A HOTEL chain has been accused of cancelling Manchester bookings coinciding with Oasis concerts, and reselling the rooms for triple the price. Greater Manchester 's night-time economy adviser Sacha Lord urged Maldron Hotels to "do the right thing" after he received numerous complaints. In a post on social media platform X, he wrote: "Hey @MaldronHotels.
I'm being contacted by several people who booked your hotel for the Oasis concert, to say their rooms have just been cancelled and are now back up for three times the price. "I'm sure this is a 'computer error'..
. easy to correct. Do the right thing.
" A number of disgruntled customers posted screenshots on X of an email appearing to be from Maldron Hotels, stating that "due to a technical error, you have received a confirmation for a booking that was not successfully made". Recipients were told they will be sent a "cancellation request" and asked to "accept promptly". READ MORE ON OASIS The company operates two hotels in Manchester.
On Wednesday morning they both had no rooms available from the start of July next year onwards. Oasis are playing at Manchester's Heaton Park on July 11, 12, 19 and 20. Oasis fan Mark Slinger, 36, from the Isle of Man, said he booked a room at Maldron Hotels in Manchester city centre for July 20.
Most read in Showbiz He made the £90 reservation after the band announced the reunion tour - but says he won't be accepting the request to cancel and doesn't believe it was a technical error. Mark told Sk.