Located in the heart of Downtown, the Hilton Garden Inn is one of the closest hotels to Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indianapolis Convention Center, and Conseco Fieldhouse, and is adjacent to the tallest skyscraper in the city. Not the place you'd think to find one of the greenest hotels in Indianapolis.
However, just this month, the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown received a 4 Green Keys designation by Green Key Global.
We are the first hotel in Downtown Indianapolis awarded with this certification and the second in the city of Indianapolis. This is obviously something we are very proud of, but doesn’t represent the end of our continuing practice of adopting and developing new opportunities to enhance our sustainable operation.Green Key Global is a international organization (US and Canada) that ranks hotels on 9 areas of sustainability (energy conservation, water conservation, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, indoor air quality, community outreach, building infrastructure, land use, and environmental management). This encompasses all facets of our business from our hotel meetings to our hotel sleeping rooms.
A Four Green Keys designation is described by Green Key Global in this way: “A hotel that has shown national industry leadership and commitment to protecting the environment through wide ranging policies and practices. Mature programs that involve management, employees, guests, and the public have shown substantial and measurable results.
If travelling green is important to you, and you need hotel accommodations Indianapolis, then we invite you to stay with us or check out our environmental statement above.
Indianapolis is fast becoming a major destination for individuals and families looking for an enjoyable and affordable getaway! The beautiful, historic Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown hotel is an ideal hotel to select when seeking exemplary discount hotel accommodations for your next Indianapolis visit In addition to our out of town guests, HGI is becoming ever popular with local residents looking for the perfect, yet inexpensive “staycation”! Many of our guests like our staff and amenities so much, they visit us again and again. This allows us to develop an ongoing rapport with these visitors, and most importantly it allows us to individualize our services even more, to better meet the needs of these guests.
When considering y our next getaway, be sure to call the Hilton Garden Inn – Downtown Indianapolis (317-955-9700) and inquire about your next great hotel deal located in the heart of the city!
***While in Indianapolis, you might want to consider visiting one or more of the following attractions:
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The State Soldiers and Sailors Monument and Civil War Museum
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Museum (Home of the Indianapolis 500)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
NCAA Hall of Champions
Indiana State Museum
Lucas Oil Stadium (Home of the Indianapolis Colts)
Downtown Indy’s Circle Centre Mall
Wow! it is hard to believe that the Big Ten Tournament is about to start again; it just seemed like yesterday our downtown Indianapolis hotel was playing host to some of the most notable teams in the Big Ten Conference. This year is extra special as the city of Indianapolis takes center stage in the NCAA Tournament. With the selections and seedings being announced right here in Indianapolis before the Tournament, as well as the Final Four with the Championship game being played at Lucas Oil Stadium downtown, there is sure to be a buzz in and around our city for the next couple months.
With all the action and excitement located just blocks away from the Hilton Garden Inn, there is an opportunity to be part of March Madness as it transcends into downtown Indianapolis. There are a very limited amount of spaces available for the women’s as well as the men’s Big Ten Tournament, so don’t delay and make your reservations today! We are one of the hotels near Conseco Fieldhouse, at only two blocks which is a very convenient walk to all the action, and near Indianapolis Airport. So when you’re searching for downtown Indianapolis hotel accommodations, and cheer on your team, join us at the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown! Although the Final Four is not available, don’t miss the chance to be a part of this historic year in the Big Ten Conference as well as the NCAA Final Four!
Looking for something for the whole family to do in Indy? Although this event isn't until September, it's something to plan for! The 29th O'Reilly Auto Parts 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals will take place September 17, 18 and 19 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It's a fun 4x4 event the entire family can enjoy! The event includes enthusiasts who come from all over to display their 4x4 trucks and race them the whole weekend. There's vendors and sponsors there to visit as well.
You should check it out! Of course, you know I'll recommend you make a weekend out of it and enjoy the rest of what Indy has to offer, which is quite a bit! There might be a concert at the Murat Centre or a Colts home game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Being one of the hotels near Indianapolis Speedway, you could take a few hours to tour the Hall of Fame Museum.
If you need Indianapolis hotel reservations while visiting, we have discount hotel rates for the 4-Wheel Jamboree online. If you visit the event website, you'll find a great hotel deal for our newly renovated Indianapolis hotel!
The Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown is the most newly renovated hotel in Indianapolis downtown. These changes make us one of the best hotels near Indianapolis Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium. As of today all projects are complete. The project required some great coordination by the housekeeping, maintenance, and front desk staffs to ensure that our guest service did not suffer during the renovation. We accomplished this by keeping any work well away from any guests that might be staying in the hotel at the time this work was completed. The results of the renovation are terrific. The designer took our comments about ensuring our desire to continue giving great hotel accommodations Indianapolis.
