SAND CITY, CALIFORNIA—The twin-brand Courtyard by Marriott Sand Metropolis Monterey and Residence Inn by Marriott Sand Metropolis Monterey formally opened its doorways as the primary lodge in Sand Metropolis, California. The property, which overlooks Sand Metropolis Seaside, is located steps from Sand Metropolis’s arts hub and some miles east of Monterey
The 215-room lodge will function as a Marriott franchise, delivered to life by EKN Improvement and managed by Aqua-Aston Hospitality. Higher Monterey sights such because the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Pebble Seaside golf programs, and Carmel-by-the-Sea are close to the property, which additionally supplies handy entry to Sand Metropolis’s inventive district.
“Sand Metropolis has emerged as Monterey County’s inventive hub—along with locals, guests from throughout have taken word and wish to be a part of the vitality,” stated Fady Hanna, normal supervisor, Courtyard by Marriott Sand Metropolis Monterey and Residence Inn by Marriott Sand Metropolis Monterey. “Because the vacation spot’s first and solely lodge, the dual-brand lodge meets the varied wants of vacationers whereas additionally championing and offering a platform for Sand Metropolis’s homegrown inventive vitality, entrepreneurial spirit, and native tradition.”
Property Particulars
The property consists of an open-air piazza, with the outside Lido Stage, a devoted venue for stay music, cultural programming, and inventive efficiency. Programming is predicted to characteristic a rotating calendar of native musicians, makers, performers, and community-led gatherings. The twin-brand lodge additionally has a 246-square-foot scorching tub and garage-style doorways that enable automobiles to drive immediately onto the inside courtyard pool deck.
“EKN Improvement creates lodges that ignite a singular spark in each location. We construct with goal, design with imaginative and prescient, convey new dimension to the model expertise, and craft locations which can be particularly tailor-made to every neighborhood,” stated Ebbie Nakhjavani, president and chief exectuive officer of EKN Improvement. “In Sand Metropolis, our inspiration got here from traditional Italian open-air design, with a vibrant piazza and the Lido Stage at its coronary heart. These components come collectively to type a dynamic gathering house programmed with ongoing occasions and actions, together with stay performances and community-driven programming, for visitors and locals to take pleasure in.”
Meals & Beverage
Related to the piazza, the Bistro, the lodge’s onsite restaurant, will serve cooked-to-order breakfast, made every morning with recent, domestically sourced substances, and handcrafted Starbucks espresso drinks. Moreover, for Residence Inn visitors, a complimentary every day breakfast buffet is obtainable. A fresh-to-go market gives lunches, snacks, and drinks all through the day.
Within the night, the Bistro transitions to a wellness-inspired eating expertise with crisp salads, roasted greens, and ready proteins, together with seasonal, domestically sourced fish. Tthe Bistro bar capabilities as a gathering place for each locals and lodge visitors, with a seasonally rotating cocktail program highlighting native substances, collaborations with regional spirits producers, and limited-time craft keg beer faucet takeovers.
Facilities
Tthe Courtyard Sand Metropolis Monterey supplies modern, beach-inspired design by means of its 127 guestrooms; each supplies a workstation, free Wi-Fi, and a refreshment heart.
For prolonged stays, the Residence Inn Sand Metropolis Monterey gives 88 pet-friendly suites with fully-equipped kitchens. The Residence Inn Sand Metropolis Monterey lodging embrace a complimentary every day scorching breakfast, laundry amenities, and social areas.
Further lodge facilities shared between the properties embrace an outside swimming pool and a scorching tub, a 24/7 health heart, visitor laundry, free Wi-Fi, and greater than 8,000 sq. toes of indoor and outside assembly and occasion house appropriate for company capabilities and social gatherings for capabilities of as much as 500 individuals.
Sustainability
The Courtyard Sand Metropolis Monterey and Residence Inn Sand Metropolis Monterey incorporate a spread of high-efficiency and sustainability-driven design options throughout HVAC, lighting, plumbing, and constructing techniques. Guestrooms and public areas embrace double-pane, insulated, and tinted home windows with thermal breaks, in addition to high-efficiency HVAC items that adjust to California’s environmental rules.
Water-conserving plumbing fixtures and a recirculating hot-water system assist cut back waste, whereas LED lighting with adaptive controls and sensible elevator programming improve operational effectivity. The lodge’s development prioritized lowered environmental influence by means of using prefabricated wall panels manufactured off-site to reduce materials waste and on-site emissions. Moreover, the lodge has 14 electrical car charging stations.
