(CNN) — Fed up with hearing from wannabe-Instagram "influencers" asking for free stuff in exchange for publicity, the owner of a beach club in the Philippines decided to take a stand. Gianluca Casaccia, manager and co-owner of the White Banana Beach Club in the island of Siargao, criticized Instagram influencers in a viral Facebook post. White Banana Beach Club Siargao"We are receiving many messages regarding collaborations with influencers, Instagram influencers," he wrote. "We kindly would like to announce that White Banana is not interested to 'collaborate' with self-proclaimed 'influencers'. The White Banana was already the White Banana before this social media storm -- that's why everyone wanted to come for free," he said.

Source: CNN April 05, 2019 15:33 UTC