[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

All the Hotels near the gigs
have added £600 or £700 to the room.
Or Even More..............................

…apparently Andy Burnham stepped in on this as well…



After making bookings at the Maldron hotels in Manchester, at both the city centre hotel on Charles Street and at the Cathedral Quarter branch on Chapel Street, shortly after the announcement of the tour dates, many travellers were later told they were being sent cancellation requests to accept and that their bookings could not be honoured.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the hotel said that 'due to a technical error' with the booking system on 26 and 27 August, more rooms were listed to book than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts at Heaton Park. "As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings", the spokesperson added.

The hotel is now 'investigating the issue' and vowed this was 'not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices'. The hotel is 'not taking any bookings' for these dates in the meantime, the spokesperson said, with the chain also looking into an issue that allowed a 'small number of customers to book the rooms at a higher price later in the evening'.

Night time economy advisor for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord weighed in on the issue, urging Maldron hotels to 'do the right thing'. The post, reshared by Andy Burnham on X, formerly Twitter, read: "Hey @MaldronHotels.

"I'm being contacted by several people who booked your hotel for the Oasis concert, to say their rooms have just been cancelled and are now back up for three times the price.

"I'm sure this is a "computer error"... easy to correct. Do the right thing."


…full article…

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hotel-canc...113551231.html