Dear Robert L,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us via Tripadvisor.
We, as a 100% smoke free hotel, most sincerely regret that indeed some guests tend to not respect our non-smoking policies. Our control system goes from systematic 24/7 walk around by our over 40 security associates to daily housekeeping checks etc. Guest who do not adhere to our policies are discovered usually fast, however only after a violation occured. Our Managers on duty are well trained in handling these and other issues and certainly not shy of talking to a smoker., as they have done in your case on day 3 of your stay, after you smelled smoke on that night. Please accept our most sincere apologies that we failed to meet your expectations.
As to the clientele we target we may correct you and assure you that, while as an international hotel we welcome any guest without prejudices, we do not target a certain clientele and over half of our guests are Europeans, Americans or Australians. There certainly is no spitting in our breakfast room and we excuse this exaggeration on your part as an attempt to underline your miscontent with our property.
Again, please accept our apologies,
Yours sincerely
Christoph J Knichel