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Westin Hotels to have Wiis in their rooms

article published on 3 May, 2008

If you are planning on vacationing anytime soon, you may want to book yourself into a Westin Hotel, which has announced that it will be supplying at least 10 of its hotel chains with the popular Nintendo Wii console. What makes the announcement even more special is that the Wiis will come preloaded with a self updating selection of games, meaning no physical discs are required. The ... [ read the full article ]

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goodswipe
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3. May 2008 @ 17:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
/Westin Hotels FTW!

Hmm, maybe this is to encourage ppl to play the Wii, get hungry from burning all those calories playing Wii Tennis, then order room service.

Smart idea...

But how many people actually STAY in their hotel rooms, long enough to even play this? Usually when I'm on vacation, my hotel room is the last place I want to be.
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3. May 2008 @ 17:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope this doesn't encourage people to steal them along with the towels,soap and any other things that guests normally swipe.
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3. May 2008 @ 17:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is just another way for hotels to rip you off. I bet they will charge the guest like $15 dollars a minute to play.

Similar to the extremely expensive minibars that they put in your room.
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3. May 2008 @ 18:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by goodswipe:
/Westin Hotels FTW!

Hmm, maybe this is to encourage ppl to play the Wii, get hungry from burning all those calories playing Wii Tennis, then order room service.

Smart idea...

But how many people actually STAY in their hotel rooms, long enough to even play this? Usually when I'm on vacation, my hotel room is the last place I want to be.

hahaha exactly. Who's lame enough to sit in their hotel during their vacation just to play Wii?
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6. May 2008 @ 02:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by trexxus:
I hope this doesn't encourage people to steal them along with the towels,soap and any other things that guests normally swipe.
Say it ain't so !!

"The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
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7. May 2008 @ 10:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Gimmick or nice add on - depends whether you're being cynical or not!
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