NEW YORK On August 1, the 79-room Comfort Inn Midtown will become the first completely smoke-free hotel in New York City. The hotel s smoke-free policy includes all public areas as well as guestrooms and stairways.
The Comfort Inn Midtown is owned by Apple Core Hotels and hopes to be “the clean-air oasis so many New York visitors have wished for,” according to Vijay Dandapani, Apple Core s COO. (5/14/01)