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Marriott hotels to drop pornographic videos [Romney connection]
Mormon Times ^ | 01 February 2011 | Elia Gourgouris

Posted on 02/02/2011 12:49:45 PM PST by T Minus Four

The Marriott hotel chain, one of the nation's largest players in the hospitality business, has made the decision to eliminate offering adult movies in their rooms.

It is a decision praised by groups who view the pornography industry as a threat to families, individuals and children. It is also well known that the Marriott family is LDS, and their rooms frequently carry the Book of Mormon along with the Bible.

Although I applaud their decision, I am disappointed by the reason behind it. The hotel chain says the decision is strictly based on economics: In-room porn profits have steadily declined because the porn industry has moved online. Hotels in general have seen business travelers bring in their own electronic entertainment in the form of DVDs or movies they can watch on their laptops (like videos from Netflix). According to Colliers PKF Hospitality Research, hotels now collect about 39 percent less for in-room pay-per-view movie rentals than they did a decade ago.

It is also disappointing to hear that this will be a phasing out process. The removing of the in-room pay-per-view pornography will take place over the next five years.

Now, some people may say that I'm being naive about this whole thing: It has always been about the bottom line, meaning corporate profits, and it will always be that way.

I beg to disagree, and here's why. Omni, with more than 50 hotels, is the biggest chain that has refused to offer so-called "adult entertainment" for their guests. When did they make that decision to go porn free? How about 1999, when it was considerably more profitable for them.

Omni spokeswoman Caryn Kboudi said, "The ownership decided that it was not a way they wanted to make money." There you go, pure and simple. I applaud their courageous stand, which was not dictated by economic factors but by plain decency. That's corporate leadership at its best!

I want you to know that personally and as a family we have stayed at numerous Marriott hotels over the years. Their level of customer service, friendliness, cleanliness and general accommodations has always been superb. I would encourage the Marriott Corporation, even at this late stage, to eliminate porn from their thousands of hotel rooms as soon as it's feasible. Five more years of porn is five years too many.

Sometimes our competitors, (Omni in this case), do get things right. Emulating them is not the end of the world. Life is not always about profits; it's about choices.

P.S. - I look forward to your thoughts.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Religion; Travel
KEYWORDS: lds; porn; romney
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1 posted on 02/02/2011 12:49:52 PM PST by T Minus Four
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To: T Minus Four
P.S. - I look forward to your thoughts

Somehow, I doubt it.

2 posted on 02/02/2011 12:50:55 PM PST by T Minus Four ("If Mormonism were a cult, I would know it and I would not be in it")
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The Marriott hotel chain, one of the nation's largest players in the hospitality business, has made the decision to eliminate offering adult movies in their rooms

Good

3 posted on 02/02/2011 12:53:52 PM PST by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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To: T Minus Four

Why would I be paying for overpriced hotel pron anyway? If I needed porn that bad I have a laptop with a hard drive, or a wifi connection.


4 posted on 02/02/2011 12:54:13 PM PST by utherdoul
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To: T Minus Four
Romney connection? LDS Owned?

Well, it's Motel 6 for me from now on.
5 posted on 02/02/2011 12:54:53 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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It seems Romney never objected to the in-room porn service the entire time he was serving on the board.

Marriott board helps fellow Mormon Romney -- gives up porn

6 posted on 02/02/2011 12:59:56 PM PST by T Minus Four ("If Mormonism were a cult, I would know it and I would not be in it")
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I could shorten this story substantially for you. The internet has taken over the porn distribution industry, so we’re not making any money on porn anymore. Watch it on your laptop like everyone else.


7 posted on 02/02/2011 1:02:11 PM PST by Melas
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The removing of the in-room pay-per-view pornography will take place over the next five years.

Five years? Geez, that seems like a long time. I mean, Obama is lighting the world on fire in just over two.

8 posted on 02/02/2011 1:02:23 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: T Minus Four

Hillary sat on the Walmart board of directors. We are supposed to believe her rants against Walmart and Chinese crap products.

They all do it.

And I don’t want to see Romney run again.


9 posted on 02/02/2011 1:04:06 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: T Minus Four
So what are all these lonely Business Men going to do in their empty rooms?


10 posted on 02/02/2011 1:05:12 PM PST by Koracan
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To: FrankR

It’s hard to take you seriously when you suggest that you’re staying at the Motel 6 because you’re boycotting the Marriott. No one goes from the Marriott to Motel 6.

The customer base for each are light years apart. At the Mariotte, you have luxury, restaurants, in-room massages, 4 star room service and a concierge at your bidding. At Motel 6, you get a dingy box to sleep in for $39.99. If you were truly boycotting the Marriott, you’d stay at the Four Seasons or the Hilton.


11 posted on 02/02/2011 1:11:30 PM PST by Melas
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To: T Minus Four

I have worked with people with addictions, and a porn addiction can be a rough thing to deal with. Some guys put a monitoring program on their computer to keep them off porn sites, but it’s a problem when they are on the road.


12 posted on 02/02/2011 1:12:50 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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"The hotel chain says the decision is strictly based on economics: In-room porn profits have steadily declined because the porn industry has moved online...."

Too bad, with their LDS connections, one wonders, truly wonders, why they've only now decided to eliminate porno movies - because...............of economics?

Is there something wrong with this message, a clearly identifiable connection to the LDS church, wa strongly moral, strong "family values," business with no motive whatsoever to remove (or one might even say begin) a porno connection to the chain?

For that very reason, I never stay at a Marriott hotel. When I have options, why would I, should I give my money to a business that promotes porno to the general public?

13 posted on 02/02/2011 1:16:30 PM PST by zerosix (native sunflower)
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"Somehow, I doubt it."

Hilarious and spot on.

14 posted on 02/02/2011 1:23:37 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Melas
The internet has taken over the porn distribution industry, so we’re not making any money on porn anymore

Yup, that's the gist of the article. It's all about money.

What do you mean, "we"....

15 posted on 02/02/2011 1:26:19 PM PST by T Minus Four ("If Mormonism were a cult, I would know it and I would not be in it")
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To: Melas
Watch it on your laptop like everyone else

I'm a woman. My porn comes wrapped in foil with the words "85% cacao" printed on the label.

16 posted on 02/02/2011 1:31:46 PM PST by T Minus Four ("If Mormonism were a cult, I would know it and I would not be in it")
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To: T Minus Four

Ooooh, I might be a man, but that’s the good stuff.


17 posted on 02/02/2011 1:38:52 PM PST by Melas
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To: Melas

LOL!


18 posted on 02/02/2011 1:39:48 PM PST by T Minus Four ("If Mormonism were a cult, I would know it and I would not be in it")
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To: T Minus Four
Porn sponsored by lds at their hotels, so that's where the tithes show up. They dropped the porn because they were not making money on it any longer, for no other reason.
19 posted on 02/02/2011 1:50:56 PM PST by svcw (God doesn't show up in our time, but He shows up on time)
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To: Melas
I have stayed at Marroitts before and never had a restaurant or in room massage. Where are those? I mean they are nice but any nicer than Comfort Inn. Are these special hotels? Ok, they could have different levels of hotels I guess.
20 posted on 02/02/2011 1:53:42 PM PST by svcw (God doesn't show up in our time, but He shows up on time)
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