Marriott hotels to go non-smoking!

[ducklite]

Bars have been non-smoking in California for years. Business went up not down once they did that, but I guess CA has a larger population of non-smokers than the rest of the country.

I'm sure they did this to save money. Once they put in a total non-smoking policy, it becomes easier to tack a cleaning charge onto the cheaters. Plus the maintenance costs on smoking rooms are so much higher. It's all about the money.

They also see significant insurance premium reductions. I read an article a year or two ago in an insurance journal that said something like 90% of hotel fires start in guest rooms due to careless smokers. The other 10% were electrical shorts or over heated appliances (coffee makers, curling iron's, etc.) in guest rooms, followed by kitchen fires, followed by everything else--which was only 1% if I recall.

BTW--NJ & NYC bar and restaurant owners also saw a RISE in business after being forced to make their establishments non-smoking. There are far more non-smokers than smokers, and the number of smokers is dwindling every year. The ratio of those who start is very small compared to those who quit or die. I imagine within twenty years or so the percentage of smokers will be so small that they will probably lose all rights to smoke anywhere in any public building or even outside in any public area.

Anne

 

[aprilgail2]

Bars have been non-smoking in California for years. Business went up not down once they did that, but I guess CA has a larger population of non-smokers than the rest of the country.

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NY has been non smoking in restaurants and bars for a long time now. When I travel I forget some states are not like that when I go out to eat and am asking smoking or non smoking. The first time I looked at them like they had ten heads and said "what? they can smoke in here"...

 

[MrsPete]

Good for them! Since my husband builds up Marriott points when traveling for work, they've already been our favorite place to stay -- now we have one more HUGE reason to prefer them.