A UK hotel chain is being accused of cashing in on the Oasis reunion by cancelling existing bookings and reselling the rooms for triple the price . Lily Stroud said she "took a risk " by reserving rooms at Manchester's Maldron Hotel for next July after speculation about the band's return, the BBC reported . But they were cancelled shortly after the band's announcement on Tuesday night.
And she wasn't the only one. READ MORE: The travel trend Australians are gravitating toward David O'Gorman told the BBC he'd booked a room for about £90 ($175) for July 20, 2025, hoping it would be a night Oasis was playing. But hours later he got an email from the hotel saying there was a technical error and his booking didn't exist.
"The minute I saw that email from the hotel, I opened up Booking.com and the exact same room I booked is now around £350 ($680), so there's no technical error there," he told the BBC Sacha Lord, night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, wrote on X on Tuesday that he had been contacted by "several people" who were told their reservations had been cancelled by Maldron Hotels after a "computer error". READ MORE: 9 mistakes to avoid making in the Greek Islands Maldron Hotels said some rooms had been cancelled, but the mistake was down to a computer glitch, the Telegraph reported .
The chain, which has two hotels in Manchester, said all reservations made before August 26 would be honoured. "We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused," it said. READ .