Thomas Cook has announced it is to pay out more than £2.5 million in compensation to more than 500 Caribbean holidaymakers who became ill while staying at a resort in the Dominican Republic in 2007.
The holidaymakers, who travelled with the UK travel operator or its subsidiary My Travel, suffered a range of illnesses, including shigella, giardia, salmonella and E.coli, while staying at the Bahia Principe hotel between January and August 2007.
Head of solicitors Irwin Mitchell Clive Garner, who represented the 500 holidaymakers, said many needed medical treatment and 29 had to be taken to the local hospital.
"This was an astonishing outbreak at a hotel that should have offered its guests a dream holiday in the Caribbean," he commented.
"It was a comedy of errors from start to finish, but one which wasn't funny for anyone caught up in it."
A spokesperson for Thomas Cook said: "We take all reports of illness very seriously and we were very concerned by the outbreak of sickness that took place at the Bahia Principe in 2007."
"We are pleased that the majority of legal cases have now been settled. We want to be able to reassure all our customers that we work with our hotel partners to continually monitor the hygiene standards in their properties ."
Thomas Cook To Compensate 500 Dominican Republic Holidaymakers
Mon, 22 Jun 2009
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