ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 20, 2007 -  In an era of smoke-free spaces, "green" energy, eco-friendly products and environmental
health, Thayer Lodging Group, a privately held real estate investment company with a portfolio of 14 hotels and over 2,800 guest rooms, recently announced they will offer allergy-friendly guest accommodations at ten of their hotels and 99.9% allergenic-free meeting facilities at four of their Executive Meeting Centers (EMC) and Conference Centers.
    
"Thayer Lodging Group has emerged as an industry leader in offering travelers healthy alternatives to meeting and sleeping accommodations," says Haley Payne, Director of Wellness for Thayer Lodging. "By offering PURE allergy-friendly hotel rooms and conference spaces, we offer our guests and meeting attendees the benefit of being in healthy, more productive environments."
    
Utilizing the PURE Room system, the most comprehensive allergy-friendly system in the hospitality industry, Thayer Lodging will offer guests an environment where surfaces are treated to minimize contaminants and irritants, such as mold spores, yeast, bacteria, pollen, dust, dust mites and chlorine -- as well as their odors.

In Thayer Lodging Group "Pure Conference Rooms," air will be purified at greater intensity and will be filtrated eight times more frequently than standard air handling systems. Featuring a 99.9% non-allergenic treatment of air and surfaces, and frequently recycled air to lower levels of sleep- inducing carbon dioxide, these IACC-Certified Conference Centers will aim to increase meeting attendee productivity. As poor indoor air quality can affect attentiveness, responsiveness and performance, these Pure Conference Rooms have the possibility to drastically increase meeting efficiency.
    
Currently, Thayer Lodging Group offers seven hotels with PURE allergy- friendly rooms, four with PURE conference space and three more hotels are scheduled to have PURE rooms by mid-July. These hotels include:

    Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, MD
    Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Bethesda, MD
    Bethesda Residence Inn, MD
    Doubletree Hotel Palm Beach Gardens, FL
    Wyndham Hotel & Conference Center Miami Airport, FL
    Wyndham Hotel & Conference Center Lisle-Chicago, IL
    Wyndham Hotel & Conference Center Peachtree City, GA
    Sarasota Hampton Inn, FL (coming July 2007)
    Sarasota AmericInn, FL (coming July 2007)
    Sarasota Hilton Garden Inn, FL (coming July 2007)