When you see it, you’ll be less worried about AI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe were contacted by a Las Vegas visitor who’d booked a non-smoking room at Planet Hollywood, but they were informed smoking rooms were no longer available.<\/p>\n
The player’s host communicated “all of the properties eventually will not have smoking rooms from what I understand.”<\/p>\n
The Caesars employee said the guest had the option of moving to Horseshoe or Paris, “the only properties…still allowing it [smoking rooms].”<\/p>\n
After some searching, it appears there are also smoking rooms in high-end suites at Caesars Palace and Paris, but that’s it.<\/p>\n
Our source says “Flamingo, Linq, Planet Hollywood and Harrah’s will be non-smoking this month, with the others to soon follow suit.”<\/p>\n
We inquired with Caesars Entertainment, and it seems this subject is touchy, so there will not be a public statement or confirmation forthcoming.<\/p>\n
We aren’t entirely sure why Caesars Entertainment wouldn’t want to shout this news from the rooftops, as a small fraction of the population still smokes (about 14% of adults), and Park MGM made a splash by going completely smoke-free (hotel and casino).<\/p>\n
There are a lot of reasons for hotels to go smoke-free, of course. Primarily, it’s customer demand.<\/p>\n
Such decisions are rarely symbolic (or related to health concerns), and almost always financial (also known as “operational benefits”).<\/p>\n
Simply put, smoking rooms are a pain in the ass. We’re pretty sure there are cleaning protocols (“turning the room” in housekeeping jargon) that take smoking rooms out of service longer than non-smoking rooms. That’s lost money.<\/p>\n
Smoking can damage furniture and cigarettes and cigars can set things on fire.<\/p>\n
Fun fact: Mattresses and cigarettes are natural enemies in the wild.<\/p>\n
AAA says 42% of hotels, motels and other lodgings in the U.S. are smoke-free<\/a> (either voluntarily or because of legislation).<\/p>\nWhen hotel rooms go smoke-free, there’s no impact on business, so there’s no real downside.<\/p>\n
When MGM Resorts phased out its smoking rooms, it was business as usual.<\/p>\n
We’re a big fan of smokeless everything, but Vegas casinos are still holding fast to the mistaken belief gambling and smoking are inexorably conjoined. Give it a minute.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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