Posted on 07/19/2006 4:47:01 AM PDT by xrp
Marriott to make all US, Canada hotels non-smoking
Wednesday July 19, 6:34 am ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR - News) on Wednesday said it will make all of its hotels in the United States and Canada entirely non-smoking, beginning in September.
The company said the policy change, which it called the largest in its industry, covers more than 2,300 hotels and corporate apartments with nearly 400,000 rooms.
Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said more than 90 percent of its guest rooms are already non-smoking. It said more customers have been demanding non-smoking rooms.
The change covers such brands as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residence Inn and Fairfield Inn. Marriott has nearly 2,800 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries.
You can't smoke but you can read the Book of Mormon that is in each room along with the KJV Bible.
LOL....You can't smoke, but you can drink alcohol and watch porn while you read the Book of Mormon.
I can't imagine crossing the street to be offended by someone's smoke.
What I do object to, however, is the way the smokers congregate JUST OUTSIDE the building door, so if you want in or out, you MUST go through that smoke. Why not move, say, 15 feet to the side? They'd still be under shade, and I wouldn't have to be smoked up to get to work or lunch.
They don't drink, either, but I've never been in a Marriott that didn't have a well-stocked bar. :)
I hate smoke but if that is the worst thing that happens to me, I have it pretty good.
My favorites are the "butt huts" that are constructed for smokers to congregate, where they can be out of the rain/sleet/snow/etc. I won't even go into these places, because you can't breathe in there!
You gotta improvise today to find a smoking location that's suitable.
If I were a smoker, since I live in Houston, I think I'd take breaks in the air-conditioned car.
Y'know, this is true.
For some with allergies (a few members of my family), a stay in a room with even a slight smoke smell can be extremely unpleasant.
Hi, AppyPappy....it's been a long time since the chatroom discussions back in the 1990's, eh?
Absolutely true...
People who smoke cigarettes are generally not the brightest of the lot. I did it for 10 years and quit when I figured out I was being an idiot. Not only is it bad for you, it doesn't make sense.
Now cigar and pipe smoking is something I can understand. You are actually ENJOYING the process rather than satisfying an addiction.
Was I there? That was many beers ago.
Quite a good bunch in the chat, as we all were into the Impeachment, March for Justice, etc. Those were the days when Lindsay Graham was one of Henry Hyde's House Managers, and how times have changed.
Of course, the same applies (often even more so) to the woman on the elevator with 10x the appropriate amount of perfume.
WEll, that's just too bad. How do you think it feels to be thrown out the door. I apologize for being so straight, but I must speak my mind.
Chances are, the air outside where you wish to banish these folk is polluted with diesel fumes, car gases, cow flatulence, and various toxins, and the tobcco smoke is your problem? Get serious.
You want to banish people because you don't like the smell. That is very petty, and vindictive, not to mention egotisitical to think that your life is any more important than theirs. It is not. You get one life. Period.
Get over yourself. The biggest problesms come in where a group of people, usually small in number (MADD, CSPI, etal), who actively bitch and moan until they motivate a larger group (legislatures, and varied beaurocrats) to make some rule, or law. All we actually do is provide fodder for lawyers and "special interests" to rape and pillage our wallets.
I chose to quit smoking cigarettes in 1974, I had smoked them for 14 of my then-27 years. I got up one morning, lit one, coughed, and said the hell with them. I literally threw the carton in the trash, and never looked back.
A few years ago, I began smoking cigars. They really stink good. Our main house is a 100 yr old farmhouse. It has an enclosed front porch, with casement windows across. I have it climate controlled, and I can watch the big screen through a glass window in the living room. I have speakers set out here, and my computer is right in front of the window (I'm watching Michael Palin: Sahara, that I recorded on DVR.). I can smoke out here, and my air cleaner cleanses most of the smoke. I also love to burn incense, Nag Champa from my earlier days. The aromas mingle and merge, and I enjoy an occasional glass of brandy or B&B (or Glenmorangie, or 1800 anejo, etc) to pair with the smoke. It's a marvelous enjoyment, in my ripe old 58 years.
Screw you and all the rest of the authoritarian types... You only get one life. Try living your own, and let us live ours the way we wish! Any suggestion that second hand smoke is dangerous, is just plain bravo sierra, and you know it!
Actually, I do complain about excessive perfumes (which can be much worse than a whiff of cigarette). There have been many times I've had to be reseated at a restaurant because of the cloying stench emanating from the next table. The waitstaff are invariably sympathetic since they have no choice but to endure the olfactory assault while serving them.
It's people like you that are enabling the taking of liberties, for reasons that are not valid, due to your dislike of the smell of tobacco smoke.
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