Some Qatar hotels won't accept same-sex couples despite FIFA promises-report

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Some Qatar hotels won't accept same-sex couples despite FIFA promises-report

Three hotels in Qatar will refuse to accommodate same-sex couples when people travel to the Gulf country for the World Cup this year despite FIFA's assurances they will be allowed to book rooms, a Scandinavian media survey has discovered.

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(Reuters) - Three hotels in Qatar will refuse to accommodate same-sex couples when people travel to the Gulf country for the World Cup this year despite FIFA's assurances they will be allowed to book rooms, a Scandinavian media survey has discovered.

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Some Qatar hotels won't accept same-sex couples despite FIFA promises: Report

Three hotels in Qatar will refuse to accommodate same-sex couples when people travel to the Gulf country for the World Cup this year despite FIFA's assurances they will be allowed to book rooms, a Scandinavian media survey has discovered. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and a report by Norwegian Broadcas

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Some Qatar hotels won't accept same-sex couples despite FIFA promises

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Qatar World Cup 2022: Some hotels refuse to accept same-sex couples, according to investigation

Reporters say they contacted 69 hotels on FIFA's official list of recommended accommodations - posing as a newly wed gay couple - and found three refused to accept reservations. Twenty others said they would accommodate them as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay.