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Old Jan 27, 2011, 2:32 pm
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theblakefish
 
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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike
Richard Branson, discussing his new Virgin Hotels concept at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit:

After being escorted on stage by four Virgin flight attendants (he did have a recent skiing accident), he wasted no time taking a shot at Marriott saying his hotels will be fun and there will be no frustrations. “If you want breakfast at 3 a.m. you should be able to get it, and you won’t be banned from watching sexy films. We will have great quality sexy films.” The overflow luncheon crowd howled. In fact, the publicity surrounding the news that Marriott will be pulling porn from its in-room entertainment systems had people smirking throughout the conference.
^^^ Sir Richard and *wood seem to be the only people in the travel industry that try and make travel sexy and glamorous from top to bottom. :-:
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