http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2010-03-13T00:54:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/17/143559/034 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/allergy_control.jpg">That's what a group of scientists in Buffalo are out to uncover.<p> <blockquote><p>University at Buffalo researchers are conducting one of the first scientific air-quality tests of "allergy-friendly" hotel rooms. The project is expected to provide data applicable to other environments where indoor air quality is critical, such as in health-care facilities and aboard airplanes.</blockquote></p><p>So who's the guinea pig in their experiment? The <a href="http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BUFNY"><b>Buffalo Niagara Marriott</b></a> in Amherst. The hotel currently offers allergen-free rooms for 10 bucks more than the other (highly polluted?) rooms.<p>The scientists have already gathered their data from the rooms, testing some of the products that aim to make the room allergy-free (In full scientific disclosure, the companies whose products are in the room, put Courtney 2006-07-18T09:30:01-05:00 42.988463 -78.790880 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/