UK Operators braced for hurricane legal action
In December I wrote of the tempest some holidaymakers’ unleashed against tour operators over their treatment before and after Hurricane Wilma.
Today, TravelMole reports that in the UK, the big operators face a group action "claiming they should not have been flown to Mexico in the first place and that once Wilma struck, not enough was done to help."
Solicitors Alexander Harris are representing (according to The Times) 284 customers who travelled to Cancún with MyTravel, Thomas Cook, Thomson, First Choice and Cosmos.
The number of claims for compensation rose sharply after the story was highlighted on ITV’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald programme last month.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of this case, it’s clear that the operators didn’t do enough over ensuing months to fend off the criticisms and will now have to argue their case in court.
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February 17th, 2006 at 12:06 am
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