Already we are getting very positive feedback from frequent guests about the enhancements made to the décor as well as our conversion to the GSS bedding system. In addition to replacing the carpeting throughout the entire building, we added a new soft seating chair and ottoman that compliments the existing décor as well as being a comfortable place to watch the big game on our LG flat panel televisions.
I am by no means a great photographer, and these photos don't do the changes justice. The most dramatic change is to our lobby and restaurant . As an important historic hotel of Indianapolis, we had to ensure that the changes were in keeping with the great flavor of the Fletcher Trust Building. The new colors compliment the historic flavor of the building while adding a new design element . The restaurant design enhancements have opened up the area to a more relaxed atmosphere. Whereas the feel of the restaurant was classic and established, maybe even a little boring before, the new semicircular booths, additional flat panel TVs, and lighting enhancements give the area a trendier atmosphere that is more fun to hang out in.
Let me know what you think, or better yet stop in and see for yourself.
Celebrate the Big Game Downtown with the Hilton Garden Inn! What better place to be than in the heart of downtown Indianapolis while the Indianapolis Colts face off against the New Orleans Saints! Check out this great Indianapolis hotel deal: Enjoy deluxe accommodations in our newly renovated hotel and breakfast for two for only $99 on Sunday, February 7. If you want to bring a couple more people to share the room, we will include breakfast for four for only $109!
Our Great American Grill and bar will be open for dinner to serve up some tasty food and drinks while you watch the game in the grill or have room service delivered to your guest room. If you want to bring your own food and drinks to your room, all guest rooms include a complimentary microwave and refrigerator.
There’s nothing wrong with a little competition…chat it up with your friends, Tweet scores and update Facebook while watching the game by using our complimentary wired and wireless high-speed internet in your guest room, our lobby or bar and grill!
You can also make a weekend out of it; these special rates are available Friday through Sunday that weekend. The Nuclear Cowboyz freestyle motocross riders will be downtown on Saturday, February 6. Being one of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium, you can there in a matter of minutes.
Call us today at 317.955.9700 and ask for “The Big Game” rate! Or go to our website to reserve your room online by entering group code GAME.
See you at the Hilton Garden Inn for the Big Game!! GO COLTS!!
Happy New Year and welcome to 2010! There's going to be a lot happening this year! The Colts have home field advantage for the playoffs and face off against the Baltimore Ravens this Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium! Being one of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium, our lobby is decked out with Fatheads, flags, bobble heads and our staff will surely be in Colts attire starting tomorrow!
We are officially one of Indianapolis' newly renovated hotels! Only a few final touches remain before we're 100% complete. Our restaurant, the Great American Grill, has been completely redone and has a very chic feel to it. The guestroom beds, carpet and furniture have been replaced. Lobby furniture is brand new and, as and Indianapolis meeting hotel, we have updated our meeting space as well! Check our pictures out on our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter too!
The Hilbert Circle Theatre will be host to some great shows this season. I'm particularly interested in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's presentation of The Music of Pink Floyd! Of course being a concert fanatic, I'm very excited to see what other venues will present this year. We're the closest hotel to Murat Centre, so why not stay with us when you come to your next show? Don't forget about the Pacers and those performances at Conseco Fieldhouse to which we're one of the the closest hotels.
Big things will be happening in 2010! Oh...ladies and gentlemen, Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching! So when you get engaged, be sure to call our wedding hotel when you're looking for a place to host your rehearsal dinner, small ceremony or reception or simply need a discounted hotel room block for your group's travel!
Happy New Year from the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown!
Wow! Another great season. Are you a lucky season ticket holder? We are one of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium. Celebrate a win and book one of our Indianapolis hotel packages. The Hilton Garden Inn offers one of the best hotel accommodations in Indianapolis. Go Blue!
We are also a newly renovated hotel in Indianapolis. We have installed the new Hilton GSS bed for a restful night's sleep...there's no better way to end the day. (after we win...of course!)
We also know that in Indianapolis the "home team" isn't just about sports. Indianapolis looks out for the environment as well. If you are looking for a hotel that thinks green...you are in luck! We are one of the few Green hotels in Indianapolis. We are not just talking about recycling we have amazing solar panels in our roof top.
Whether its a game, a special occasion, or just a night away. Think of the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown.
NEW CARPET!!!
One of the key parts of our renovation and refresh is new carpeting. We have about 40% of our guestrooms completed with thankfully little to no disruption to our guests. Because of the high rise nature of the building we have a small number of rooms on any given floor so we've been able to isolate the work from areas our guests are in. The nightmare of any guest, and therefore any General Manager, is construction work being done right next door to someone trying to sleep, relax or work. We've worked hard to make sure that doesn't happen. The carpet, gives the room a warmer feel as you can see below.
