CEO of B.C. resort on leave after sexist remark at tourism conference
Global News
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort says its CEO, Vivek Sharma, has been placed on immediate leave after he made an inappropriate remark at a tourism conference earlier this month.
A B.C. woman says the excitement of attending a big industry conference quickly turned to shock for her and many others when an unexpected sexist remark was made.
At the B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Conference in Richmond between March 9 to 11, Trina Notman says about five minutes into the conference’s opening, chairperson Vivek Sharma asked all the women to stand.
“He said some words around International Women’s Day, celebrating women in the industry and everybody clapped,” said Notman. “And then when the applause died down, he said ‘OK, now go clean rooms and do dishes.’ And he laughed at that.”
International Women’s Day was March 8.
Sharma is the CEO of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and is also a board member of the B.C. Hotel Association (BCHA).
Another woman reached out to Global News and confirmed she heard the same remark from Sharma as Notman.
Notman, the vice president of marketing and communications for Accent Inns/Hotel Zed, said Sharma apologized, albeit later.
“But he did it as a joke. He said that because there are bureaucrats in the room, he wanted to highlight the staffing crisis and he laughed it off,” said Notman. “So not really the best apology.
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