Dual shower heads land hotel in hot water

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Westin Hotel & Resorts has been criticized by water conservation advocates over its plan to install dual shower heads at all of the 32,000 hotel rooms it operates across the US. The hotel chain says the dual shower head delivers up to 5 gallons per minute but complies with federal law limiting each head to 2.5 gallons per minute. However, the dual shower head is the wrong idea at the wrong time, according to Adan Ortega, VP for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Westin Hotel Co.

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Starwood raises a roomy curtain on 'Heavenly Shower'

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Starwood Hotels & Resort will roll out a new bath shower that would be used at 70 Westin hotels across the US. The new shower would have dual heads that can deliver twice as much water as single heads. It would also have a curved rod that makes the shower curtain bulge out, giving bathers more space. Starwood also plans to alter the water pressure and the hot water boilers to make sure the new shower heads satisfy the hotel chain's guests.

Starwood Hotels and Resort

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Hotels fired up to get wired up

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Internet access is the latest service hotels are offering their clients in a bid to increase accommodations. The move to offer online services meets demand by a strong majority of traveling business executives who carry laptop computers. One hotel company actively working to have online access is Marriott International Inc, which is targeting 100 hotels with Internet services by 1999 and 500 units by 2000.

Nonmanufacturing technology

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