More companies have joined the growing boycott of businesses owned by the kingdom of Brunei in the wake of its new anti-gay laws
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. 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.
"Customers who have already bought flights on Royal Brunei Airlines will be refunded if they no longer wish to fly with them, STA Travel said. CNN has contacted the Dorchester Collection and Royal Brunei Airlines for comment.George Clooney calls for hotel boycott over Brunei LGBT death penaltyBrunei, a tiny country on the island of Borneo, first announced the brutal new anti-LGBT laws in 2014, and they came into effect on April 3.
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