London, England, Aug 10, 2007 / 08:36 am
One of the largest British budget hotel chains has decided to drop its pay-per-view pornography channels and replace them with family friendly viewing.
Travelodge Hotels announced its decision this month, saying it wants to attract and encourage the growing number of families who stay at its budget hotels. The number of families and children staying at Travelodge hotels has doubled since 2003.
Travelodge, which has 20,000 bedrooms and branches in Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom, said it would invest £10 million in new digital televisions that will offer 18 free, family-friendly channels.
The hotel chain says about 70 percent of its customers stay for leisure and 30 percent for business. The latter are thought to be the main consumers of hotel pay-per-view pornography.