Disneyland Hotels California - Disneyland Resort Plans to Ban Smoking in Hotels

Thursday, February 16 2006 at 12:02

The growing trend of smoke-free hotels is spreading to Disneyland.

All 2,224 rooms at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., will be smoke-free on March 1, says Disney Vice President Rob Doughty. Last month, Westin became the first big chain to adopt such a policy, banning smoking throughout its 77 U.S., Canadian and Caribbean lodgings.

Disney is making the move because of "steadily declining requests" for smokers' rooms at the three Disneyland hotels at the resort, Doughty says. Only 35 rooms for smokers have been reserved through 2010.

The 990-room Disneyland Hotel and the 489-room Paradise Pier Hotel will become smoke-free in March. The 745-room Grand Californian has been smoke-free since it opened five years ago.

Read more about Disneyland Resort hotels becoming smoke-free at http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-02-07-smoke-free-usat_x.htm.