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Sliema’s Worst-Rated Hotel ‘Categorically’ Denies Rat Infestation After Being Forced To Shut Down

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One of the worst-rated hotels in Malta, the Park Hotel, has issued a statement denying any evidence of a rat infestation in the hotel after being shut down by Malta Tourism Authority officials this week.

“I refer to the news items published online on the 1st and 2nd July 2019, whereby it was alleged that the Park Hotel has a problem with rats and is infested, a claim I hereby categorically deny,” said Marisa Camilleri, speaking on behalf of the hotel’s management.

“The Park Hotel does not and never had a problem with rats or any other pest or vermin for that matter.”

“The Hotel has always been regularly serviced by Comtec, a leading pest control specialist, who confirmed that there has never been a rat infestation. This has also been confirmed by the health authorities who have been invited to inspect the hotel by the owners, an inspection which was carried yesterday,” she said.

Her denial comes after local media began circulating an image showing a rat that was allegedly taken inside the Park Hotel. The hotel did not deny claims of a bedbug infestation.

The picture of a rat was shared widely on Maltese media, with many sites allegedly it was taken inside the Park Hotel

Camilleri continued to say that the entire reference to rats was a linguistic mistake

“In addition, kindly note that the part of the judgement mentioning rats is just a reproduction of the reply filed by the MTA to our warrant of prohibitory, so much so that rats are only mentioned under the heading ‘Rat ir-risposta ta’ l-Awtorita ta’ Malta Dwar it-Turizmu’. As you should know, in all civil judgements, before the Court makes its considerations, it reproduces the plaintiff’s application and the defendant’s reply. This allegation did not result during the proceedings, so much so that Court, in its deliberations, did not even refer to it and the word rat or rats is not mentioned anywhere else in the judgement,” she ended.

The Park Hotel was shut down after Maltese authorities said the hotel had failed to keep the hotel up to a four-star standard

A glance at some of the hotel’s reviews on TripAdvisor, the popular travel review sites, shows that Park Hotel is rated 24 from 24 hotels in Sliema. The reviews themselves tell of horror stories where children’s legs ended up covered in bedbug bites, other visitors found blood stains on their sheet, among other unpleasant accounts.

Johnathan is an award-winning Maltese journalist interested in social justice, politics, minority issues, music and food. Follow him at @supreofficialmt on Instagram, and send him news, food and music stories at [email protected]

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