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You had to lie through your teeth : Pontins whistleblower reveals how Traveller blacklist operated

‘You had to lie through your teeth’: Pontins whistleblower reveals how Traveller blacklist operated The i 02/03/2021 Cahal Milmo © Provided by The i Pontins Southport Holiday Park in Merseyside. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has criticised the company for running a blacklist designed to exclude Irish Travellers from its sites. (Photo: Reuters/Carl Recinee) Ian remembers with complete clarity the occasion which brought home to him the extent to which one of the biggest household names in Britain’s holidays industry was operating a policy of blatant race discrimination.   He had joined Pontins in 2014 as a “holiday adviser” working in the company’s main telephone booking centre in Merseyside, answering calls from customers wanting to reserve rooms at the chain’s network of cheap and cheerful holiday parks. 

Pontins banned people with Irish surnames from making bookings

Pontins banned people with Irish surnames from making bookings  |  Updated: 12:15, 02 March 2021 A holiday park has been blasted after a whistleblower revealed Irish surnames had been banned from making bookings. The Equality and Human Rights Commission was told in February that Pontins, which has a holiday park in nearby Camber Sands, had a discriminatory booking policy that excluded Gypsies and Travellers. People with Irish surname were unable to book at Pontins. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto A list of undesirable guests was uploaded to the intranet and advised staff to block any customers with those names from booking. According to national reports this list included Boyle, Delaney, Gallagher, McGinley, McMahon and O’Donnell.

British resorts accused of refusing bookings for people with Irish names, accents

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