Gaylord Hotels / Opryland Hotel

Gaylord hotels and resorts going smoke-free

Gaylord Hotels will go smoke-free next month. The company announced today its Gaylord resorts in Nashville; Kissimmee,Florida; and Lake Grapevine near Dallas will eliminate smoking on February 12th. A fourth resort in the Washington, DC, area will be smoke-free when it opens in 2008.

Gaylord Hotels said the decision was based on guest and employee preferences, as well as keeping their massive indoor atriums clean. Gaylord Hotels are owned by Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment Co., which also owns the Grand Ole Opry country music show. A company official says guests increasingly requested nonsmoking rooms. Gaylord has more than 70,000 rooms and just 245 smoking rooms available.

Gaylord will auction ten-thousand ash trays and give the money to the American Lung Association.

Copyright AP

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