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RE: Yes: The Emperors Club VIP+DC

One brand guru weighed in with an intriguing thought. Writes Laura Reis, president of Ries & Ries, an Atlanta-based brand consultancy: “Usually, tourism can be affected by all the attention on the place of a dirty deed. Nightclub where a celebrity died. Tunnel where Diana perished. The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. People are morbidly curious about these places.

“The problem with Spitzer is that the hooker went to D.C. If it happened in NYC, it might have helped New York more. Too bad.” -MediaPost

Too bad indeed.