This makes me wonder how much money a day our taxes are paying in hotel rooms for people who we have already paid for their offices/bases for them. Seems like a giant waste of money for areas that don’t want them there.
That was a topic I saw going around before Trump’s election, people had done some math for that. When he stays in places like Trump Tower and all the secret service etc do too we are paying millions of dollars in taxes to fund luxury vacations essentially, to people that are also getting paid for it by taxes.
Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
I thought official press statements were supposed to cast the brand in a good light.
“Hilton’s position is clear: Our properties are open to everyone and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”
Words just don’t mean anything anymore, do they?
We do not tolerate any form of discrimination apparently means We provide hospitality to the worst perpetrators of discrimination
It means “We won’t discriminate between people who give us money. Whether they kill each other afterword is none of our concern.”
That is what they mean by it, but the fact they chose to express it as “not tolerating discrimination” as opposed to “not discriminating” or “not engaging in discrimination” really highlights that they are engaging in the social contract of tolerance with entities that are explicitly breaking said contract. This kind of weak willed “inclusion” for the sake of virtue signalling/profit is part of what makes fascists think that the paradox of tolerance is some killer argument against empathy
We like money no matter how evil the source.
Never was
“We want everyone to know that we value profit so much over human life that we’d literally gleefully house the Gestapo if we could make a penny out of it.” - Hilton Hotels
So they are cool with nazi conventions and stuff? Yikes.
Lost a chance to lock in my business for life.
yeah I don’t get how they thought that statement looks good for them
in any case, I’ll start booking my business trips at a different hotel
Psst, Hilton: it’s ok to discriminate against fascists actively using your hotel as a base to violate the Constitution.
Psst, Hilton: it’s ok to discriminate against fascist
Might want to look up Conrad Hilton’s political beliefs. Dude was blue blooded.
Been dead since the 70s though.
Let’s focus on the ones making decisions now.
His family inherited his ideology more or less as a condition of inheriting the fortune. The Hilton Global Foundation is a hot-house of arch-conservative progeny.
But in a good light to who?
Us, the crowd that ended up finding the fediverse? No.
They are cozying up to another hotel owner.
To whom.
I debated it, I really did.
If you can replace it with “him/her,” then it’s whom. If you can replace it with he/she, then it’s who
“They have taken immediate action to resolve this matter and are contacting impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated,” Hilton’s spokesperson said. “Hilton’s position is clear: Our properties are open to everyone and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”
A physical manifestation of the Paradox of Tolerance. I wonder how many staff members of that hotel decided to quit suddenly.
decided to quit suddenly.
I dunno about quitting - it’s not really the season for that - but I’ll bet that Flu bug going around hit a bunch of them for a week or two.
I wonder how many staff members of that hotel decided to quit suddenly
That might be your only option depending on your citizen status. You really do not want to be deported by ICE and ICE will totally deport that latin looking maid.
I wonder how many staff members are Hispanic immigrants. Is ICE just gonna save those for last because they’re changing their sheets for them, and round them all up the morning before they move on to somewhere else?
We do not discriminate against any individuals or agencies
Really??? I mean depending on your definition of “agency”, that might be a bad call.
Would you offer rooms to isis? What about illegal organizations in general? What about when you’re unsure, but suspect that an organization may be illegal?
I feel you may be thinking too deep on this one.
They backpetaled:
The company then pointed to a statement on Everspeak Hospitality’s website, saying this was the respective hotel. “Everpeak Hospitality has moved swiftly to address this matter as it was inconsistent with our policy of being a welcoming place for all. We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated. We do not discriminate against any individuals or agencies and apologize to those impacted,” the statement said.
Actual Link: https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/
Archive Link: https://archive.ph/e3TJNThey still got disowned and dumped by Hilton corporate:
Hilton removing MN hotel that denied ICE bookings from its system
Corporate scumbags throwing the hotel owner under the bus so they can continue profiting from the Gestapo. How can a hotel full of ICE thugs be a welcoming place for all?
They’re better off not being attached to a Nazi-loving corp anyway.
One would think. They probably now owe Hilton a fortune and still have to pay to rebrand everything.
it was inconsistent with our policy of being a welcoming place for all
Where nazis are welcome, no one else is.
They should just behave like Trump’s admin: making a statement while actually not doing anything to “accomodate the guests”, keep taking their reservations and cancel them at the last minute again, for a different bullshit reason every time.
a welcoming place for nazis
Phew, they almost had balls. That was a close one.
Local management did. Corpos always go with the $$$.
That’s called Capitalism, boys. The Free Market rules.
I suspect that front office manager may have fucked up. Seems like a big decision that should be sent out through the gm or marketing.
It’s a franchise.
They usually still have a general manager on property,and a marketing person for the region if nothing else.
I don’t understand why a corporate GM would be at an independently operated hotel. Marketing doesn’t need to be involved in canceling some reservations. ICE is just making a big deal out of this because they are little bitch babies. Get another hotel. Sleep in a barn. Jump off a cliff. Whatever.
Hilton already apologized
She’s such a pushover.
Hilton just loves to take it.
