What % of hotel rooms in the U.S. are smoking rooms and if possible,
what is their occupancy rate.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 23 Jun 2005 10:26 PDT

Hello again columbiamba2006,

I located a 49 page lodging industry report published in 2001 that
states the percentage of hotel rooms are  were non-smoking (according
to a 1998 study).

This report also provides a graph showing the percentage of rooms that
are non-smoking, by hotel location (Airport, Suburban, Urban, Highway
and Resort) from the year 2000.

I also found a document with the State & Local laws restricting
smoking in hotel and motel guest rooms as of April 4, 2005

Example:
CA: At least 35% of rooms must be smokefree. (7/21/94)
Connecticut: At least 75% of rooms must be smokefree. (5/20/03)

Unfortunately I didn?t find the occupancy rates for smoking rooms.

As I mentioned before, if you are interested in the partial
information that I was able to locate, you could lower the price of
your question accordingly.
 
(You can change the price by going to "My Account," 
selecting "My Unanswered Questions", clicking on the question, and 
then clicking on "Change Question Parameters" to modify the pricing.) 


Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by columbiamba2006-ga on 23 Jun 2005 10:46 PDT

That would be fine Bobbie. I'll take what you have if the report is in
a format where the average % of smoking rooms for the US can be
calculated.

Hello columbiamba2006,


Thank you for accepting my findings as the answer to your question.
Below you find the information that I mentioned in my clarification
request.

A study published in 1998 showed that 61 percent of hotel rooms were
non-smoking, according to USA TODAY.

Excerpt:

?The number of hotel rooms in which smoking is allowed is declining.
A study published in 1998 showed that 61 percent of hotel rooms
were non-smoking, according to USA TODAY. Fig. 11 shows that
airport hotels had the greatest percentage of non-smoking rooms in
2000, although by a slim margin. In order to prevent complaints from
smoking customers, some hotels notify customers about nonsmoking
policies upon check-in and warn smokers about clean-up
fees if they light up.?


Please see  FIG. 11, page 22

PERCENTAGE OF ROOMS THAT ARE NON-SMOKING, BY HOTEL LOCATION.

This chart shows the percentage of rooms that are non-smoking, by
hotel location (Airport, Suburban, Urban, Highway and Resort) from the
year 2000.

Location          Non-smoking rooms
Airport             68%
Suburban            65%
Urban               62%
Highway             60%
Resort              51%

Using the above numbers, I calculated that 61.2% of hotel rooms are non-smoking.


Source:
INDUSTRY-AT-A-GLANCE
LODGING
SIC CODE 7011; NAICS CODE 7211
NOV. 2001
Prepared by the staff of the
Small Business Research & Information Center
Small Business Development Center
University of Missouri-Rolla
49 pages
http://www.missouribusiness.net/iag/LodgingWeb2.pdf


Here are the State & Local laws restricting smoking in hotel and motel
guest rooms as of April 4, 2005
http://www.no-smoke.org/htmlpage.php?id=210


Search criteria:

Hotel rooms non-smoking percent United States
Occupancy rates smoking rooms lodging industry


I hope the information provided is helpful!


Best regards, 
Bobbie7