Man had submitted critical online review after visiting Ferienhof Gerlos hotel
The owners of an Austrian four-star hotel who took one of their visitors to court over his online review criticising the portrait of a “Nazi grandpa” in its lobby have dropped the case because the guest managed to unearth evidence showing their relative had in fact been a member of the Nazi party.
The German guest, named in court documents as Thomas K, had posted critical reviews on Booking.com and TripAdvisor about a week after his visit to the Ferienhof Gerlos hotel in the Tyrolean Alps in August 2018.
The hotel’s owners, who say they had not been aware of their relatives’ party membership, will likely have to pay their former guests’ legal costs of about €10,000 (£8,350).
