To start, I have never, ever, thought a thing like this can happen in a 6-star hotel (official designation 5*GL - Grand Luxury).
Last night, my cellphone (1 moth old, price tag RD$11.000) was stolen from inside the room at Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado resort, in Samana.
The phone was stolen between 6pm an 1am last night, from a nightstand where it always resides 24 hours, with very few people entering the room (night's maid, and room service). Neither was supervised in their entry into the room. The hotel security is supposedly "investigating" but so far no results.
I ringed my phone from my other cellphone at the moment I found out the phone was missing, obviously, no ring sound within the room (where it should be heard if the phone was somehow displaced within the room) and it was answered by somebody and kept silince in spite of multiple "halos, helos, holas, and alikes". Then the phone weant "dead" (turned off).
This was a brand new Sony Ericcson W710i, which I just got with my Orange Fidepuntos. Of couse, Orange cannot block the IMEI, just the SIM card, they only put IMEI on alert so if somedy tries to actiavte a new chip, they won't be able, but they would not seize the phone neither would they try to block the IMEI to reject logging on the network with any SIM card.
Warning to anyone who may want to visit Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado or any Gran Bahia Principe resort in the Samana region - YOU MAY GET ROBBED WHILE INSIDE THE RESORT by the very employees of the resort. Because all resorts are recently open (only several months) the employees are also new and not checked out well through the years of dedicated work as may be the case in Puerto Plata or Bavaro resorts.
Last night, my cellphone (1 moth old, price tag RD$11.000) was stolen from inside the room at Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado resort, in Samana.
The phone was stolen between 6pm an 1am last night, from a nightstand where it always resides 24 hours, with very few people entering the room (night's maid, and room service). Neither was supervised in their entry into the room. The hotel security is supposedly "investigating" but so far no results.
I ringed my phone from my other cellphone at the moment I found out the phone was missing, obviously, no ring sound within the room (where it should be heard if the phone was somehow displaced within the room) and it was answered by somebody and kept silince in spite of multiple "halos, helos, holas, and alikes". Then the phone weant "dead" (turned off).
This was a brand new Sony Ericcson W710i, which I just got with my Orange Fidepuntos. Of couse, Orange cannot block the IMEI, just the SIM card, they only put IMEI on alert so if somedy tries to actiavte a new chip, they won't be able, but they would not seize the phone neither would they try to block the IMEI to reject logging on the network with any SIM card.
Warning to anyone who may want to visit Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado or any Gran Bahia Principe resort in the Samana region - YOU MAY GET ROBBED WHILE INSIDE THE RESORT by the very employees of the resort. Because all resorts are recently open (only several months) the employees are also new and not checked out well through the years of dedicated work as may be the case in Puerto Plata or Bavaro resorts.