Jump to full article: Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, 2008-03-26
Author: CINDY MALLETTE Staff Writer
Intro: Hotel managers have mixed feelings about the city-wide smoking ban that takes effect on June 1.
Some are saying the ban will hurt business since it eliminates the designation of smoking rooms. Come June 1, all hotel rooms will be non-smoking.
Others think the ban won't affect their businesses at all.
Brian McCalla is a sales representative for the Marriott hotel chain, and his company voluntarily went smoke-free three years ago.
"For our hotel, we've had a positive response," he said.
McCalla said the decision was customer-driven.
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