Escort Queen Opens 'Hanky Panky' Sex School

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— AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The former madam of a Dutch escort agency has opened a "Hanky Panky School" for prostitutes to teach the world's oldest profession how to make more money.

Elene Vis -- whose frank autobiography "Escort Queen with Turbopower" made her a Dutch tabloid darling -- opened the school last week in a luxury Amsterdam canal house to offer prostitutes "exclusive sales training" to boost their business.

"You could call it sales techniques. You have to sell yourself and it doesn't matter if you sell your body or you sell vacuum cleaners. The principle is exactly the same," Vis, 43, said on Monday.

The Netherlands, where brothels are legal and prostitutes pay tax, is renowned for its tolerant attitude to sex and soft drugs. The capital's red light district and its bustling coffee shops are tourist attractions that make millions a year.

Vis, once dubbed "The Five-Star Madam," ran a firm providing expensive escorts to wealthy clients for 20 years. She said the men and women prostitutes who worked for her agency could make about $6,000 a month for 40 hours work.

"We train prostitutes to get a better life and more money out of their work," Vis said of the $450 course at what she called her "educational institute" providing video presentations and tutorials on positive thinking and Kama Sutra.

At least 10 people have already signed up for the course with dozens of other queries flooding in to her office, she said. "I teach them everything in half a day but if they have questions they can call me," Vis said.

Vis said communication and presentation skills -- including how to dress -- were a key part of the course she runs, employing experts to tackle different subjects.

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Well, I'd apply to "monitor" the course without credit...but I'm afraid my "credentials" won't stand up.