International outcry to boycott these famous hotels

Posted on 5 April 2019

Amid the passing of an anti-LGBTQAI+ rule by the Sultan of Brunei, an international outcry to boycott the luxury hotels that he owns has gained mass support. The law has essentially made same-sex relations punishable by death, via stoning. The sultan owns 9 luxury hotels across USA and Europe.

The likes of George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres have taken to their social media platforms to condemn the law and to call on the public to think twice about supporting these hotels.

The list of hotels included in the group are:

– Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, USA

– The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, USA

– The Dorchester in London, UK

– 45 Park Lane in London, UK

– Coworth Park in Ascot, UK

– Le Meurice in Paris, France

– Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris, France

– Hotel Eden in Rome, Italy

– Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, Italy

The social media pages of each hotel have become inaccessible across various social media platforms. Although not every account has been deleted, eight of the accounts have been deleted or deactivated on Twitter.

Hotel Principle de Savoia in Italy is on “protected”, meaning it is still present on the website, but the tweets cannot be viewed.

The Instagram accounts of all but three of the hotels have been deactivated or deleted. Le Meurice and Hôtel Plaza Athénée in France and Hotel Eden in Rome switched to “private” preventing people from viewing the posts.

The boycott has taken effect all across the world with Virgin Australia ending a deal with Brunei’s national carrier.

TripAdvisor has banned reviews of the hotels on its platform, but Yelp is still allowing people to post reviews. As a result of the backlash, Dorchester Collection – the company managing the nine hotels – released a statement on their website saying: “We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”

All  eight hotels have been made inaccessible on Facebook. Attempting to view their pages presents an error message.

 

 

Image source: Twitter @bkonthescene






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