Austrian hotel bans Jewish guests

[Beorn]

(Just noticed we don't have an Austrian section!)

Austrian hotel bans Jewish guests

A hotel in Tyrol that said it does not accept Jewish guests has caused shock in the local media and tourism industry, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reported on Sunday.

A Vienna family of seven had asked the Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus for a reservation. The owner replied by email that although the room was free, she did want to take in Jewish guests because of "bad experiences" in the past.
The region around Serfaus has become popular with orthodox Jewish tourists in recent years, and several hotels in Tyrol have started offering kosher food.

At Hotel Alpenruh-Micheluzzi, owner Petra Micheluzzi told the German Press Agency that the rejection by the Sonnenhof was "bad for the image" of Serfaus.
One such incident could destroy all the hard work by others in the travel industry, she said, a view echoed by local and regional tourism officials.
"That's terrible," said Esther Fritsch, the president of the regional Jewish community. So far there had been no such incidents, she told the newspaper.

Irmgard Monz, the owner of the Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel, could not be reached for comment on Sunday. In an interview with Tiroler Tageszeitung, she offered no justification for her email.
For his part, the rejected father of five has decided to spend the summer elsewhere: "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," the unidentified man was quoted as saying.

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[Vargtand]

Great I think it is in her full right to do so.
kind of funny that it is in Austria though

[Gooding]

"Irmgard Monz, the owner of the Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel, could not be reached for comment on Sunday. In an interview with Tiroler Tageszeitung, she offered no justification for her email.
For his part, the rejected father of five has decided to spend the summer elsewhere: "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," the unidentified man was quoted as saying. "-Yahoo 7 News

Frau Monz shouldn't have to explain herself to anybody.It's her hotel and she should have the right to decide who may or may not patronize the place. I guess the Jew should be grateful to Monz for giving him something to moan,bitch and complain about to his friends, so they can act like they were the ones refused service. Hey, Tyrol for the Tyrolese, buddy.You've got Palestine to vacation to, so why not go there? Why is it when Jews have nothing to cry about, they declare that Judaism is a culture and religion, but not a race and when some honest business person decides to exclude them from his/her services, the Jews play the race card again?

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Long live Tyrol.Bad experience hey,obvious there was no dog house

[Sigurd]

Austrian hotel bans Jews

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 not 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.

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Well, we Tyrolese have always been known to be a bit of a "conservative-minded" not to mention "mildly xenophobic" bunch.

[Loki]

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