November 23, 2005—More than two-thirds of frequent travelers in a recent national survey are concerned about air quality in the countrys hotel rooms. These frequent travelers (defined as having stayed in a hotel at least 6 days within the past year) identified odors (68 percent of respondents) and “stuffiness” (59 percent of respondents) as being the most frequently encountered indoor air quality (IAQ) problems.
Sixty percent of the frequent travelers surveyed said they have experienced a range of problems—such as poor sleep, runny or stuffy nose, dry nose, sneezing, headache, cough and sore throat—as a result of staying in a hotel room with poor indoor air quality. In fact, the issue of bad hotel room IAQ is of such a concern that 42 percent of the survey respondents have actually complained to hotel management about air quality conditions in their hotel rooms.
More than half of frequent travelers surveyed say they would become loyal customers of hotels that provide advanced in-room air filtration to minimize allergens, dust and odors.
The telephone survey of 381 frequent travelers was conducted September 15-18, 2005 by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Filtration Products. The margin of error is +/- five percentage points.
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