Manchester city centre hotel changes 'ill-advised' bar name following Twitter outcry
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA city centre hotel has changed the name of its on-site bar following an outcry on social media over the weekend.Cow Hollow Hotel in the Northern Quarter has rebranded its 'Plantation Bar' and posted a public apology.Screenshots shared to Twitter late last week show that the bar was advertised on the hotel website as having 'colonial vibes'.Users have pointed out the negative connotations associated with plantations, which were slavery sites in the colonial era, labelling the bar name 'disgusting' and 'controversial'.Cow Hollow Hotel, a small boutique hotel on Newton Street, quickly posted an apology to its Instagram account.It wrote: "We're sorry.
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