Gulfport Courtyard by Marriott opens

This great news for Gulfport, Biloxi and the Gulf Coast. There hasn’t been anywhere near as many hotel rooms available since Katrina hit. And we all know that on busy weekend the casino hotel room rates can get pretty steep and they sell out fast. It can be hard to get a room on the coast! It is good to see another hotel opened!
Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Courtyard(R) by Marriott(R) Gulfport — located at 1600 East Beach Boulevard in Gulfport — has opened as the coast’s premier beachfront hotel and meetings destination. The upscale property was to have begun its transformation on August 29, 2005, the day the hurricane reached land.

The Courtyard by Marriott Gulfport, converted from the independent Gulfport Beachfront Hotel, boasts a multi-million dollar renovation with fully refurbished guestrooms and the largest meeting and event facilities within a non-casino hotel on the Gulf Coast. Located among 26 miles of pristine beach along the Gulf of Mexico, the hotel is seven miles from
downtown Biloxi and minutes from the Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, Gulfport businesses, recreation, championship golf, casinos and nightlife. It is owned by Gulfview LLC and managed by Lane Hospitality of Northbrook, IL.

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