Saudi hotel tweets about 'wine and cheese' night and people are shocked

Over the weekend, a Sofitel hotel in Saudi Arabia's Khobar governorate caused quite the stir on social media after the luxury resort's official Twitter account advertised a "wine and cheese" night in the ultra-conservative kingdom. 

Given that the consumption of alcohol is prohibited across Saudi Arabia, the tweet sent people into a meltdown of the sorts, leading the hotel's management to issue an explanation, stating that an employee had mistranslated the now-deleted ad to Arabic.  

Here's how the entire incident went down: 

"Cheese, wine and friends... things that get better as they age! Join us at Cafe Chic and try our delicious cheese platter."

"The hotel must be held accountable for this, maybe temporarily shut them down. Employees must understand guidelines that fit within our sharia. Not holding anyone accountable for this and just letting it pass makes it easier for other people to commit such mistakes."

"Cheese and wine? What's this all about??"

"Our people just love drama. This employee made a mistake, don't worry nothing's going to happen to the world." 

"He means cheese and bread, it's just a typo."

"Sofitel Hotel in Al Khobar apologizes over the erroneous tweet posted earlier. It was sent out by the company handling our social media accounts. The employee responsible for sending it out isn't an Arabic speaker and translated the statement off of our international social media account. The tweet has now been deleted."

"If he can't speak Arabic, where are the other Arab employees who oversee Tweets before they're sent out?  This apology makes things worse."

"Your apology is accepted. It's a beautiful thing to own up to a mistake."