Marriott goes smoke-free in North America
Marriott hotels in the US and Canada will be 100% smoke free starting in September.
More than 90% of Marriott’s guest rooms are already non-smoking.
In total the chain has nearly 2,300 hotels and 400,000 guest rooms.
Marriott said it expected “very positive customer feedback” from the move.
Report by David Wilkening
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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