Travel site removes all Trump hotels from portfolio
A UK travel site is to remove all Donald Trump’s hotels after complaints from customers outraged that it is featuring accommodation owned by the outspoken presidential candidate.
The founders of EarnAway.com, which allows its members to earn cashback on their hotel bookings, say they ‘refuse to contribute any further to Trump’s domination of the American political system’.
Co-founder Robert Berrisford said: "At EarnAway we have historically offered our customers the best deals on trips to some of Donald Trump’s most well-known international hotels, such as The Trump SoHo in New York, The Trump Plaza in New Jersey and Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
"However, we have now made the decision to remove all of his hotels and resorts from our website as we feel it’s ethically and morally wrong for us to effectively help fund and contribute to a political campaign that we have such strong opposition to.
"As a company, we feel particularly strongly about this move as we don’t agree with Donald Trump’s personal or political views and do not think that this man should become president.
"Until recently, Mr Trump was self-funding his own campaign, and therefore we don’t want to be contributing in any way to his electoral campaign by enabling users to find deals for his hotels on our site."
"I am not at all worried about this decision having a detrimental effect on our business; in fact we have already had a number of complaints from some of our regular customers who don’t appreciate the fact that we promote Trump’s hotels in the first place.
"Hopefully, we can inspire other online travel agencies to follow suit and dissuade Britons from sending any extra money his way."
By the time Trump arrives in the UK to officially open his developed property, The Turnberry Hotel, in South-West Scotland on June 24, all of Donald Trump’s hotels currently featured on the site will have been removed.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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