TV Choice magazine announced on Twitter that the annual TV Choice Awards would no longer take place at London’s Dorchester Hotel, which operates under the Dorchester Collection brand, a luxury chain owned by the Sultan of Brunei.
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London-based newspaper the Financial Times also said in a story on its website that it would cancel a planned event at the Dorchester Hotel and would not use any other Dorchester Collection hotels.
Deutsche Bank announced in a statement that its employees would no longer use Dorchester hotels on company business. “The new laws introduced by Brunei breach the most basic human rights, and we believe it is our duty as a firm to take action against them,” the investment’s chief risk officer Stuart Lewis said.
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