Dominican Republic Holiday Sickness Compensation Claims

8th August 2007

Pannone’s travel litigation solicitors are currently handling compensation claims on behalf of British tourists who suffered illness after staying at the Bahia Principe Hotel in the Dominican Republic.

An unconfirmed number of guests at the hotel suffered after an outbreak of sickness, vomiting and diarrhoea, many of the hotel guests had to be taken to hospital.

Senior travel and tourism lawyer Andrew Morton said, “We are already handling a number of compensation claims against tour operator Thomas Cook for people who fell ill after staying at the Bahia Principe hotel in the Dominican Republic. It appears that these holidaymakers may be suffering from the same bug that hit the hotel only two years ago.”

Reports from holidaymakers suggest that guests are still being affected by illness and that they are “furious” at the way both Thomas Cook and First Choice, the other operator using the hotel, are dealing with their complaints.

Comments posted by hotel guests on the Internet include “hundreds of other guests were taken seriously ill with stomach upset. Most if not all ended up on drips in the local clinic and hospital” and “British tour operators are sending health and safety people out, because there are so many people ill.”

Andrew Morton said “The good news is that holidaymakers seeking compensation have the benefit of powerful consumer legislation in the Package Travel Regulations 1992. These regulations entitle the people who suffered from sickness and ruined holidays to claim for compensation against the tour operator in the UK, under UK law.”

To claim compensation please contact Andrew Morton by calling 0800 0384 384 or by e-mail to law@pannone.co.uk

You pay nothing. You keep 100% of the compensation that you are awarded.

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