According to an article in the Washington Post, lodging giant Marriott International Inc. announced it will ban smoking in its 400,000 hotel rooms (2,300-plus hotels) in the United States and Canada.
If you are searching for a smoke-free stay, our research also indicates that:
- Westin Hotels are smoke free.
- Kimpton Hotel properties Hotel Madera and Topaz Hotel (in Washington D.C.) are also smoke free and the Topaz Hotel has a health and wellness theme.
- The Grand Hyatt (again in Washington D.C.) is smoke free and charges a $250 cleaning fee for in-room smoking.
"This tips the hotel industry so now virtually every hotel will have to go non-smoking," said Edward Watkins, editor of Lodging Hospitality, a leading trade publication. "Marriott is the leader of the pack. Once they do it, every company will have to do that. They just have so many hotels. It's a matter of competitive pressure."
Public health and anti-smoking advocates cheered the move as a key victory in their attempts to eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke.
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