Former hotelier Francis Brennan has blasted hotels who cancelled bookings only for the rooms to become available at higher prices after the Oasis reunion was announced – saying it was "unethical". In August, Oasis fans were left frustrated after Irish hotel chain The Maldron Hotel cancelled bookings already made at their Maldron Manchester City and Maldron Cathedral Quarter locations, giving rise to concerns that their rooms might have been being re-booked to other customers at higher prices. Hundreds of fans vented their fury at the hotel group, including an Irish Oasis fan who booked a room at the Maldron Hotel Manchester City Centre in anticipation of seeing the band on its reunion tour.
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If you were able to get a good room rate, then get it but I wouldn’t change people’s purchase. "That was a contract with those people. I’m sure if someone decides to go to court, they’d win because a contract is a contract, you cannot be changing it afterwards unless the place burned down.
"I suspect there would be a strong case for people if they wanted to bring them to court on this. "But most hotels would h.