Two S'pore hotels named and shamed

This post is about an article entitled [Two S'pore hotels named and shamed] . This article is quite old; it was an article in Wednesday's Straits' Times on 9 February 2011. Basically, as the title suggests, it is about TripAdvisor's 2011 list of Top 10 dirtiest hotels in Asia last month.

The Goldkist Beach Resort, a group of chalets located in East Coast Park, Singapore, topped the list. Some of the reviewer's complaints were dirty toilets, stained sheets and towels and roaches. Anothe Singaporean hotel, The Aspinal's Hotel, was ranked third on the list. Some of the reviewer's complaints were that there was a stale smell, the bathroom was filthy, and that there were bedbugs on the mattresses.

I think that these hotels should put more effort into the cleanliness of the hotels. This is because this will have a negative affect on Singapore, the hotels in Singapore and even the hotels that were listed themselves.

Firstly, having such filthy and unkempt hotels will spoil Singapore's image and lower the expectations tourists have on Singapore, especially since that Singapore has been labelled a clean and green city. Having hotels in the list of dirtiest hotels is already absurd enough for Singapore, let alone having one hotel in third place and still another one topping the list!! What's more, this list was made public, meaning that the whole world now knows that Singapore has such filthy hotels. How will foreigners now look at Singapore now?

Secondly, all the hotels in Singapore will also be affected just because of these 2 'black sheep'. This is because when tourists, after staying in those two filthy hotels and go away furious, they will have a mindset that all hotels in Singapore have such low standards and will not want to stay in other hotels in Singapore. This will affect the income of the hotels in Singapore and even Singapore's tourist industry.

Lastly, and needless to say, the hotels listed will themselves also will be affected. This is because once people come to stay, they will never want to ever come back. This will make the income of the hotel drop and drop until the hotels collapse, especially after this list has come out, as now the whole world knows which hotels to avoid if they come to Singapore.

That is why the hotels listed MUST brush up their cleanliness!!