Hyatt Hotels Corporation called hate symbols “abhorrent” after the stage at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, which took place at a Hyatt hotel, closely resembled a Nordic rune that appeared on Nazi uniforms.
CPAC was held Thursday to Sunday at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida. Social media users were quick to notice that the event’s stage — which hosted speakers including former President Donald Trump — was in the shape of an “Odal rune,” with tweets like this one going viral: As Business Insider’s Kelsey Vlamis reported, the symbol was used on some Nazi uniforms and has since been used by some white supremacists, but it is a centuries-old symbol that has also been used in nonextremist contexts. “The othala rune