Live @ Six Senses Zil Pasyon. (Seychelles islands)
#32
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,587
All things considered, this reflects badly on Six Senses!
#33
We exchanged e-mails in April about a stay booked for November, so fairly recent, but still before the event in question.
#34
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,900
Frankly, I am horrified by this. Regarding the alleged rape, I would wait for the investigation, if there is one. There are always two sides to the story and from what I read the reports provided conflicting information. But what really concerns me is the tardy reaction from the resort and the non-existent security. This should be made way more public.
May I ask, surftb15, if I read correctly that your pool suffered structural damage? Edit: read the review, pool pump broke. OK... the reaction was horrific and the GM didn't even answer to your point. Frankly I question his ability to run a resort in the Seychelles.
May I ask, surftb15, if I read correctly that your pool suffered structural damage? Edit: read the review, pool pump broke. OK... the reaction was horrific and the GM didn't even answer to your point. Frankly I question his ability to run a resort in the Seychelles.
What had happened.....
The pool pump broke. Not a big deal, right? WRONG. The pump (don't know what happened to it) started shaking the windows in the room. It was THAT LOUD! Also, water was spilling into the room as the pump wasn't moving the water at that point (or draining it).
I called every number at the hotel and noone answered. After about an hour, someone picked up, then "sent" someone to the room, which did no good.
Anyway it was a no sleep night. The next morning - no acknowledgement from the hotel or the GEM on these issues. So its funny, that the new GM didn't respond to the issue of "security" on TripAdvisor.
Finally, the new GM is there because the other GM was reassigned after this assault incident.
#35
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 91
Frankly, I am horrified by this. Regarding the alleged rape, I would wait for the investigation, if there is one. There are always two sides to the story and from what I read the reports provided conflicting information. But what really concerns me is the tardy reaction from the resort and the non-existent security. This should be made way more public.
May I ask, surftb15, if I read correctly that your pool suffered structural damage? Edit: read the review, pool pump broke. OK... the reaction was horrific and the GM didn't even answer to your point. Frankly I question his ability to run a resort in the Seychelles.
May I ask, surftb15, if I read correctly that your pool suffered structural damage? Edit: read the review, pool pump broke. OK... the reaction was horrific and the GM didn't even answer to your point. Frankly I question his ability to run a resort in the Seychelles.
It took me almost 20 minutes to get to the restaurant area, where I thought I could find the resort security. However, nobody was there. I was crying out and knocking at all doors. It took me another 20 minutes to find security.At around 2.30am they went to my villa and captured the rapist in the garden of the villa. However, as they told me later, they could not find the knife.
I asked the executive assistant manager, to immediately call the police. It was only later that I found out that she never called the police. Then she brought me to another villa to rest until the morning.
In the morning, at around 9.30am, I had a conversation with my the PR agent managing the tour, who also stayed at the resort in a different villa (I have a recording of this conversation) and with the General Manager. He shocked me by suggesting that I myself invited the man to the villa and that no rape actually took place. He also mentioned that the hotels management had not called the police. We subsequently called the police and they arrived from the nearby island shortly.
That was almost eight hours after I had reported the crime to the resort. The police was surprised that they had not been called earlier to the crime scene and confirmed that they were working 24 hours and hence would be contactable at the time the offence took place.
That morning I also saw the resort's co-owner, who I hoped would help me with my very difficult and stressful situation. Instead, she continued to offend me by asking whether I had experienced some pleasure that night.
Upon their arrival, the police assigned two female officers who helped me to file a statement. The attacker was identified as a Mauritian citizen working for the resort as a housekeeper.
I left the Seychelles the same night. No apology or support was ever offered by the hotels management.
#39
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,900
The issue of security really becomes a problem when boats like this stay parked outside the hotel at night. No doubt, my situation pales in comparison to a physical assault. BTW, that case is going to be tried in December of this year.
Regardless, the inability to reach anyone at the hotel that night was very problematic. They do have a security office, but it does not seem staffed at all. Otherwise, someone would have answered the phone!
And this:
Regardless, the inability to reach anyone at the hotel that night was very problematic. They do have a security office, but it does not seem staffed at all. Otherwise, someone would have answered the phone!
And this:
#40
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Left
Programs: FT
Posts: 7,285
#41
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 91
And I also want the resort to take measures to improve their security-it all became possible because nobody was there, nobody watched CCTV in real time.
And I also want respect and apology from the management, but I will fight for this myself.
Thank you all for the support, It is really very important for me now.
#42
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 91
Thank you so much! It was a nightmare(literally), I hope it will never ever happen to anyone there. Your kind words mean so much!
Last edited by Omnis Si Mulier; Jun 29, 2017 at 3:27 pm
#43
Thank you for that! I really don't want anybody to take my side or the resort's side, I don't want people here to be judges. All I want is CCTV footage from that night - from all the cameras, including the one near my villa - this footage can be a perfect proof of what I said above.
You have my deepest sympathy and admiration for coming out in public. I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort.
#44
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 91
If your version of events is true - and I have no reason to doubt it - this is a multiple failure of safety standards, security, organization, management and ownership. Just horrible.
You have my deepest sympathy and admiration for coming out in public. I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort.
You have my deepest sympathy and admiration for coming out in public. I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort.
I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort. - absolutely!
Last edited by Omnis Si Mulier; Jun 29, 2017 at 4:20 pm
#45
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE 1MM, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 3,392
If your version of events is true - and I have no reason to doubt it - this is a multiple failure of safety standards, security, organization, management and ownership. Just horrible.
You have my deepest sympathy and admiration for coming out in public. I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort.
You have my deepest sympathy and admiration for coming out in public. I hope it helps to avoid anybody else suffering such an experience, not just at Zil Payson, but any resort.
And enormous respect to the victim victim for telling her story.