Several upscale hotel companies are beginning to use the growing interest in gaming to round out their list of featured room amenities.  Marriot International is pointing toward the rising numbers of guest traveling with their game consoles as a factor in the company’s installation of new hi-definition televisions in rooms across the county.  Radisson and Country Inns & Suites hotels are looking into the viability of offering internet gaming to their guests.  Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica, California, even goes as far as to offer their guests free use of PS2s and PSPs, along with a dedicated “game butler” to give tips and technical support.  While these amenities may continue to elude the more run-of-the-mill hotel chains that we normally stay in, this development does reflect the continued cultural shift toward viewing gaming as a valid source of mainstream entertainment.  I’m just hoping that it will let them finally stop advertising “Free HBO and Phone.”

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