The Marriott spokesperson replied, “Marriott International has a standard requiring all Marriott branded hotels worldwide to have carbon monoxide detectors installed wherever fuel-burning equipment is located within the hotel.
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The Potential Hazards of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the Hotel Industry. Typical sources of CO in hotels, motels, and resorts include: Hotel boilers. Hotel furnaces.
Using a smoke detector or air quality test: In some cases, a hotel may need to use more advanced methods to detect smoking in a room. This can include using a smoke detector or air quality test to measure the presence of smoke or tobacco residue in the air.
Got me to looking into what the requirements are in my place of residence and found out that CO detectors are not required for hotel rooms and public spaces.
They tend to have an extractor fan and tiled walls that won't trap the smell like carpets, curtains, or bedding do. In addition, they do not have smoke alarms in the bathroom. If they did, the shower steam would set them off. But don't count on getting away with it.
According to the database kept by the Jenkins Foundation, there have been 2,505 injuries and 166 deaths from carbon monoxide incidents in U.S. hotels and motels reported in the media between 1967 and today.