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Let's not talk about unmarried couples
Updated On: 22 February, 2019 05:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Following mid-day's expose, association throws up its hands, saying it can't tell hotels to change their policy on unmarried couples

mid-day reporters posing as an unmarried couple were turned away from city hotels
Following mid-day's test drive on the way several hotels treat unmarried couples, the Hotel and Restaurant Association Western India (HRAWI) has thrown up their hands saying they neither encourage nor oppose such a policy. Meanwhile, after Thursday's report, readers talked about their own experiences in hotels..
Meanwhile, after reading Thursday's report, more such couples reached out to mid-day with their horror stories in city hotels. Speaking to mid-day, G S Kohli, president of HRAWI said, "The association has no role to play here; it neither encourages nor opposes the issue. It has been left to member hotels to frame their operating policies depending on their positioning, clientele and other local factors." Meanwhile, some more readers contacted mid-day to recount the discriminatory behaviour they've had to face.




