[ratww]

I don't know. The only thing I knew about Thailand is that it's a beautiful country.

Now that I know about this case, I wouldn't consider setting foot there out of principle... and fear.

And as someone who's in this field: this is going to have deep repercussions in the traveling industry and people will definitely rethink how reviews work for Thailand. Some friends from travel-related startups already posted the link in private chat.

That was a bad idea both for the hotel and for Thailand's travel industry.

Also: Sites like TripAdvisor also don't want to risk having potentially libellous accusations in their reviews, so they would certainly try to work together with the hotel (as they did, since they removed a previous review).