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To: Raycpa
Why would they do that? Presumable they are making the change for competitive advantage. Why make others follow and lose the advantage?

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.

261 posted on 07/20/2006 11:45:00 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
Presumable they are making the change for competitive advantage.

The advantage is lower cost for cleaning and more rooms for nonsmokers when at capacity.

Unless they are at 100% capacity all the time (which no hotel is), they will still lose smokers to others who allow. If they make the others have to go nonsmoking they will be more competitive while having lower costs and lower unfilled rooms when at capacity for nonsmoking.

267 posted on 07/20/2006 12:58:46 PM PDT by Raycpa
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