Booking.com sent tourists to Wetherspoons instead of luxury flats

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 07:42 · Archive

Booking.com directed tourists to a London pub after fraudsters posted fake luxury apartment listings.

Fraudsters advertised The Liberty Bounds, a Wetherspoons pub near Tower Bridge, as a block of luxury apartments on Booking.com. The pub has been forced to turn away up to 20 tourists daily as a result. According to Which?, customers reported the scam to Booking.com but were ignored. Which? also reported it was able to create a false listing for 10 Downing Street on the platform.

How it is being reported

• Pub forced to turn away 20 tourists every day after Booking.com 'sends customers to fake listing'GB News · 25 Sept, 04:25
• Booking.com under fire after tourists sent to Wetherspoons pub instead of ‘luxury apartments’Evening Standard · 25 Sept, 00:01

In this story: Booking.com · Wetherspoons · The Liberty Bounds · Tower Bridge · Which? · London

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