the Beach hotel Sahlenburg in Cuxhaven on the North sea came under fire from critics. The owners announced that the arrival of guests weighing more than 130 pounds unwanted. Customers will learn about it on the website before booking. The Manager of the institution accused of discrimination, according to the portal Reiseportal.de.
“For reasons of liability, we would like to mention that the interior is not suitable for people weighing more than 130 pounds”, – informs the administration. Owner Angelika Hargesheimer says that the hotel has expensive designer furniture, which can easily break the heavyweights. In confirmation of the correctness said that the guest broke the bed, the repair took a round sum. And because she doesn’t want to change anything, just do without a specific group of customers.
this paragraph is the most criticism of the concept of the hotel. “This shows that still there are instances when you can go unpunished,” – said the Professor of the Bremen University for gender discrimination Friedrich Sorb.
According to him, the administration’s decision has fatal consequences for overweight people that struggle with many limitations. “And if the hotels prohibit a visit, it’s even more humiliating, and causes people to isolate themselves. And once you isolate yourself, it becomes harder to motivate yourself for weight loss,” says the Professor. In this regard, SARB proposes to make appropriate amendments to the law on discrimination.
Experts note that the legal levers of influence on the management of the hotel in Cuxhaven is not. Although in Germany there is the anti-discrimination law, it does not mention the physical properties, such as excessive weight. Meanwhile, 15 percent of Germans openly admit that they avoid contact with full of people. This is stated in a study conducted by the insurance company DAK.
