Manchester Grand Hyatt Suffering From Growing Number of Boycotts

I previously blogged (here, here, here, here, and here) the AALS's decision to move all AALS events at the January 2009 annual meeting out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt because the owner of the hotel, Doug Manchester, had made a $125,000 contribution in support of a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage in California.  The San Diego Union-Tribune reported yesterday:

Officials at the Manchester Financial Group have argued for weeks that a boycott by gay rights and union groups hasn't hurt business at its two San Diego hotels, the Manchester Grand Hyatt and The Grand Del Mar.

But a top company official, in an e-mail obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune, painted a different picture, saying the boycott could have dire consequences for hotel owner Doug Manchester that could cost him millions of dollars in lost business.

(Hat Tip: Francine Lipman & Richard Winchester.)