I don't smoke - but this will atill cause me to boycott these Westin places.
Never heard of em. Ho Hum, luky me.
Okay, the Westin Boycott is on. Bunch of nico-fascists.
You are all warned.
The ban will last as long it does not afffect the bottom line.
The place was full of smoke.
It sucked.
I stopped smoking 6 weeks ago. Haven't desired a cigarette since then after smoking for 25 yrs. I won't be staying at this hotel anytime, though. There are other places to stay that appreciate peoples business.
They have my full support. I hope other chains follow suit.
but but what if i am on fire?
will they ban me from smoking or put me out?
I will in the future make it a PARTICULAR point to MAKE SURE that I DO NOT book (or stay at) ANY resort, hotel, inn, etc. even REMOTELY affiliated with Westin.....
Designated smoker hotel rooms really smell bad... especially the ones where the windows are sealed.
I smoke, but I smoke outside, and I don't smoke in hotel rooms unless I can stand by an open window, or better yet, a balcony.
As long as the Gov't isn't involved I'm just fine with this.
This is one more reason why, when I have to travel on business, I stay at a Hilton or Hilton family hotel (Hampton, Embassay Suites, etc.). Smoking rooms and a manager happy hour...WOO HOO!
"Anyone caught smoking in their room will have $200 added to their bill as a cleaning fee"
Ahh but there is the trick, they have to catch me..
Im half tempted to get a room there with cash and smoke just to take pictures and see if I can get away with it.. and yes you can still book a room with cash.. lolol
Excellent news! The Westin has become my new hotel of choice!
It's lights out at Westin hotels.
Westin Hotels & Resorts announced Monday that it will ban smoking in all rooms, restaurants, bars and public areas at its properties in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean. Ignoring the smoke-free edict will mean a $200 fine. Westin-goers will be allowed to smoke on balconies and other outdoor areas.
The company's research shows that less than 10 percent of its guests want smoking rooms.
And, that's true even in N.C. tobacco country, said David Montgomery, director of sales and marketing for the Westin Charlotte. Only 54 of the hotel's 700 rooms are smoking. When it opened in 2003 the hotel had four smoking floors; today it has just two.
He said he's confident that the new policy will go over well in large part because of precedent in California and New York, which in recent years have adopted laws banning smoking in bars and restaurants.
"Everybody anticipated major protests and shortfalls in revenue and actually the opposite happened," Montgomery said. "We try to be ahead of the curve."
Westin could be alone in its trend-setting for a while. Calls to other big hotels in Charlotte revealed no other nonsmoking plans.
"Because we do business with international guests -- European and Middle Eastern -- we still have to have a small percentage of our rooms that are for smokers," said Greg Greenawalt, director of sales and marketing for Hilton Charlotte Center City. Marriott Charlotte City Center will continue to have a nonsmoking-to-smoking ratio of 85 percent to 15 percent, said Tom McNeill, director of sales and marketing.