Two years in prison - this is the sentence expected for an American tourist who slandered a resort in Thailand on the net • The defamation campaign began because of a bailout
Sea View Resort - does not look so terrible place
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Hotel website
Next time you are in Thailand, you should think carefully before you decide to write exaggerated negative reviews about the hotels you will be staying at.
Wesley Barnes, an American who has recently been living in Thailand has written an exaggerated negative criticism against the resort where he was staying and is now expected to be sent to two years in prison in a Thai prison.
According to a report in the British Guardian, Barnes and his friend who were staying at the Sea View resort in Ko Chang were asked to pay a redemption fee for a bottle of alcohol, the two refused to pay for the service and from there an argument broke out that also lasted online.
Barnes did not give up and wrote at length about the incident, the attitude of the staff at the hotel and even called the hotel a "slave house".
Some of the American's extreme reviews have not been approved for publication on Trip Advisor.
Barnes wrote that the hotel manager treats the staff like slaves, that the staff treat the holidaymakers with disdain and that it seems as if they do not really care about the customers.
Barnes wrote on various review sites that the resort illustrates the slavery of modern days.
The hotel said they had tried to settle the matter with Barnes, who was staying at the place last June, but the reactions went viral and apparently caused enormous damage to the hotel, which is already facing a difficult period in which foreign tourists can hardly enter Thailand.
"We have no problem with negative reactions, we accept them with love when it comes to real and meaningful reactions, but in this case it is a false smear campaign," the hotel noted.
The local police that Barnes was indeed detained for two nights, he was released on restrictive conditions and his trial will take place in a week, on October 6 and he is expected to be sent to prison for two years.