The $1.2 million investment in carpeting, bedding, and new furnishing will allow us to be the most newly renovated hotel in Indianapolis' downtown. As part of the Hilton family of hotels it is important to keep our product fresh and vibrant and comfortable for our frequent business travelers as well as for those Indianapolis Colts fans that are arriving to support the team this weekend versus the rival New England Patriots, you might want to stay at this newly renovated hotel near Lucas Oil Stadium.
Our guestrooms will be very near 100% completion by Thanksgiving. If you are Downtown for the Tree Lighting ceremony on Monument Circle, or coming into town for the MLB Winter Meetings at the Indianapolis Convention Center take a look at the newest rooms in an Indianapolis Downtown Hotel.
As I've mentioned before, part of our ongoing strategy during this renovation has been to look for ways to green the operation. In accordance with our commitment to be a green hotel, the old carpet is being recycled. Indianapolis is fortunate that we have a regional carpet recycling center located on the Northwest side of town. We are working with Kruse Carpet Recycling to ensure that the enormous amount of carpeting doesn't end up in a landfill. To see more about the process take a look at this
video of the Kruse Carpet recycling process.
The cost of recycling this carpet approximates the amount we would have spent on a roll off dumpster and has kept this material from accumulating near the building and detracting from our exterior appearance. It keeps this from entering the waste stream so it's a win win for us.
It's FOOTBALL SEASON!! This Thursday, September 3 marks the end of the Indianapolis Colts' preseason! Our first regular season game is Sunday, September 13. The Indianapolis Colts face off against the Jacksonville Jaguars at home! I don't know about your team, but we have Blue Friday here in Indy. Our hotel celebrates the Colts games by displaying larger-than-life Colts players in the lobby, flags in our lobby palm trees, and a banner or two.
Of course, most employees really love Blue Friday because we get to wear something a bit more casual and our Indianapolis Colts jerseys! You can check out our team spirit on our Facebook page photo gallery! We even bring out the war paint and temporary tattoos from time to time! Are you a member of the Colts Blue Crew? You should be!
Of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium, we may not be the closest, but we certainly bleed blue (most of us). When you are searching for Indianapolis hotel reservations, whether you're supporting the Colts or the Texans, 49ers or Jets, we'd love to have you stay at the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown! If you're coming from out of town for the Titans game, or any other, call me to check for Indianapolis group travel options!
Home Games:
Sun, 9/13: Jacksonville Jaguars
Sun, 10/4: Seattle Seahawks
Sun, 11/1: San Francisco 49ers
Sun, 11/8: Houston Texans
Sun, 11/15: New England Patriots
Sun, 12/6: Tennessee Titans
Sun, 12/13: Denver Broncos
Sun, 12/27: New York Jets
One result of our expressed interest in environmental issues and our desire to be one of the more green hotels in Indianapolis is our exposure to other area greening projects.
As a representative of a Downtown Indy Hotel I've recently been able to sit in on a few meetings that have highlighted some of the important steps that Indianapolis is doing to become a greener and more environmentally friendly city. Currently the Indiana Cultural Trail construction is already well underway and will pass within one block of our hotel sometime next year. Our central location on this trail will connect the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in all four directions via the trail to all the major cultural districts including the Fountain Square, Wholesale District, Mass Avenue and the Murat Centre, the Canal and White River State Park, and of course Monument Circle. If you know someone looking for a conference hotel in Indianapolis, another corridor of this trail will branch off to the Indianapolis Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium making this a very pleasant walk from the hotel for conventioneers, Colts Fans, or others on Indianapolis group travel.
Once completed, the Indy Cultural Trail will connect with the existing Monon Trail which will give guests staying at the hotel easy access to Broad Ripple Village as well. Check out the Cultural Trail's
site if you get a chance. The storm water planters and natural vegetation will really add to the feel of Downtown Indy and enhance the experience for both cyclists and pedestrians. Very cool stuff.
To check out our own environmental projects check out our own environmental statement at the top of the screen.
...since I've blogged. I had the privilege of meeting my
favorite band, Incubus, for the second time this past Wednesday, July 22. Every time I see them live, it's a great experience and my eyes and ears are glued to the stage. It got me thinking, what are our guests passionate about? Maybe it's the upcoming concert at Conseco Fieldhouse, the Colts games this year at Lucas Oil Stadium or our three star hotel downtown Indianapolis. Feel free to tell us what you're passionate about, including comments about
our hotel!
