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Over exposure: Twitter explodes as couple allegedly caught having sex in public at Teads Summit in Thailand

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By Kyle O'Brien, Creative Works Editor

January 16, 2017 | 3 min read

Things allegedly got out of hand – and out of clothes – at the Teads Summit in Phuket, Thailand, and attendees tweeted the incident like mad, according to a story on Agency Spy.

The story reports that at least two attendees saw a couple having sex quite publicly on an outdoor cabana bed outside the Angsana Laguna hotel, which hosted the summit for the UK video advertising company.

One guest, who saw the behavior and was appalled because it was in “plain sight of passers by and about 20m away from children playing nearby," tweeted out a picture of the couple allegedly copulating. He also said that the man involved was “part of your conference.”

The attendee, Greg Carton, head of marketing and communications for Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, complained to Teads executives. He said they did not respond for over 48 hours, so he tweeted the picture and his level of disgust. He said that the hotel manager responded immediately to his complaint and the hotel added more security staff to control any other unwanted behavior.

Carton’s tweet, of course, led to some other tweets regarding the alleged incident, including some more humorous ones.

Shame tweet

Teads eventually responded with a tweet, as well as with a statement.

Teads tweet response

“We are aware of reports concerning inappropriate behaviour that took place in the hotel where we have been based for our annual company summit,” wrote a Teads spokesperson. “We are currently conducting an investigation to establish if our staff were involved. We expect the highest standards of behaviour from our employees, and if we find anyone has acted in an inappropriate way, we will take action to discipline those staff.”

Another alleged attendee of the Teads Summit tweeted out another accusation of “sex in front of shrine” and a “corp sponsored alcohol riot".

Accusation

The story said that neither the couple nor the other tweeter was identified. This would not be the first marketing event where a couple got publicly amorous. It happened at Cannes Lions in 2015.

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