Two major hotel chains have cut ties with the NRA — and as boycotts loom, they want everyone to know

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February 23, 2018 4:27 PM

As gun control activists organize boycotts against companies with ties to the NRA, Wyndham Hotels and Best Western want everyone to know they have cut ties.

Best Western and Wyndham Hotels ended their relationships with the NRA — though, apparently not in direct response to the Parkland, Florida shooting.
Gun control activists are organizing boycotts against companies with ties to the NRA.
The two hotel chains were previously targeted in a boycott campaign following the 2012

As gun control activists organize boycotts against companies with ties to the National Rifle Association, Wyndham Hotels and Best Western want everyone to know they are not affiliated with the gun rights group.

People on social media are calling for boycotts of companies including FedEx, Norton Security, Best Western, and Wyndham Hotels that offer — or have offered — special deals for NRA members. As part of their membership, NRA members receive discounts on things from renting cars to buying prescription drugs.

However, while Wyndham Hotels previously offered a 10% discount to NRA members, the hotel chain no longer does so.

This week, the Twitter accounts for Wyndham and its rewards program tweeted dozens of times that the hotel chain "

"Best Western ended any association with the NRA in 2014," a representative said in a statement to Business Insider.

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