X NO LONGER MARKS THE SPOT Hyatt dumps porn

Posted on 10/16/2015

Movie rental revenue has been sinking for hoteliers since 2014, so eliminating on-demand pornography is likely a sound economic decision. When Hyatt Hotels announced that this genre of film was to be discontinued or phased out at all their hotels, the news was received as socially responsible.
Between 2000 and 2014 hotel rooms generated about US$339 ($435) million in movie rental revenue. Since then, that number has dropped to about $107 ($94) million a year.   Marriott hotels dropped adult video on demand many years ago. The company's chairman, Bill Marriott, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told The Associated Press in 2012 that not only was the church “very, very opposed to pornography,'” but that demand for the movies had “gone way down'' because “if they want that stuff, they can get on the computer.”

   The National Center on Sexual Exploitation in Washington applauded the change. ``With this step, Hyatt is proving itself to be a leader among corporations that value a positive and safe environment for their consumers,'' said the organization's president, Patrick Trueman.