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Marriott to make all US, Canada hotels non-smoking
Reuters ^
| 7/19/2006
| Reuters
Posted on 07/19/2006 4:47:01 AM PDT by xrp
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:47:03 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: xrp
Their company, their dollar, their choice.
I personally always get non-smoking rooms. The smoking rooms seem to have an "odor" to them that is rather unpleasant.
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:50:12 AM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: xrp
Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland Montgomery County. No suprises here.
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:52:08 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: xrp; Just another Joe; Madame Dufarge; Cantiloper; metesky; Judith Anne; lockjaw02; Mears; CSM; ...
That's fine. We don't have to spend our money with them. Plenty of other motels around.
At least the government didn't get involved! This was the CEO's choice. NOT the government!
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:53:17 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: xrp
Isn't Marriott also the hotel that banned the anti-terrorism conference due to "safety fears." I don't think that I'll be staying at a Marriott any time soon.
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:53:44 AM PDT
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: xrp
Will this also apply to their restaurants and bars?
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:54:04 AM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(No autopsy, no foul.)
To: burzum
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posted on
07/19/2006 4:54:57 AM PDT
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: ShadowDancer
Will this also apply to their restaurants and bars? Wal Street Journal Report this morning said, yes it will. Management was dealing with customer complaints of lingering smoke odor, so smoking is not permitted in any of their venues, rooms, bars or restaurants. At least they are honest enough to say it was the smell bothering people and not some trumped up second hand smoke health arguement.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:02:29 AM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: xrp
So, when I ask for a non-smoking room, I will get a room that doesn't stink and without burn holes in the carpet and bedding. Sounds like a nice clean place to stay.
Are Hertz and Avis planning on something similar for car rentals?
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:04:26 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: SheLion
At least the government didn't get involved! But you need to understand how the world works. Now that they made the change, they will put pressure on federal and local governments to enact smoking bans in every area they have a hotel or restaurant. The second thing is that what Marriott does will be followed by other major hotels and restaurants and these will also push for smoking bans after they adopt no smoking policies.
The only hope for smokers is for them to run a national campaign that calls for them to adopt a polite smoking policy and self police. But they won't, they can't see the problem or they are too addicted to care.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:07:49 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: xrp
This is the way it should be done. No law passed, just the company's choice.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:08:41 AM PDT
by
Hazcat
To: xrp
I have stayed over 70 nights at Courtyards in past 12 months. As a non smoker, I have never noticed any "lingering odors" in any public areas of said hotels. I have on, on rare occasions, stayed in rooms which were smoking rooms, the lingering odors in those rooms has usually been fairly mild and not as bad as I would have expected.
I do concur that this decision and action is best left in the hands of the businesses and not with the government.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:09:37 AM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money -- M. Thatcher)
To: Hazcat
I think Westin did the same thing. According to signage I saw at a recent stay in Denver, they went non-smoking company wide, too. I am prefectly happy with this as a non-smoker. It will be interesting to see if smokers go elsewhere and impact these businesses.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:11:57 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
To: doc30
I don't stay in smoking rooms but if we can't even have a cigarette with a cocktail at the bar then the Marriott's going to be out which is a damn shame because they have the best beds in the entire world.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:12:21 AM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(No autopsy, no foul.)
To: xrp
I fully support their right to do this.
And they can fully support my right to stay at a Hilton.
The entire world should work like this - give and take. It doesn't get any simpler.
I may just start staying there and go outside to smoke.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:13:28 AM PDT
by
brewcrew
To: ShadowDancer
Will this also apply to their restaurants and bars?I read a similar article before linking this one (can't remember the source now, sorry) that stated that it is NON-smoking on the entire property, including bars and restaurants.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:19:21 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: xrp
It's their call, more power to them.
The bedding, drapes and rugs in smoking rooms stink. Most smokers don't seem to understand that the smoke permeates everything, even their clothes.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:20:54 AM PDT
by
O6ret
To: brewcrew
I stay at Loews's Resort when I go to Universal in Orlando. They have whole wings for smokers/nonsmokers. Can't smoke in the inside bars but the doors are close or you can sit outside so I have no problem.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:23:53 AM PDT
by
Hazcat
To: xrp
Mike Wallace [voiceover; footage of Marriott corporate offices]: You'd expect the head of the church to believe it, but so does Bill Marriott, chief of the Marriott hotel chain, a hard-headed businessman, and he's a Mormon.
The "60 Minutes" program on the LDS Church
Broadcast on CBS TV, April 7, 1996
No smoking for Mormons.
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:24:52 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
( Run with scissors???? I can barely jog my memory)
To: SheLion; xrp
Exactly! Marriott has the right to define their policies, and the consumer has the right to decide whether to patronize the establishment.
I hate to tell you that it will only be a matter of time until government mandates that all guest rooms be smoke free. It's for the chillun!!!
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posted on
07/19/2006 5:34:31 AM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
(If you don't understand the word "Illegal", then the public school system has failed you.)
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