Novotel Bangkok on Thursday issued an apology to Suthirat Simsri-wong, a Thai kathoey who had been barred from the hotel's CM2 nightclub two weeks ago. The discriminatory act sparked a boycott by more than 100 gay rights groups around the world. Following the apology, Suttirat urged gay rights groups to drop their boycott of the Novotel Bangkok and other hotels that were part of the France-based Accor chain. "I will let bygones be bygones,” Sutthirat said. “In the future I will be a guest of the hotel.”
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