Day: November 20, 2014

Couple ‘Fined’ £100 By Hotel For Bad Review on Tripadvisor

Dan Winther

A couple were “fined” £100 by a Blackpool hotel after they wrote an internet review describing it as a “rotten stinking hovel run by muppets”. Tony and Jan Jenkinson stayed at the Broadway Hotel in August and were so disappointed with their accommodation that they took to TripAdvisor to share their experience. The couple later found their credit card had been charged £100, with the hotel stating its policy was to charge for “bad” reviews. The policy, included in a booking document, reportedly says: “Despite the fact that repeat customers and couples love…

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A Deadly Tourist Destination now, once land of smiles

Dan Winther
A deadly tourist destination

World’s favorite tourist destination is slowly turning into a deadly tourist destination. We are not saying this but Australian author John Stapleton is suggesting that widespread police corruption, violence and crime are all blighting a country once commonly referred to as the ‘Land of Smiles’ In his book Thailand: Deadly Destination, Mr Stapleton attempts to expose the reputation of Thailand as a welcoming country, claiming a boom in tourism since the 1960s has created a hatred of foreigners and a ‘murderous indifference’ to the millions of tourists who flock to…

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