The end of hotel room pornography
January 26th 2011 00:15
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There is no end to the risks of the hotel business. To sell pretty much any other item or service is to create some sort of bond between the customer and what you are offering. But nobody bonds with a hotel room. It's a place where you behave in ways you can't at home.
And now, on top of all their other cares, it appears hotels are losing revenue from declining pornography sales.
There are few facets of business that don't get scrutinised these days, and so we can report that, according to analysis by Colliers PKF Hospitality Research, the average American hotel room generated US$288 a year in 2000 from patrons turning on, so to speak, to the pornography channel.
The figure is now down to $175 and falling so fast that hotel mega-chain Marriott has announced that it is removing pornography from its in-room TV entertainment options.
The reason for the downturn, Colliers analyst Robert Mandelbaum said, is the iPad. What's happening is this: hotel guests are bringing their entertainment in with them.
We have seen no comment yet from Apple. The company's reaction to causing the collapse of such a fundamental part of the travelling business culture would be interesting. Meanwhile, this isn't going to harm iPad sales.
USA Today
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I think it's evidence of the insidious, creeping changes that technology is having on our lives. What do I do now? I'm forced to buy an iPad or resubcribe to Hustler. Apple is taking over!