What they don’t include in the story is this is only offered by a hand full of independant franchies.
“What they don’t include in the story is this is only offered by a hand full of independant franchies.”
The reason it’s not included in the story, Restornu, is that it’s simply false.
It’s only a handful of Marriotts that don’t offer porn (at least two because they were threatened with obscenity charges by local prosecutors).
In fact, Marriott Corp. negotiated a system-wide contract for the porn with On Command.
Here’s how Marriott CEO and board chair J.W. Marriott, Jr., explained corporate policy in a June 6, 2000 letter:
“The in-room entertainment operators who provide our systems rely upon a certain volume of movie types in order to be economically viable. If we were to elminate the R- and non-rated offerings, the systems would not be economic.”
Please note that Bill Marriott does not falsely claim that R- and X-rated porn flicks, some of which anti-porn activists and prosecutors believe violate state and federal obscenity laws, are available only at a “handful” of Marriott hotels.
In my hometown, the big fancy Marriott downtown is the only hotel in town that offers X-rated movies:
“Patty Perry, Ashman Court director of sales and marketing, confirmed that X-rated movies are available through On Command.” Midland Daily News, Aug. 17, 2002 at:
http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5079223&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6