Westin Hotels Ban Smoking
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Westin Hotels Ban Smoking
(Dec. 5) -- The new year will ring in the USA's first smoke-free major hotel chain.
Westin Hotels & Resorts will announce today that it is snuffing out smoking in all rooms, restaurants, bars and public areas at its 77 U.S., Canadian and Caribbean properties starting in January. Guests may smoke only on balconies or in other outdoor areas.
The policy reflects "a demand from guests for a smoke-free hotel experience," says Sue Brush, Westin senior vice president. "Nobody likes to walk into a smoky guest room -- not even smokers." Westin research shows that 92 percent of its guests request a non-smoking room.
The no-smoking trend - evident in the growing number of city and state ordinances banning tobacco use in workplaces, bars and restaurants - is prompting more hotels to go smoke-free:
· Six Westins currently forbid smoking.
· About 80 percent of the 28 lodgings in California's Joie de Vivre boutique-hotel chain now are smoke-free.
· The five properties in California's Woodside Hotels & Resorts group, including the Napa Valley Lodge, have banned smoking since 2000.
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The number of smokers who gripe when put in a non-smoking room is "small compared to the number of people who were complaining about being put in a smoking room" when the hotel was fully booked, says Topaz general manager David Hill. "It's a huge weight off the shoulders of our (customer) service staff. I will never go back."
No-smoking rooms also need less cleaning and repair of burned furnishings. To prepare for the new era, Westin's 2,400 U.S., Canadian and Caribbean smoking rooms will be deep-cleaned and get new air filters.
For a big chain to make such a major policy shift is "very cutting-edge," American Hotel & Lodging Association President Joseph McInerney said in a statement. "The industry is sure to take notice."
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