GAV Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 A HOTEL in Austria has outraged local tourism and fellow hotel owners by banning Jewish guests. The Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus, Tyrol, is said to have turned away a Jewish family because of "bad experiences" in the past, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reports. The hotel owner allegedly emailed the family and told them although the room was free, she did want to take in Jewish guests. The Haus Sonnenhof's reaction has angered other hotels in Serfaus, which has become popular with orthodox Jewish tourists in recent years. "One such incident could destroy all the hard work by others in the travel industry," Hotel Alpenruh-Micheluzzi owner Petra Micheluzzi told the German Press Agency, DPA. She said this was a view echoed by local and regional tourism officials. The father of the rejected Jewish family has reportedly shunned the village of Serfaus and taken the family elsewhere to holiday. "I don't want to spend my vacation in such a racist nest, and I will inform all my friends about what is going on in Tyrol," he told DPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Plenty of hotels and guest houses in Thailand have a sign with the Star of David with a big red cross through it banning Israelis from staying. Sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FLGlenn Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 It's as if the Pharaohs have returned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCHANELX Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 it's ever where,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and will take a lot to eliminate/stop racism........ i have worked with an orthodox jewish boss long time ago, he was very nice, very cool and generous (which is not common for jewish ppl lmao)......well i guess he's one of the brooklyn cool jew? dunno ...... but i have seen few of his business associates that are like obnoxious, cheap, rude, demanding, and discriminating towards non jewish staff. once a close friend of my boss was commenting about my work "attire" .."why is she wearing pants, and V-neck tops?" lol i was like woahhh first off......look at me...seriously...can you find any jewish in me? ....... im not jewish........and this is america..........calm down already........jeeezzz that was a m.williamson blazer too you know lol anyways.....my point is not all of them are that way.....but a good numbers of them are, it's their belief, religion etc ..sometimes it does gives other good jews a bad name. few of my friends are jewish (1st generation american) but they are very cool as well as their parent (mostly israeli, polish, russian etc) esp my friend jana who's adam sandler's close cousin.....they are very cool ppl.....ohhhhh i need to fwrd this article to jana lmao and trust me jews TALK and they will tell all their friends and family or whom ever they come across about this..............they live all over the world but trust me you never know if they belief/follow the same rabbi ....im serious there are jews every where but they have very tight circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Plenty of hotels and guest houses in Thailand have a sign with the Star of David with a big red cross through it banning Israelis from staying.Sad but true. seriously ?? i did hear ppl in samui complaining about young isreali's being a pain, but never saw any place actually banning them !! mind u .... don't think anybody could be a patch on the brit lager louts hitting spain in the 80's !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 oh well at least l got my freedom to go and stay where l wish and l love it. But l think it's only expressing their opinions about a certain race of people and that's freedom also. My ex boss was from a Jewish family and what he said to me on several occasions pin pointing business actions I could not write here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang_subson Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I've seen it in Nepal too. It's not a religious issue, as most Nepalis are Hindu. The problem, as I understand it, is that countries like Thailand and Nepal are not getting an honest cross-section of the Israeli public. They're getting young Israeli men who have just been released from mandatory military service. They get a decent wad of cash, set out to see the few parts of the world where they're semi-welcome, and thrash hotels and local customs on arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryberry Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 from my experiences in travel industry...i'm not gonna make a comment here. yeah...sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 not being an expert on austrian law .... but surely such a practice would/should be illegal there !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCHANELX Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 not being an expert on austrian law .... but surely such a practice would/should be illegal there !!! second that i have and know few close israeli friends and yes.....they are WILD esp the boys....they grew up in religious family and environment etc that is why soon or when ever they have a chance to go WILD ........they will go all out! i have seen hasidic jew tucked their sidelocks behind their ears and wearing baseball cap sitting in a bar drinking thinking we dont know who they are....but HELLO...their drei-fertl is showing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagner Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Plenty of hotels and guest houses in Thailand have a sign with the Star of David with a big red cross through it banning Israelis from staying. Plenty of establishments banning arabs too, particulary in Pattaya. Have to give Thais credit for not being discriminatory about who they discriminate against. All foreigners get their fair share of it and should there be no foreigners to discriminate against, they always have their own Thai minorities to pick on. Thailand is such a tolerant, buddhist society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamsamtoo Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Wasnt there a hotel owner in the UK that banned his whole town from visiting because they were too rowdy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count_Jason Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Moobs Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 DAMN THOSE JEWS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QTpiE Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Agree.. sad but true.. but... i couldn't hold myself from laughing when i saw the topic... Karma will do the role.. in the end of the day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Yep... We've had this discussion before about which is the 'best' and 'worst' nationality. I commented that I had never met a badly behaved Israeli, but I have seen the signs banning them and heard horror stories from other travellers and hoteliers. I'm surprised that it was Hasidic Jews that were banned - I wouldn't have expected a problem there. Is it illegal to ban a nationality from your hotel? I'd like to think if I work hard enough to own my own business, I could do whatever I liked... including being a racist a**hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 We don't allow any Nigerians on here...not as cool as some of these other stories, but we're trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 We don't allow any Nigerians on here...not as cool as some of these other stories, but we're trying. denying someone their livelihood eh' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Bump for racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalcat Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Im a halfie so I'm half allowed to say it. Hassids are often *&^%$# pricks. I lived in Hassid area of Brooklyn and dealing with them is a pain in the @$$. They strongly dislike non-jews and halfies or what not and are rude, cheap and dishonest. A good portion of the Israelis that I have met in Thailand are absolute *&^%$ #$%^&* %$#@#$$^. Even when I went to Israel, I was very close drop kicking some obnoxious cat more than once - keep this is mind I haven't been in a fight in almost a decade. On the other hand many Jews are lovely people... But the ones that are BAD are unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Moobs Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 DAMn THoSe JeWs!!! DAMN THEM aLL To HeLL! Personally, I think it's an Islamic plot to take over Austria? They couldn't take Vienna the first three or four times. They'll get it this time by denying tourists at hostels. DaMn tHEM aLL To HeLL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 DAMn THoSe JeWs!!!DAMN THEM aLL To HeLL! Personally, I think it's an Islamic plot to take over Austria? They couldn't take Vienna the first three or four times. They'll get it this time by denying tourists at hostels. DaMn tHEM aLL To HeLL!!! Jew lover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Moobs Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I spent a year in Israel and never had a problem. As a matter of fact, I had a lot of fun. With Jewish and non-Jewish folks both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I also have found that Canadians are amongst the politest, friendliest people I have ever met. Much more than the English (who have the reputation). In fact when I finally met a Canadian a**hole, I found it difficult to believe his nationality. (He more than makes up for every other Canadian who isn't an a**hole... incidentally, he was the guy in the 'Punch-Up-In-Ol'-Nana-Plaza' story from a previous forum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Is it illegal to ban a nationality from your hotel? I'd like to think if I work hard enough to own my own business, I could do whatever I liked... including being a racist a**hole. well if u wanna be a racist a**hole maybe u should start a business which means u don't have to deal with ppl in the real world !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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