What's New for Pure Michigan Visitors in 2013: Part IV

Firekeepers Casino Hotel

We continue our series on What's New for Pure Michigan Visitors in 2013. Today's installment is ...

What’s New in Lodging & Meetings

New Hotels/Under New Ownership

• Hyatt Place Hotel in Novi
• Hilton Garden in Ann Arbor.
• The Ramada Lighthouse Inn is now Baymont Inn & Suites in South Haven.
• Hampton Inn in Marquette.
• FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek.
• Lake AuSable Lodge at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon.
• Holiday Inn Express in Frankenmuth.
• Peninsula Bay Inn in Escanaba is now Quality Inn & Suites.
• Towne Place Suites by Marriott in Ann Arbor and Saginaw.
• Courtyard by Marriot in Kalamazoo, expected to open this summer.
• Michigan’s first Aloft Hotel, part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, is expected to open in downtown Detroit on Woodward Avenue by 2014.
• The historic Pontchartrain Hotel, most recently Detroit Riverside Hotel, will reopen in April as the Crowne Plaza in Downtown Detroit.

New Meeting Space

• The Country Village Banquet and Conference Center in Ishpeming.
• The Grand Rapids City Flats Hotel offers a new ballroom and the ballroom at McKay Tower is undergoing renovations. 

Coming tomorrow: Milestones & Anniversaries

 For a complete list of what’s new in 2013, visit michigan.org.