A group of holidaymakers have been diagnosed with a gastric illness after they went to a wedding at a five-star resort abroad. Around 24 people say they experienced vomiting, diarrhoea and fevers after staying at the TUI Blue Sensatori Atlantica Aphrodite Hills Hotel in Kouklia, Cyrpus. This includes Charlotte Warner, 29 and her partner Paul Richard, 40, from Brighton , who flew to the hotel on October 11 last year for the family wedding.
Charlotte was fine until the last day of her two-week stay, when she was suddenly struck down with vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pains, fever and headaches. She collapsed while going through the airport and when she returned to the UK, her GP diagnosed her with gastroenteritis. Charlotte said: "I’ve never been so ill, but we knew we had to make it to the airport somehow.
"We didn’t know what we’d have done otherwise, particularly with our young son to care for. "I was still ill days later and my GP said there wasn’t much to be done but keep hydrated. "I literally couldn’t do anything for myself, I was completely floored.
" Charlotte Warner and Paul Richard are some of a group of holidaymakers who were diagnosed with a gastric illness (Image: Irwin Mitchell / SWNS) Charlotte said she saw food being left uncovered at the buffet and the same dishes being served on more than one occasion. She also claims new food was added to old dishes and some items on the buffet appeared visibly undercooked or mouldy. Charlotte said there were flies.