Hotels piggyback on success of Fifty Shades of Grey with package deals

- Jul 04, 2012 4:52 am

Skift Take

Every pop culture hit gets its own tourism tie-ins. It’s just that this one is more titillating than New York’s “Spider Man Week.”

— Jason Clampet

Speaking of vacations, the E. L. James best-selling novel that people are ashamed to read in plain view has inspired hotels to create Fifty Shades of Grey romance packages.

Tags: books, trends

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