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Written by Pats Papers | Saturday, 4 September 2010 7:31 AM
Apparently, people are travelling with their own porn on their iPads and laptops. And almost everyone who travels these days has a mobile phone. The Los Angeles Times reports on the decline of revenue hotels are seeing because of technology. Specifically, per-call phone charges have plunged, and people are buying fewer in-room movies because they have their own. Average per-room phone revenue has dropped 86% over the last 10 years.
SOURCE: LA Times
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