Hilton, for example, plans to grow to 300 hotels in the region over the next six years.

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Starwood Hotels and Resorts is just one company that is seeing the huge potential in the Middle East with plans to build 40 new hotels in the region by 2017.

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As wealthy Chinese and Russian tourists flock to the region, hotels are clamoring to offer the standard of service these guests have come to expect, in a language they understand.

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Among the international five-star hotels with business in the region include Hyatt, the Marriot and Intercontinental.

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But ten hotels are currently under construction in the region, and another 40 projects are in the works.

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Due to booming domestic demand, the Asia-Pacific region is seeing a mushrooming in hotels from international and regional chains.

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Shops and restaurants in the mining region are short-staffed, hotels and flights are fully booked, and car-hire agencies have no vehicles to spare.

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And then what does that mean for hotels and the rest of the tourism industry in the region?

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Today, says Jones Lang LaSalle, a property and hotel consultancy, hotels are the lowest-yielding property investment in the region.

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Today, the region is covered in reminders of French gratitude: statues of General Eisenhower, American flags fluttering outside hotels, memorials to soldiers.

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