There’s new room at the Dream Manor Inn after the business recently expanded, raising six new buildings to accommodate guests.

Needing more rooms for their wedding and lodging business, in September 2019 Dream Manor Inn owners Carl and Rebecca Williams started expanding on their hilltop location in Globe. Six new structures were added, including a two-story building that houses the lobby, bar and several suites – including the Governor’s Suite with a large Jacuzzi tub and a fireplace.

By Jan. 1, 2020 the Williamses had finished 10 additional rooms with kitchenettes on the hilltop just east of Highway 60, which boasts splendid views of the area. The new lobby building, completed in June, offers guests a bar with a big screen TV, a coffee bar and a small convenience store.

“We started off as a five-room bed and breakfast in 2006, then we became an inn as we grew,” said Rebecca Williams. “Now we have 32 rooms, and we call ourselves a boutique resort.”

Dream Manor Inn started out of the Williams’ own house on the hill, a 1968 ranch house the couple bought as a retirement home in 2005. They came to Globe from Las Vegas, where Carl worked as a realtor and Rebecca was with a technology company. He had previous construction experience and she had once owned a small motel in Globe, both of which would come in handy when they started the inn.

A few suites are still being rented in the ranch house, which retains Dream Manor Inn’s original check-in counter. The Williamses used to host weddings in their carport; now those ceremonies are held in a grassy wedding area that also hosts Easter Sunrise services. The inn, which features Tuscan décor, also hosts community meetings, birthdays and funerals, and Christmas parties as well as their annual New Year’s Eve party which is coming up. Many groups get their friends together and purchase a table for the fun event.

Rebecca Williams said couples have booked Dream Manor Inn weddings from as far away as Chicago, Alaska and all over the world. The inn offers a bridal suite where the bride and bridesmaids can dress and a basement “man cave” for the groom and groomsmen, with videos, foosball, ping pong and pool tables. Rebecca said that couples bring as many as 100 guests, and some brides and grooms return to the honeymoon suite for their anniversaries.

Dream Manor Inn has won several awards. In 2017 the inn was named best wedding venue in Arizona by Wedding Spot, and it won Trip Advisor’s certificate of excellence from 2011 to 2019. Now the award is called the Traveler’s Choice Award, which was once again awarded to the inn. In 2011 the inn received an Arizona Small Business Development Center Success Award. “We filled a niche in the area,” Rebecca said on receiving the award. “We’ve grown every year and we’ve tripled the size of our business since we started. We love what we do and the people we meet. It has been very rewarding.”

Before its latest expansion, the business had added an outdoor garden, a small putting green, long-term rental units with kitchens and apartment-style housing that accommodates tourists, hunters and workers on temporary assignment locally. Rebecca said many people come to Dream Manor just to get away from home for a bit, and that renting a suite was a good way to shop local.

“There’s no need to go out of town to go out of town,” she said.

Dream Manor Inn also offers gift certificates, reservations for Christmas parties or the New Year’s Eve Party which can be purchased at the inn, 1 Dream Manor Dr. in Globe, or by calling (928) 425-2754.

For more information on Dream Manor Inn (and to watch a time-lapse video of their recent expansion), visit www.dreammanorinn.com.