{"id":79799,"date":"2023-10-10T23:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=79799"},"modified":"2023-10-10T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:59:22","slug":"hotel-boss-lost-job-after-ukrainian-refugees-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/hotel-boss-lost-job-after-ukrainian-refugees-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel boss lost job after Ukrainian refugees&apos; complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a3120,000-a-year boss of luxury hotel resort lost job after Ukrainian refugees complained about &#8216;harrowing&#8217; conditions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ian Miller was fired after protests over broken lifts, wi-fi issues \u2013 and the fact refugees were served only \u2018nuggets and chips\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The boss of a luxury Highland resort was fired after Ukrainian refugees housed there hit out at the \u2018harrowing\u2019 conditions they were forced to live in.<\/p>\n<p>Iain Miller lost his \u00a3120,000-a-year role following their complaints, including claims Strathspey Hotel was \u2018infested with vermin\u2019 and only served \u2018nuggets and chips\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>An employment tribunal heard Macdonald Aviemore Resort\u2019s managing director was also blamed for leaving 85 rooms un-serviced while a film crew was staying.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miller was sacked after senior executive Natalya Macholla found his \u2018egregious\u2019 failings had damaged the company\u2019s reputation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He sued for unfair dismissal but a tribunal in\u00a0Glasgow threw out his case after concluding he was to blame for the issues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/21\/76396751-0-image-a-27_1696968452773.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An employment tribunal heard managing director\u00a0Iain Miller was blamed for leaving 85 rooms un-serviced\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miller\u2019s remit consisted of four hotels, two resorts and a conference centre.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal heard that in June 2022 the firm\u2019s founder, Donald Macdonald, reported that one of the resorts was a \u2018complete disaster\u2019 and Mr Miller had \u2018let the place go\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year a film crew complained the towels and linen weren\u2019t changed at the 85 rooms they had taken for five days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/21\/76396717-0-image-a-31_1696968528104.jpg\" height=\"248\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Miller lost his \u00a3120,000-a-year role following complaints by\u00a0Ukrainian refugees<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal was also told that in August 2022, a number of Ukrainian refugees arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Their \u2018harrowing stories of living conditions\u2019 soon reached the local paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A disciplinary hearing held in December found the \u2018failings\u2019 at Strathspey Hotel and the \u2018resulting reputational damage\u2019 were \u2018egregious\u2019 and Mr Miller was fired.<\/p>\n<p>Employment judge Rory McPherson yesterday found the decision to sack the 58-year-old was a reasonable one. 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