A new Holiday Inn has opened in Pattaya. They charge 1999 baht for rooms and 2000 baht for prostitutes, officially called a "guest fee". Basically, if u go there alone, and meet someone later, either a working lady, or even a friend, and bring them back to the hotel, you get charged 2000 for them to enter your room. They, of course, do not distinguish between friends and prostitutes. I wonder what their books look like. "This month $1M on hotel rooms and $1.1M on prostitute fees." The prostitution commission is unique in Pattaya, as far as I know.
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