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Thomas Cook admits delays to hotel payments
Thomas Cook admitted today that hoteliers in Turkey are owed money by its bed bank Hotel4U.com, but it claimed the payments would be issued within the next couple of weeks.
A spokesman said he was not able to confirm claims that Majorca hotels were also waiting for overdue payments from Hotels4U, but he promised to look into the matter.
He said there had been a delay with some payments to hoteliers in the Turkish resort of Bodrum, who were owed money from the end of 2011. "The payments are all pretty much sorted out now and all payments will be up to date in the next couple of weeks," he added.
He said he was unable to confirm how many hotels were waiting for payments or how much was outstanding and he denied reports in a Turkish publication that hoteliers had not been paid in relation to early booking offers for 2012. "Early booking discounts have always been paid and will continue to be paid," he said.
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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