Courtyard by Marriott is a moderately priced lodging brand that features hotels with 80 to 150 guestrooms offering high-speed Internet access, restaurants, lounges, meeting space, central courtyards, exercise rooms, swimming pools and 24-hour access to food. Room amenities include coffee and tea makers, cribs, pullout sofas, safes, washers and dryers, cable television, fireplaces, fully equipped kitchens, tables and chairs and high-speed Internet. The company is owned by Marriott International, a leading lodging company that has nearly 3,000 lodging properties located in the United States and 70 other countries and territories. Courtyard by Marriott has nearly 700 locations throughout the world, including its location in Sheldon, Conn.