We're near the Indianapolis Speedway and this is the perfect time to be one of many downtown Indy hotels close to that venue. Saving Abel is playing there this weekend, practice is running and the Brickyard 400 is Sunday! I'll be there, will you? There are lots of upcoming events this summer including some major conventions. GenCon, the Best Four Days in Gaming, will be held downtown in August and we are near the Indianapolis Convention Center - only a five block walk!
Since my favorite topic is live music, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays at Conner Prairie every year for Symphony on the Prairie. I've not been myself, but I hear it's great. If you'd like to stay in an Indianapolis area hotel after the Prairie,
get online and check out our special rates for this event! Just input Group Code
SOTP09.
There's only a couple months of summer left! Tell us how you'll make the most of it!
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Twitter! We will soon be setting up a Facebook and Twitter rate, too...stay tuned for more...
Welcome to summer in Indianapolis! To me, summer means my favorite time of year, not the season itself, but concert season in Indy! If you are attending any concert and need a downtown Indy hotel to stay afterward, please think of the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown! As you may have read, of the downtown Indianapolis hotels near Conseco Fieldhouse, we are only two blocks away. This means when Metallica comes in September, Taylor Swift in October and Miley Cyrus comes in November, you can stay with us and walk to the concert!
Of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium, we are a little further at only six blocks. But I'm sure Kenny Chesney won't mind where you stay in September as long as you're going to the show.
If you need a hotel deal in Indianapolis while attending one of the concerts at the Egyptian Room or Murat Theatre, we are the hotel nearest Murat Centre.
The Rathskeller, Lawn at White River State Park, Emerson Theater, Birdy's, Military Park, the famous Slippery Noodle Inn and The Vogue are also within walking distance or a short drive from the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown hotel. If you have a group of people coming in for a show, please contact me to arrange your Indianapolis group travel! I may be able to get you a great group rate on some rooms!
Don't forget about the Indiana State Fairgrounds! Artists such as Demi Lovato, Sandi Patty, Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Jason Mraz and more will be performing about four miles north of us.
So when you nee a hotel room in Indianapolis, call the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown!
Guess what? King Tut is coming to Indianapolis! The Children's Museum of Indianapolis will host the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs exhibit from June 27 to October this year! As an historic hotel in Indianapolis, we can definitely appreciate the history this exhibit will bring to the city.
Don't forget, our three star hotel is downtown Indianapolis only three miles from the Children's Museum. We are one of many downtown Indy hotels which is close to the museum, but we are one of the
closest! The Children's Museum is a site in itself as it is the largest of its kind in the world.
Many residents, guests and hoteliers are excited about this exhibit! We are one of many area hotels which with Indianapolis hotel packages especially for this exhibit. Our two packages each include breakfast, tickets to the exhibit and parking...a superb hotel deal in Indianapolis! You can reserve your package online today by visiting
this site. We have one for families and one for adults only!
Searching for Indianapolis group travel to bring a school group or bus tour? We would be happy to help you with special rates! Please contact me at the number or email below to set up your Indianapolis hotel reservations today! While you're in town, don't forget we are one of the closest hotels near Conseco Fieldhouse to check out a Pacers game. Want to check out our Super Bowl XLI champs the Indianapolis Colts? We are one of the hotels near Lucas Oil Stadium and there are four home games in the pre-season and regular season to catch while in Indy.
We hope to see you soon!
Lindsay Gill
Leisure & Online Sales Manager
(317) 405-5710
lgill@fhginc.com
Welcome to the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown blog! For our first post, we would like to tell you a little bit about our downtown Indy hotel and what we will discuss.
The Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown is an historic hotel in downtown Indianapolis renovated from the American Fletcher National Bank building which was built in 1915. The Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown is a three star hotel located on the corner of Market and Pennsylvania Street. Our downtown Indianapolis hotel is within walking distance to Conseco Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium and the Murat Centre.
Our bloggers and what they will be discussing:
Michael Campbell - General Manager
Mike will be blogging about our sustainability efforts. Mike has been instrumental in implementing eco-friendly practices to make the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown a green hotel in Indianapolis.
Teresa Tracy - Assistant General Manager
Teresa will blog about what's going on in downtown Indianapolis and how it relates to the hotel. There are lots of events throughout the year so she will have much to write about.
Megan Mills - Guest Service Manager
Megan will be discussing what's going on at the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown. Whether we are welcoming convention attendees, reviewing a recent client function or recognizing a member of our staff, Megan will write about it.
Lindsay Gill - Leisure & Online Sales Manager
I will be discussing the special offers and hotel deals, hotel packages, weddings, meetings and banquets at the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown.
The Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown staff looks forward to telling you more about our hotel, our team and what's going on in Indy!
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