Berlin, June 2008. The Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz has come up with a creative solution to current laws introduced at the beginning of the year prohibiting smoking in restaurants: For guests wishing to smoke, the four-star superior establishment now provides a convenient smoker's bus directly at the hotel. The new service features a decommissioned omnibus - equipped with lounge seating for 12, flat screen TV, heating and ventilation - offering guests a maximum of comfort. "We no longer want to leave our guests who smoke standing in the rain", says Director Thomas Hattenberger. "With the smoker's bus", explains Hattenberger, "we've found a unique alternative to the usual glass-encased smoker's lounges and at the same time now have Berlin's first four-star smoker's bus."