I am writing to you today deeply concerned that your hotel is listed through EventBeds™ as an option for DSEI delegates to book accommodation for Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025. From the 9th of September to the 12th, tens of thousands of delegates from weapons corporations, militaries and governments will travel to London to facilitate the death and destruction the global arms trade brings to the world. DSEI is where profitable deals which perpetuate repression and genocide are made.
Israel in particular plays a significant role at DSEI. Domestic Israeli weapons company, Israel Aerospace Industries, advertises its presence at DSEI with a brochure of weapons the IDF has used for its ongoing Gaza genocide. Israel continues to bomb and starve Gaza to death, backed by weapons companies and the governments which approve their exports. However, hotels such as your establishment, if you are to accommodate any DSEI delegates, play a role in this too.
If you provide accommodation for DSEI delegates, and profit from this transaction, you are implicated in the deadly violence that DSEI facilitates. UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese recently released a report which highlights the role of the corporate sector in violent and lethal atrocities around the world. Hotels which accommodate DSEI delegates are part of this sector. I will not stand by silently and let this continue. I am writing today to urge you to say NO to any DSEI delegates.
I will not stay at your hotel in the future unless your establishment refuses to book hotel rooms for DSEI delegates. I will be spreading this message widely, in particular to all of my family, friends and professional contacts to encourage them to do the same.