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Couple fined
Couple 'fined' £100 by hotel for bad review
A couple say they have been "fined" £100 by a Blackpool hotel for leaving critical comments on travel review website Trip Advisor.
Tony and Jan Jenkinson posted the negative comment after being unimpressed with the one night they spent at the Broadway Hotel.
The couple, from Whitehaven, later found £100 charged to their credit card. The hotel said its policy was to charge for "bad" reviews.
The full story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30100973
Trading Standards are investigating.
In their defence the hotel management said that they were following the guide lines and practices of their chosen trade association.
The trading officer commented that he never heard of such a guideline from the “ F S B” (Federation Small Business) , B T B ( British Tourist Board ) or any other organization
Their reply was “We are not members of the FSB or BTB but Our guiding organization is the FEI
A couple say they have been "fined" £100 by a Blackpool hotel for leaving critical comments on travel review website Trip Advisor.
Tony and Jan Jenkinson posted the negative comment after being unimpressed with the one night they spent at the Broadway Hotel.
The couple, from Whitehaven, later found £100 charged to their credit card. The hotel said its policy was to charge for "bad" reviews.
The full story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30100973
Trading Standards are investigating.
In their defence the hotel management said that they were following the guide lines and practices of their chosen trade association.
The trading officer commented that he never heard of such a guideline from the “ F S B” (Federation Small Business) , B T B ( British Tourist Board ) or any other organization
Their reply was “We are not members of the FSB or BTB but Our guiding organization is the FEI
