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Boss of holiday firm bans bigots

Tags: business

3 comments

  1. [3]
    DanBC
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    I'm really sorry for the lack of tags. I suck at tagging. I'm submitting this because I don't buy holidays and I'm not LGBTQ+ but this person's comments have made me consider buying their product....

    I'm really sorry for the lack of tags. I suck at tagging.

    I'm submitting this because I don't buy holidays and I'm not LGBTQ+ but this person's comments have made me consider buying their product. I want businesses to do better with inclusion and I want to support inclusive businesses.

    2 votes
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      cfabbro
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      Any chance you could quote the particular section that made you consider buying from this company? The article is behind a hard paywall so is completely inaccessible to non-subscribers such as myself.

      Any chance you could quote the particular section that made you consider buying from this company? The article is behind a hard paywall so is completely inaccessible to non-subscribers such as myself.

      4 votes
      1. DanBC
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        Ah, right. Here are non-paywalled articles. https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/hoseasons-boss-says-homophobic-and-racist-customers-are-not-welcome-1-6227036 The boss is gay. He experiences severe...

        Ah, right. Here are non-paywalled articles. https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/hoseasons-boss-says-homophobic-and-racist-customers-are-not-welcome-1-6227036

        The boss is gay. He experiences severe bullying at school. He thinks companies should make a stand, and he's said that if people are homophobic then he doesn't want them as customers.

        https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/hoseasons-boss-says-homophobic-and-racist-customers-are-not-welcome-1-6227036

        https://fenradio.co.uk/2019/08/21/hoseasons-holiday-boss-bans-homophobic-and-racist-customers-business-news-wisbech-standard/

        Simon Altham, chief portfolio officer of Awaze UK, the owners of Hoseasons, has revealed frank details of his own personal struggle as a gay man in business and said he had taken the brave commercial move to ban customers with extreme views.

        “I came to the conclusion that Hoseasons as a brand needed to stand for something and I don’t want racist or homophobic customers booking with Hoseasons. If you are homophobic or racist, Hoseasons isn’t the right brand for you,” he said.

        4 votes