Benidorm hoteliers stand up to Thomas Cook

Benidorm hoteliers stand up to Thomas Cook
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By h.b. - Sep 9, 2010 - 9:06 PM
The British Tour Operator has said that it will be paying five percent less on all contracts from Monday

Benidorm in August - Photo EFE

The Hoteliers Association, based in Alicante on the Costa Blanca, HOSBEC, has reacted angrily to the announcement from the British tour operator, Thomas Cook, that they are unilaterally going to reduce the price they pay on their all their contracts and bills by 5% from next Monday.

A Hosbec spokesman said that unilateral decision was communicated to them by telephone, with the claim that the cut was needed to guarantee the economic viability of the company and to ensure profits this season.

Hosbec has now put the matter in the hands of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation, and has also been in touch with lawyers who are said to be specialists in international hotel contracts.

Hosbec, which represents nearly all the hoteliers in Benidorm, the Costa Blanca’s main resort which is very popular with the British, said they consider the move ‘unjustifiable’ and that it was ‘unjust’ to expect Spanish hoteliers to support such practices.

They issued a statement which said that not only had signed contracts been broken, the move had been taken without any possibility of negotiation, which they consider breaks international laws on competition.

The Costa Blanca hoteliers are also concerned that the measure could be a dangerous precedent and be copied by other tour operators. Hosbec said that all their human and legal resources would be at the disposition of their hotelier members.

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