TripAdvisor: upmarket hotelier faces ruin after website 'red flags hotel'
Oct 03, 2011
A businesswoman who operates a high-end hotel is facing financial ruin after a customer’s positive online review on TripAdvisor was suspected of being written by management.
Deborah Sinclair, who owns the Riverside Hotel and Restaurant, in Evesham, Worcs, has seen a "catastrophic collapse in bookings" after her page on the popular travel website was “red flagged”.
Officials from the popular ratings site believed hotel management had in fact posted the glowing review, in breach of its rules and placed a warning notice on its page.
The hotel denied this saying it was posted by a happy customer on an internal computer.
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