MUNCIE, Ind.
The Courtyard by Marriott Muncie at Horizon Convention Center opened and is connected to the convention center via a covered walkway. Through The Arc of Indiana and its entities, the hotel will house the Erskine Green Training Institute and serve as a teaching hotel for people with disabilities. Students will live onsite and train for a variety of jobs in the hospitality and food-service industries.
“This project is only possible because so many people have come together to achieve this dream. We are making history today that will forever change the lives of people with disabilities,” said Kim Dodson, executive director of The Arc of Indiana and Arc Innovations.
Whether travelling for business or pleasure, the 150-room hotel offers guests convenient access to Muncie Children’s Museum, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Oakhurst Gardens and Ball State University. Featuring an innovative lobby space as well as Courtyard’s latest contemporary room design, the new hotel provides flexibility and choices that allow guests to optimize and elevate their travel experience. The latest room design offers hybrid zones for working, sleeping, relaxing and getting ready. Indirect lighting and a neutral, tone-on-tone color palette makes for a soothing and calm environment.
“From day one, Courtyard has prided itself as a brand that listens to business travelers,” said Callette Nielsen, vice president and global brand manager, Courtyard. “Today’s technology has changed how people travel. Our guests want a room that has purpose and flexibility that enables a seamless transition between relaxing and working. Courtyard is designed to offer them a relaxing and functional space to work the way they want to, when they want to.”
The six-story hotel offers an indoor swimming pool, fitness center and guest laundry, and offers two onsite meeting rooms with an additional 47,000 square feet of functional meeting space connected to the property at the Horizon Convention Center. The hotel also features Th3re Wise Men Brewing Company, offering highly focused fare featuring locally grown ingredients and their own freshly brewed craft beer on tap.
