Shangri-La Asia, which runs 71 luxury hotels around the world, has temporarily stopped importing fresh food from Japan, according to Bloomberg News.

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In contrast, most Asian hotel chains, such as Shangri-La Asia, Mandarin-Oriental, and Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (which holds the Peninsula brand), own and manage their own hotels.

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As rivals began moving manufacturing to cheap outposts in Asia, Jacobs set up a factory in ritzy La Jolla, Calif.

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The dispute took center stage earlier this month when defense officials from 28 Asia-Pacific nations gathered at the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore.

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