The Gideon Bible still has a place of prominence in at least one of Provenance's hotels — Hotel Preston in Nashville, the home of Gideons International, and offices of several major Christian ...

Hotel Indigo in Newcastle claims to be the world's first hotel to replace the ubiquitous Gideons Bible with a pre-loaded version on an Amazon Kindle e-reader. The Kindle will be placed in the ...

Why is there a Gideon Bible in almost every hotel or motel room? That’s easy: Because the Gideons put them there. The books are given to hotels and motels by Gideon International, a Christian ...

The one thing travelers could reliably count on in their hotel rooms: a Bible in the bedside table. But like many traditions, this one may be dying.

The bible is "found in virtually every hotel drawer" said Mr Munday. A Newcastle hotel is replacing the traditional bedside Gideon bibles with e-reader editions. Each room at the Indigo hotel in ...

The Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, UK, is much like any other hotel: expensive mini bar, pointless shower caps, and bed sheets that take 10 minutes to get under. Until you peer into the beside table ...

A hotel in England has replaced in-room bibles with the erotic bestseller "50 Shades of Grey." Instead of the standard Gideon bible, the owner of Damson Dene opted for the steamy novel known for ...

Last year, Gideons International distributed more than 84 million printed copies of the Bible around the world to students, hospitals, members of the military and, of course, hotels, where they ...

I looked in my desk drawer and found fancy hotel stationery but not a Gideon Bible. I checked the three dresser drawers. No Gideon. I had no interest in reading the Bible, but I missed seeing it.

Bible now shares hotel rooms with other books Full of faith: The Book of Mormon and the Teachings of Buddha, as well as texts for Christian Science and Scientology, may now await travelers.

Manager of Damson Dene Hotel, Wayne Bartholomew replacing copies of the Gideon Bible with copies of racy best-seller Fifty Shades of Grey ...

This made me wonder about the sense of providing a book, the Gideon Bible which no-one reads, and many dislike, in the bedside cabinet of our hotel bedrooms, instead of a book which everyone wants ...