After downtown hotel owners banded together to offer to tax themselves and raise money to boost tourism, aldermen advanced their plan Friday. The new “Tourism Improvement District” backed by hotel, ...

Proposal would allow some Downtown hotels to charge a 1.5 percent fee added to the existing 17.5 percent hotel tax to bring in revenue for city marketing.

Your guide to the best spots to make the most of a one-day visit to Chicago, from deep dish pizza to walks along the river.

Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association President Michael Jacobson is proud to call Chicago an outlier when it comes to new tourism figures that show the city bagged nearly $3 ...

For five Saturdays, the Edgewater Indoor Market brightens the Chicago winter with a massive makers market at the Broadway ...

Downtown Chicago hotel owners won strong backing from City Hall this week for a plan to tax themselves, in an effort to juice tourism spending and give the city a louder marketing megaphone. Members ...

One of Chicago's most iconic hot dog and Italian beef restaurants appears to be opening a new location downtown. According to a permit application filed with the city of Chicago Dec. 1, Portillo's is ...