Hard Rock Hotel Chief Blames Dominican Republic Deaths on ‘Different Water’

Hard Rock Hotel Chief Blames Dominican Republic Deaths on ‘Different Water’
An undated screenshot of a 360 view from inside the Toro Restaurant at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Courtesy of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana/Screenshot
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The head of the Hard Rock resort chain is claiming that “different water” might have accounted for the mysterious deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic in the past year.

“The reality is that when people travel abroad, people get sick simply many times by just drinking water that’s different here than what we are used to in the United States,” the hotel owner, Jim Allen, told CNBC on June 28.
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