How NOT to respond to negative online reviews

In January 2016, Broadway Hotel in Blackpool, Northern England, fined a British couple around AUD 155 for leaving a negative review on TripAdvisor. It seems the hotel has a "no bad review policy". Maybe a little bit too confident?

As word of mouth nowadays is instant and wide reaching through social media, penalising customers for expressing their truthful opinion can only lead to more negative publicity. (Maybe the hotel owner pulled a media stunt? I'm sure if this were the case though, he would have imposed a higher fine!) What happened then?

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