The Dorchester Hotel has lost a string of high profile bookings since the Sultan of Brunei announced gay sex and adultery would be punished by stoning to death. Deutsche Bank banned its staff from staying in the nine luxury hotels of the Dorchester Collection, which is owned by Brunei's state-owned Brunei Investment Agency (BIA). The Dorchester Collection made a public appeal, saying its values were 'far removed from the politics of ownership'. 'We understand people's anger and frustration but this is a political and religious issue that we don't believe should be played out in our hotels and amongst our 3,630 employees,' the Dorchester Collection said in a statement on its website. British estate agent Knight Frank, property industry networking group Movers and Shakers, which has about 300 corporate members, and property investment company Landsec said they would not use Dorchester Collection hotels.

Source: Daily Mail April 06, 2019 00:54 UTC