Hilton Worldwide will phase out pornographic programming
from its hotel rooms’ video-on-demand inventory.
The company said that it currently doesn’t offer pornographic
films in “the vast majority” of its hotels and will phase it out at the
remainder of properties “subject to the terms of their contracts.”
“We have listened carefully to our customers and have
determined that adult video-on-demand entertainment is not in keeping with our
company’s vision and goals moving forward,” Hilton said in a statement.
Hilton’s decision was first reported on Monday by the
National Center on Sexual Exploitation and was praised by Dawn Hawkins, the
group’s executive director. That group had previously included the hotel
company on its so-called “Dirty Dozen” List of companies that it says promotes
sexual exploitation. That list includes retailer American Apparel, Carl’s Jr. parent
CKE Restaurants, magazine Cosmopolitan, Facebook and YouTube.