Jan 6 (Reuters) – Hilton Worldwide Holdings has removed from its system the Minneapolis hotel that canceled the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel operator said in a post on X on Tuesday.
After ICE officers booked rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton canceled their reservations, the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on social media platform X on Monday.
“We are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems. Hilton is-and has always been-a welcoming place for all,” the statement from Hilton said. In a previous statement, the company said the hotel in question is independently owned and operated.
(Reporting by Anshuman Tripathy in Bengaluru and Doyinsola Oladipo in New York; editing by Barbara Lewis)
