People Are Absolutely Savaging Gordon Sondland's Hotels on Yelp

[Demovictory9]

Reviewers on Yelp are taking out their anger with Sondland by leaving one-star ratings for the hotels to which he is linked.

“If you’re looking for a hotel owned by a Trump supporter who gave the campaign a million dollars in exchange for an ambassadorship that he’s unqualified for so he can extort foreign leaders into attacking fellow Americans, look no further,” Zee L., a Yelp user from West Hollywood, California, wrote for his assessment of the Revolution Hotel in Boston. “BONUS: plush bath robes and white hoods available in each room.”

Sondland was the founder and former chairman of Provenance Hotels, which owns and manages 14 boutique hotels across the U.S.—including the Revolution. The hotels had been well-regarded up until recently, with customers raving about the ambiance, amenities, and accommodating staff. But over the past few weeks, one-star Yelp reviews disparaging him for his involvement in the Trump-Ukraine saga have appeared on most of the hotels’ Yelp pages.

Zee’s review appeared on the day U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor told Congress that Sondland notified the Ukrainian government of an alleged quid-pro-quo arrangement pushed by the Trump administration. One user from San Francisco posted reviews on four different Provenance Hotels’ Yelp pages mentioning “swampy diplomat Gordon Sondland” was a “Major Trump supporter” on Oct. 8, the day Sondland was subpoenaed by Congress after the State Department blocked his scheduled deposition.

“Booked a rez and then discovered Dossier is owned by Gordon Sondland, a MAJOR TRUMP DONOR. Cancel!” the user wrote on the page of Portland’s Dossier Hotel.

Another California user, Will K., wrote that the Sentinel Hotel in Portland, Oregon, was an “otherwise nice-enough” but noted that Provenance Hotels was “controlled” by Sondland—who he said was a “major Trump contributor and participant in the Ukraine scandal.” “Do you want to support him?” he asked.


“I used to be an infrequent customer here but I’m appalled to learn that the owner, Gordon Sondland… was heavily involved in the Trump Ukraine scandal,” Karin W. of Portland wrote on The Heathman Hotel’s Yelp page. “I won’t be patronizing this business anymore, nor the others that he owns.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/people-are-absolutely-trashing-gordon-sondlands-hotels-on-yelp

[BigmanPigman]

1. Good, hit them where they live...in the wallet!

(and ego).

[lostinhere]

4. A Concern

I am concerned regarding the effect of any loss of business on the employees. They work hard to ensure the hotels are clean and safe with good services, yet they will have to deal with the consequences of being under or unemployed as fewer people use the hotels.

Will a boycott hurt the Ambassador? Yes. However, it will hurt folks who will feel it a lot more.

Just my $0.02.

Returning to lurking.

[empedocles]

2. Bet wifey knows these kind of things.

Doesn't take a lot of cancels to hit the profit margins

[NCLefty]

3. I feel like this might be the main reason he testified.

That or he was pissed Trump was already distancing himself from him and didn't want to be the one thrown under the bus.

Either way, I do not attribute his testimony to a good character or honesty. That ship sailed when he lied for Trump the first time.