I have a well-placed, influential, active Mormon friend who is a very good source and who recently recounted to me a conversation he said he had with an LDS attorney working for the Mormon Marriott Corporation. (This hired gun for the Marriotts, I was told by my friend, was also the first counselor in a stake presidency).

The Marriott attorney stated that 50 to 70% of Marriott hotel rooms on any given night around the world were providing in-room pornography to their customers who had paid to view it. courtesy of Marriott.

My friend said that this attorney insisted to him that Marriott's porn-providing decision was a necessary business move, made in order for Marriott hotels to effectively compete in the global marketplace. My friend said the attorney further argued that no other major hotel chain could effectively compete unless they also provided in-room porn to their paying customers.

My friend said that he responded to the Marriott attorney by telling the him that a major global hotel chain that remains competitive even though it does not provide in-room porn to its customers is Disney.



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Curious...a quick Google search shows that Omni Hotels and Ritz Carlton hotels do not provide pornography in their rooms. Ironically, Ritz Carlton is owned by Marriott.

. . . which provides insight into how Marriott has justified its past practice of providing porn to customers willing to pay.



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It is true that Marriotts offer pornography--even in SLC--and that the Ritz hotels do not. It is also true that the Marriotts say they need to offer the stuff to be competitive.

The irony is that Marriott Corporation owns the Ritz Carlton brand. So apparently you only need to sell pornography if you are a Marriott hotel.

I would have never guessed that people still pay for hotel porn. Isn't it 2012 and not 1995? I hope the movies still have plot lines. I still think about taking a job as a pool boy from time to time thanks to the old school vhs porn.

On a side note, I prefer to watch porn on my phone for free.

Also, if you've ever stayed in the a las vegas marriott, it's comical how they give the casino a separate name and give the appearance that is is not affiliated with the hotel by renting the space rather than taking gaming winnings. Even though the casino is connected to the hotel.

I spent nights in two different marriotts this week. In each, I found that the speed of the internet connection was ~ 9-12Mbps down, 1.5-2.5Mbps upload. I could play netflix with little problem. Yet, the typical porn sites were running very very slow. I found that if I went to the mobile version of the porn site, for iphone/mp4, it suddenly went fast.

I think they purposely throttle down the porn sites in order to increase on-demand porn through the TV vid.

so if you're one of the largest pornography retailers in the world, the cult names the basketball stadium and business school at their university after you.

if you're just watch porn, you are barred from attending the weddings of your children,

stupid fucking cult

I hope you are highly paid for your analytical skills, sonoma, because that one is right on the money.

If you're a pornography retailer who pays tithing in huge amounts that is the blessing you receive.

Complete BS, but would you expect anything less?

Maybe the church should take a page out Marriott's book. It would certainly make priesthood meetings more interesting and better attended.