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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHyatt Hotels is happily hosting an anti-Muslim hate group, even as competitors close their doors
Hyatt Hotels is happily hosting an anti-Muslim hate group, even as competitors close their doors
The hotel chain even offered conference attendees discounted rates.
Sam Fulwood III
Aug 31, 2018, 8:45 am
Defying pleas and petitions urging Hyatt Hotels to not host to a well-documented, anti-Muslim hate group, officials with the hospitality conglomerate said Thursday they would move ahead with plans to provide accommodations and discounted rates next week for guests attending the ACT for America conference at a suburban Washington, D.C. location.
ACT for America, which dubiously describes itself as the nations largest and most influential national security organization, plans to host its 10th annual national conference at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, a convention hotel in northern Virginia thats located a mile or so from Reagan National Airport, and just across the Potomac River from the National Mall in downtown Washington, D.C. For attendees who registered before the August 17th deadline, Hyatt offered a special hotel room rate of $299.
Outraged by the hotel chains coziness with ACT for America, an organization identified by both The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Anti-Defamation League as an anti-Muslim extremist and hate group, a coalition of civil rights organizations and activists on Thursday delivered a petition with 100,000 signatures and a letter co-signed by 34 different faith groups demanding Hyatt refuse to host those attending the September 4-5 events.
In a letter addressed to Hyatt Hotels President and CEO Mark S. Hoplamazian, the Rev. Ron Stief and Kathryn Mary Lohr co-chairs of Shoulder To Shoulder, a coalition of 34 religious denominations and organizations that advocate for fair treatment of American Muslims expressed the groups deep concerns about this event and Hyatts decision to host it. The letter noted:
ACT for America is a hate group, plain and simple, Stief and Lohre wrote. The hate espoused by ACT directly impacts Americans who are Muslim, including the many Muslim families in Northern Virginia, where most of Virginias 300,000+ Muslims live. Just last year, in March 2017, the home of a Muslim family in Alexandria walking distance from your hotel was the target of hateful vandalism. . . .
At a time in our nations history when hate groups and white supremacists have gained public attention and propagated violence through rallies and public events, and when anti-Muslim hate crimes have reached unprecedented levels, we are asking you to consider your moral responsibility as a corporation to contribute to a society that espouses inclusion and dignity, rather than the hate and fear-mongering to which ACT for America is committed.
At a time in our nations history when hate groups and white supremacists have gained public attention and propagated violence through rallies and public events, and when anti-Muslim hate crimes have reached unprecedented levels, we are asking you to consider your moral responsibility as a corporation to contribute to a society that espouses inclusion and dignity, rather than the hate and fear-mongering to which ACT for America is committed.
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https://thinkprogress.org/hyatt-hotels-anti-muslim-conference-aa0c38b5d733/
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Hyatt Hotels is happily hosting an anti-Muslim hate group, even as competitors close their doors (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2018
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JB Pritzker, A member of the Hyatt business family is running for governor of illinois
kimbutgar
Aug 2018
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kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)1. JB Pritzker, A member of the Hyatt business family is running for governor of illinois
This could be used against him. Someone in his campaign needs to let him know.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. Did you mean "Hatte Hotels"?
Time for a boycott.