Over the years hotels have had to put up with damage and theft by their customers.� Insurance company More Than said some �5 million worth of bathrobes had been taken, 336,000 beds broken and 300,000 television sets destroyed.According to findings, there have been three million instances of guest-related property damage at British hotels over the past five years, and 80% of guests admitted to having stolen from hotels. Now hoteliers can get their own back. A new database has been launched in the UK allowing hoteliers to blacklist customers who steal or damage property in their hotel room. The online database means that anyone in the hospitality industry can run a check against any potential customer before accepting their booking. The system is similar to the system used by credit card companies to find out if they have defaulted on payments.Up to 10,000 small hotels, B&Bs, holiday letting agencies and campsites are expected to sign up to the subscription-based GuestScan network.Subscribers are able to check the register for known troublemakers and upload information on new offenders ? naming and shaming guests who steal towels, make excessive noise, are abusive towards other guests or don't pay their bills.The database was conceived by Bristol businessman Neil Campbell after a neighbour who owned a B&B suffered a ?visitor from hell?.GuestScan inform offenders and they may stay blacklisted for between two and four years. Under the Data Protection Act, those placed on the list have a right to appeal.GuestScan is the first database of its kind to be launched in the UK, although a similar scheme called Guests Behaving Badly was launched in Australia in 2007.
15 September 2010
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