• Beyond the Border: Marriott IndyPlace

     
    BY Margaret Galush
    POSTED September 5, 2017
     

    Marriott IndyPlace’s five hotels can be coordinated with one contact. B

  • Beyond the Border: Marriott IndyPlace

     
    BY Margaret Galush
    POSTED September 5, 2017
     

    Marriott IndyPlace’s five hotels can be coordinated with one contact. B

  • Beyond the Border: Marriott IndyPlace

     
    BY Margaret Galush
    POSTED September 5, 2017
     

    Marriott IndyPlace’s five hotels can be coordinated with one contact. B

  • Beyond the Border: Marriott IndyPlace

     
    BY Margaret Galush
    POSTED September 5, 2017
     

    Marriott IndyPlace’s five hotels can be coordinated with one contact. B

Marriott IndyPlace is changing the way meetings are coordinated in Indianapolis. It offers a network of five connected hotels in the heart of the downtown district, including the JW Marriott Indianapolis, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Courtyard by Marriott, SpringHill Suites and Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown. Together, they present a total of 2,276 guest rooms (blocks of 10 or more can be booked with just one point of contact) and a promise to provide seamless execution.

Planners can also make use of the five hotels’ collective 154,000 square feet of meeting space, as well as multiple bars and on-site restaurants that can provide memorable events in one of the Midwest’s top rated cities. As one example, Marriott IndyPlace Director of Sales and Marketing Anne Dunlavy remembers hosting a tech group that had over 3,000 attendees, recalling how the team pulled together an unforgettable experience by working with partners to come up with creative after-hours entertainment. That included using neighboring Victory Field so guests could walk across the street to watch the band The Fray perform live. 

Warm Up Meetings at Hot Springs

Who says you can’t have a meeting without some pampering mixed in? Several hot springs resorts in the U.S. Mountain West can accommodate smaller meetings complete with lodging, function space, din- ing and soaking. Some even have on-site spas and other standout features like an ice museum or microbrewery to include on an itinerary.

 
Changing the Concept of Ranch Resorts

Erase any vision you might have of a dude ranch, especially the “City Slicker” version. For the purposes of this story, let’s use the name ranch resort and picture a big dose of vision and thousands of acres for both herds and people to roam. It’s a fairly different option, but one with similar friendliness and the Western spirit of a dude ranch.

 
Road Trip: Wisconsin

To say Wisconsin is having a moment would be an understatement. A statewide renaissance resulting in plenty of new developments, impressive renovations and entrepreneurial ventures has been years in the making and shows no sign of slowing anytime soon.