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Marriott’s New Aloft Orlando Lake Nona Hotel and Althea Lake Nona Events Center Opens

by Ron Bernthal

Mar 22, 2024

© Aloft Lake Nona

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Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing and most innovative communities in America. Located within metropolitan Orlando, about 25 minutes southeast of the city’s business district and just 10 minutes from Orlando International Airport and the airport’s new Brightline Rail Station, the new Aloft Orlando Lake Nona is open and ready for business.

Lake Nona

© Lake Nona

One of the community’s newest developments, Marriott’s Aloft Lake Nona property opened in January 2024, and is already thriving within the Lake Nona community’s ecosystem, where iconic architecture, public art installations, sports facilities, and 40 miles of public walking and biking trails is attracting the leisure market. A business-friendly environment with high-tech start-ups and plenty of event and meeting space is great for business travelers, as well as those discovering the Lake Nona community for the first time.

The United States Tennis Association’s  National Campus has 100 tennis courts and is just a five-minute drive from the Aloft Lake Nona hotel property, the closest hotel to the largest tennis facility in the world. Because of its proximity to the USTA, the hotel’s 10,000-square-foot Althea Lake Nona Events Center was named after Althea Gibson, America’s renowned former professional tennis player known for shattering racial barriers. In 1951 she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon, and won the women’s singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1957 and the U.S. Open in 1958.

pool

© Aloft Lake Nona

With a total of 17,032 square feet of event space, including the 6,000-square-foot Gibson ballroom, the hotel can offer versatile indoor and outdoor event options featuring many high-tech amenities. Additional spaces include a ballroom foyer with floor-to-ceiling windows; the Tactic boardroom; and three meeting rooms called Game, Set and Match.

In addition to these indoor spaces, Aloft Lake Nona provides outdoor event spaces, including a palm tree-lined pool deck and a lakefront backyard, perfect for social cocktail hours, waterfront weddings and celebratory events year-round.

The six-story hotel offers 205 loft-style guestrooms and 15 one-bedroom suites featuring 9-foot-high ceilings with open floorplans, platform beds, Bliss Spa bath amenities and large walk-in showers with rainfall showerheads.

Disco sculpture

© Lake Nona

Aloft Lake Nona’s contemporary, art-centric lobby invites guests to enjoy various dining options directed by Chef Guillaume Robin, who also oversees Althea’s elevated catering and events menus. Tempo + Grace is an all-day indoor/outdoor restaurant with handcrafted dishes and health-minded options. The Re:Mix Lounge & WXYZ Bar offers live music alongside signature cocktails and curated bites, while Re:fuel by Aloft has a 24/7 grab-and-go pantry of sweet and savory options.

Additional hotel amenities include a natural saline splash pool with comfortable lounge seating; an adjacent ground-level, 24-hour Re:ChargeSM gym featuring Technogym equipment; a business center;complimentary electric bikes and Move Nona‘s daily community shuttles.

The property is within walking distance from Lake Nona Town Center and the area’s top sports attractions, including Drive Shack and Lake Nona Performance Club, the 100-court USTA National Campus, and more than 40 miles of public trails. There are also many other guest attractions nearby, including year-round live entertainment, shopping and restaurants.

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