A high-tech lobby free Wi-Fi access and an indoor pool are a few of the inviting amenities at the non-smoking Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Southeast/Hammond Indiana. At the three-story Courtyard the 85 rooms and suites include pillowtop beds with crisp linens work desks and flat-panel TVs with HBO. Many rooms also include separate seating areas with sofa beds. Handicap-accessible accommodations can be requested. In the stylishly updated lobby you can check email with free hotel-wide Wi-Fi print out your travel documents at the dedicated boarding pass station or plug in your personal electronics in one of the private media booths. The Bistro serves healthy breakfast options entrees and a selection of beer and wine or you can pick up a snack from the 24-hour market. At the end of a busy day pump some iron in the fitness center or take a swim in the heated indoor pool. There's also a 24-hour front desk self-service laundry facilities and free parking. The Courtyard is off I-80 and I-94 in Optimist Park three miles from the center of Hammond 20 minutes from Gary Harbor and 40 minutes from downtown Chicago. Purdue University Calumet is one-and-a-half miles away and the University of Chicago is a 35-minute drive. Gary/Chicago International Airport is seven miles away and Chicago Midway International Airport is 28 miles from the hotel.