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.
We will go elsewhere and yes, it will impact their revenue. But they are big enough to sustain the loss, I imagine.
But when it's vacation time, or our dime, we won't spend money where they won't accommodate all peoples. Smokers and non-smokers a like.
Meant post to ray, in response to your statements...ping
Marriott will accommodate smokers just the same way as they do non-smokers. They will not deny a smoker a room just because he is a smoker. They expect smokers and non-smokers alike not to smoke.
That seems like nothing more than equal treatment to me.
Yep. Free enterprise.
I personally always get non-smoking rooms. The smoking rooms seem to have an "odor" to them that is rather unpleasant.
Ditto.
The cigar lounges in Ritz-Carlton hotels are among my favorite places on earth.
I love it!
I have smoked in the "garage" for 39 years, due to the wife's insistence of smoke-free/smell-free inside the house.
My garage, however, is thermostatically controlled on a separate furnace, cable TV-equipped, dual phone-line equipped, network ready, and I run my business from the desk in there via a laptop on the network. Cellphone at hand, it's a beautiful thing, and peace/harmony is maintained with the spouse (however, when our 18-year-old dog passed away a couple years back, she insisted it was due to second-hand smoke, as the dog (two of them now) is my constant "office" companion.....
When CoderCPC admitted upthread to knowing smoke smells, I almost had a heart attack . . . that might be the first time a smoker has allowed as much on FR!
Did you read mine. You think your shiite don't stink? Does anybody ask you not to use the bathroom near them? What if you had bad gas one day, after eating mexican food for lunch. do you get up from your desk and go fifteen feet outside the door?
Gabz, you addressed this same spew not too long ago. Will you please tell this ah, FReeper the truth?
Thanks!
(Funny how a little bleach can help! heh!
Yes, I did, and frankly I found it a rehash of former rants.
I try my best not to intrude my personal odors, whether intentional or accidental, on others.
Smokers who fog up entire doorways aren't being so considerate.
Yes, and both will be fined $200 if they are caught smoking in a non-smoking room. (At least in the last few stays I've had at Marriott's, that was the posted policy on the inside of the room door.
And that's what it's all about. Just being considerate to others. Like we learned in Kindergarten.
I bought 43 acres in NM (23 miles to the nearest gas station), and hired some mexicans (legal) to build a little "hacienda". It's a thousand sq foot, with a good heat pump. But, the crown for me is the outside porch with the evaporative spray set-up. It keeps you 20 degrees cooler, and makes an excellent environment for smoking! the deer and the antelope don't give a damn!
It's funny what a fresh coat of paint will do. Pity the landlord never offered to give the place a fresh coat of paint while the tenants lived there. Might have made all the difference in the world. Cleanliness doesn't hurt either.
Hmmm...also very strange. The word "Mormon" was used in this thread and no freeper has gone off on a tirade about polygamy. We are really slipping.
I'll bet nanny-state and her legion of worshippers are PO'd because they didn't get to force their will on this company.
A choice was made, that's fine by me.
I know what you mean. But better the CEO's decision and not the lawmakers.
Absolutely correct...of course they must be aware they're pretty much writing off the Japanese tourist business....I'll get a closeup locally, because the Marriott Desert Springs has normally gotten tons of "golf tours".
The intent of my post wat to call you a spoiled brat. That is what most people call someone who always says "Me, me, me!" I am not trying to be abrasive (though I know the words seem harsh), just truthful about your attitude. It is diagnosed as narcissitic in extremer forms.
Your question is absurd.
I am not welcome anymore at Marriotts because I like to smoke a cigar when I am finished with work for the day. (BTW, I found this out about six months ago when they ACCEPTED my reservation for a smoking room, and then only told me about the policy when I went to check in. I had them find me a room at another hotel, and I won't be back at a Marriott if I can help it.)
How 'bout if they said they didn't want anyone to change diapers inside their hotels. Would you think they still "welcomed" mothers with infants or toddlers?
ML/NJ
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