Grove Park Inn offering special Valentine’s Day offer

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   SuckItMcGee February 11, 2011

   dangit, someone always beats me to the punch.

   Ash – when are you gonna trust us enough to disable author moderation? We'll behave, promise!

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   SuckItMcGee February 11, 2011

   Or the GPI people are going for majority rules. The majority (even in Asheville) is M/F relationships, and the guy (traditionally) tends to take the girls out.

   Everyone knows that marketing is a numbers game. The lowest common denominator always wins.

   Now if they just happen to be bigots, that's a whole 'nother story.

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   Mike February 10, 2011

   Please don't post anything when the spring lawn & garden season gets here, Ash. Most of those ads will be targeted along the lines of "get him the best new mower" — and I don't know if I can stomach all the ridiculous self righteousness of the people who'll be offended that the marketing folks didn't directly address the lesbian handywoman market.

   Maybe the crack GPI PR team figured they'd go with the largest target (and since it's Asheville, they managed to kill two birds with one stone — both the men and the women who want to surprise "her"), and assumed a minimal intelligence among the rest of the population would result in heterosexual women and gay men realizing this was not a "straight men only" opportunity.

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   007 February 9, 2011

   Crack PR folks is kind of harsh!

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   Father Guido Sarducci February 9, 2011

   Didn't you know that thgey're Jew haters and racists. Now, it seems homophobic and intolerant of women. Sounds likie the Grove Inn i know and (wish) i didn't live by.

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   kath February 9, 2011

   I was also shocked to see something like this is a town with so many resident lesbians and gays. I guess this is not the customer base this hotel wants to build up.

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   Murphy February 9, 2011

   Good point kath.

   Also, didn't think about same sex couples.

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   kath February 9, 2011

   I wonder why the crack PR folks at the Grove Park Inn think that only a man would be the one to plan a Valentine's Day weekend getaway? Couldn't a woman also plan something for her boyfriend or spouse? It's disgusting that this is viewed in such a one-sided way. Loyal readers and PR flacks should know better — this is 2011! Shameful!!

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