{"id":563732,"date":"2026-07-28T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:34:14","slug":"not-recommended-for-israeli-guests-thai-hotel-sparks-discrimination-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563732\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not recommended for Israeli guests’: Thai hotel sparks discrimination probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quiet boutique hotel on Koh Phangan, one of the most popular destinations for Israeli travelers in Thailand, has posted an unusual message aimed explicitly at visitors from Israel.<\/p>\n

Several images in the hotel\u2019s Booking.com gallery were overlaid in red letters with the words: \u201cNot recommended for Israeli guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d5\u05df<\/a>\"\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d5\u05df<\/p>\n

The hotel that \u2018recommends\u2019 Israelis stay away <\/p>\n

(Photo: booking.com)<\/p>\n

The property, Shanti Boutique Hotel in the Sri Thanu area, nevertheless enjoys high ratings, with a score of 8.6 on Booking.com and 4.8 on Google. The message appears prominently on photos of the pool, rooms and other parts of the hotel.<\/p>\n

It appears to conflict with Booking.com\u2019s anti-discrimination policies, which prohibit partners from rejecting reservations or imposing different conditions on guests on the basis of nationality, among other protected characteristics.<\/p>\n

Booking.com told ynet that it had opened a comprehensive investigation following an inquiry about the listing. The hotel had not responded by the time of publication.<\/p>\n

\"\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d5\u05df<\/a>\"\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d5\u05df<\/p>\n

The hotel that \u2018recommends\u2019 Israelis stay away <\/p>\n

(Photo: booking.com)<\/p>\n

The incident in Thailand comes amid a series of cases in which Israeli and Jewish travelers have been targeted abroad.<\/p>\n

Last week, a document circulated on social media and messaging groups in Italy calling on users to report the arrival of Israeli and Jewish guests at hotels and vacation rentals, as well as their presence at businesses, with the stated aim of \u201cmapping Zionist tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The document was removed after Italy\u2019s antisemitism commissioner intervened. Members of the Jewish community described the initiative as \u201ca genuine manhunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hostility toward Israeli tourists has also been reported recently in Sardinia. Calls opposing their arrival circulated on social media, and in several cases protesters gathered at airports to demonstrate against Israeli passengers landing on the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A quiet boutique hotel on Koh Phangan, one of the most popular destinations for Israeli travelers in Thailand,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-563732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}