Post by bh on Aug 8, 2007 8:15:39 GMT
We got back from this place on Saturday - BBC WEB PAGE
Probe into holiday hotel sickness
The hotel is located on the north coast of the country
An examination is being carried out by a hygiene expert at a Caribbean hotel where dozens of UK holiday-makers have fallen ill during their stay.
The guests who have been taken sick are staying at the Bahia Principe San Juan hotel in the Dominican Republic.
Tour operator Thomas Cook says "a considerable number" of travellers have been affected by the sickness and diarrhoea bug.
The Federation of Tour Operators has been asked to investigate the cause.
Valerie and Andrew Bembridge from Lincolnshire paid more than £2,000 to stay at the hotel.
Mrs Bembridge fell ill first and was taken to hospital accompanied by her husband and their nine-year-old son.
"Obviously I was in a bad way and my husband started vomiting and came over with a fever.
"Soon after he'd vomited my son went down with diarrhoea, so all three of us were retained in the hospital."
The Bembridges were discharged after two days and cut short their holiday to fly home.
But they claim hundreds of guests at the hotel complex have been affected by the bug and are desperate to leave but are still too ill to be declared fit to fly.
A spokeswoman for Thomas Cook said it was working with the Federation of Tour Operators to understand the cause of the illness.
She said an independent consultant had been sent by the federation to the hotel to carry out a comprehensive hygiene review.
No-one from the hotel was available for comment.
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Wondered why my daughter was throwing up and we've all had stomach problems!!
Probe into holiday hotel sickness
The hotel is located on the north coast of the country
An examination is being carried out by a hygiene expert at a Caribbean hotel where dozens of UK holiday-makers have fallen ill during their stay.
The guests who have been taken sick are staying at the Bahia Principe San Juan hotel in the Dominican Republic.
Tour operator Thomas Cook says "a considerable number" of travellers have been affected by the sickness and diarrhoea bug.
The Federation of Tour Operators has been asked to investigate the cause.
Valerie and Andrew Bembridge from Lincolnshire paid more than £2,000 to stay at the hotel.
Mrs Bembridge fell ill first and was taken to hospital accompanied by her husband and their nine-year-old son.
"Obviously I was in a bad way and my husband started vomiting and came over with a fever.
"Soon after he'd vomited my son went down with diarrhoea, so all three of us were retained in the hospital."
The Bembridges were discharged after two days and cut short their holiday to fly home.
But they claim hundreds of guests at the hotel complex have been affected by the bug and are desperate to leave but are still too ill to be declared fit to fly.
A spokeswoman for Thomas Cook said it was working with the Federation of Tour Operators to understand the cause of the illness.
She said an independent consultant had been sent by the federation to the hotel to carry out a comprehensive hygiene review.
No-one from the hotel was available for comment.
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Wondered why my daughter was throwing up and we've all had stomach problems!!
Could put it down to the dreaded illness I'm suffering from of course!! 
