Thursday August 7th, 2014 – 11am
Posted Aug 7, 2014 12:26:26 PM.
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The second hour of the 570 Midday Show
11:00 Mark D McGuire, Canadian living in Denmark
This week, two European tourists complained about the Canadian car culture after a brief stint in the 10 million square kilometer nation of over 35-million people. The British and Danish complainers now reside in Aarhus, Denmark.
11:30 Julia Rosien, PR Expert
A hotel received a flood of online criticism Monday following reports that it threatened to charge $500 if guests posted negative reviews online. The New York Post reported early Monday that the Union Street Guest House in Hudson, N.Y., warned on its website that:
“a $500 fine … will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review placed on any Internet site by anyone in your party.”
The policy was aimed at guests booking the inn for weddings and other events. The hotel, about 160 kilometres north of New York City, apparently removed the warning from its website after the Post story was published and picked up by other media. The hotel then explained on its Facebook page that the policy on fines was “a tongue-in-cheek response to a wedding many years ago. It was meant to be taken down long ago and certainly was never enforced.”
AS OF AUGUST 7th, On yelp, the hotel is sitting at 1 ½ stars.
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