Berlin brothel beats recession with discount offer to cyclists.Byline: ANI London, July 14 (ANI): A brothel in Berlin, which is facing hard times due to recession, has come up with a novel way of earning its keep, by offering a discount to patrons who arrive on bicycles. Thomas Goetz, owner of the Maison d'envie brothel, hopes the discount will attract customers, and will also help the environment. "The recession has hit our industry hard," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. "Obviously we hope that the discount will attract more people. "It's good for business, it's good for the environment - and it's good for the girls," he said. Goetz said customers who arrive on bicycle, or who can prove they took public transportation, get a 5-euro discount from the usual 70-euro fee for 45-minute sessions. He said the environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] offer was working a charm. "We have around 3-5 new customers coming in daily to take advantage of the discount," he stated. Adding the green rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. has helped alleviate Alleviate To make something easier to be endured. Mentioned in: Kinesiology, Applied traffic and parking congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. in the neighbourhood. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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