Hanna Fanni a
native of Nigeria received an awful treatment from one of the workers at the five-star
hotel Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach in Dubai.
The incident happened on July 8th, the hotel staff refused to serve Hanna; she told Hanna to leave when she visited the hotel's popular West Beach Bistro & Sports Lounge with her black American friend.
The incident happened on July 8th, the hotel staff refused to serve Hanna; she told Hanna to leave when she visited the hotel's popular West Beach Bistro & Sports Lounge with her black American friend.
The angry Nigerian
said what they did to them remind her of the 1930s America.
"They
suspected us of being prostitutes and targeted us solely because of the colour
of our skin. I have lived here for 10 years and have never been treated in such
a disrespectful and despicable manner."
Hannah said.......
“My friend
had just graduated and we were hoping to enjoy a girls’ night out at the bar
but came back traumatised. First the waitress refused to serve us and then a
security guard ordered us to leave the hotel. At one stage he was ready to
engage with us physically which is classified as assault and sexual harassment
in UAE. He kept telling us that the bar didn’t allow unaccompanied women. I
found it strange because there were several tables occupied by women. When I
pointed to them, he said he was merely following orders.” Hannah told Dubai
News Express.
Hannah said as things got heated, the bar
manager intervened.
“I showed him
my business card. When he saw it, his face contorted in panic as it dawned on
him that they had racially profiled the wrong people. But instead of making
amends, he said the security guard had asked us to leave as some black women
had come in earlier and solicited their guests. I was stunned. Just because
some black women had approached their guests, the hotel assumed we were also
prostitutes.”
Hannah said, realizing their mistake, the
hotel tried to make amend but they were so humiliated they had to leave
“On the way
out, I stopped at the front desk and sought to speak to the duty manager but he
refused to meet us. Instead a female staff came out and tried to hush up the
matter saying ‘Obama is the President of US’ as if that had anything to do with
us. I want the management of the hotel to realise that this isn’t 1930. This is
2015. You cannot walk up to random black women and tell them you will not serve
them because they are black. I am completely flabbergasted that in this day and
age the policy of an international chain is to not allow people into their bars
because of the colour of their skin,” she said
Hannah, who heads an events management company
later wrote to management of the hotel, asking for an apology. And they did
apologize to her, calling it an unfortunate incident.
"The
incident occurred purely due to the misunderstanding of the employees and we
would like to clarify that there is no such management policy existent in the
hotel. Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach welcomes and respect each and every guest
and this incident in no way reflects our true standards of service. An official
apology letter from the hotel management and employees involved has also been
sent to the guest.” the management said.
only God will save Africans
ReplyDeleteThose useless girls have gone to DUbai to tarnish our image
ReplyDeleteWe coloured pple should change and refuse the bad reputation we are being tagged.
ReplyDeleteNaija girls don go show dem ashawo self for dubai
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