NT Health assumed existing Quest Berrimah bookings would be honoured: Chief Minister
More than a week after dozens of tourists had their stays in the Top End suddenly scrapped, the Chief Minister has blamed the Quest hotel chain for suddenly cancelling bookings.
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CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has apologised to would-be tourists who had their bookings at the Quest Berrimah hotel suddenly scrapped.
It came after NT Health booked out the entire hotel, purportedly to house workers at the Howard Springs.
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Mr Gunner said NT Health assumed the bookings would’ve been only for available rooms, and didn’t expect Quest to cancel the plans of holiday-makers.
“Quest have made the business decision to cancel their bookings, I don’t think that was the right call,” Mr Gunner told Mix 104.9’s Katie Woolf.
“We made the assumption those rooms were available,” he said.
“I’m sorry that’s happened to them.”
Mr Gunner said it was regrettable that many tourists hoping to stay in the NT were left without a place to stay, with many other hotels also fully booked during a bumper dry season.
“We don’t want them having a bad experience,” he said.
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