during the Lunar New Year holiday just for his benefit.

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The family then caught the same aircraft back to Cardiff, arriving at around 1645 BST on Sunday and were put up by their holiday company in a nearby hotel.

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