Marriott to erase dress code tip

Marriott to erase dress code tip

BANGKOK (Reuters): U.S.-based hotel chain Marriott International Inc said on Friday it would delete a dress code tip on its Web site which links women wearing blouses and shorts in Thailand to prostitutes.

One of the pages in the www.marriot.com site advising the dress code in Thailand says: "No Thai men wear shorts. Among women, only prostitutes wear sleeveless blouses and/or shorts."

Paveena Hongsakul, member of parliament of an opposition party, said the comment was an affront to Thai women and she would submit a letter urging the hotel to apologize and change the message.

"This is unacceptable. They've made it sounds like all Thai women are prostitutes. They must change the wording and make an apology," Paveena said.

Jeff Crowe, marketing director of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Bangkok, said the hotel was sorry about what happened and would change the content "as quickly as possible".