Aldermen offered resounding support for a new Tourism Improvement District, a self-tax on downtown hotel stays that would ...

The increase in the city’s 17.5% hotel tax would more than double the marketing budget for the convention and tourism agency ...

The primary goal of the self-tax is to supercharge Chicago's tourism push, with the estimated $40 million in annual revenue ...

No. 16 among the top 150 markets according to a comprehensive survey from HVS, a respected global consultancy in the lodging ...

A proposed Tourism Improvement District adding a 1.5% surcharge to downtown hotel stays is slated for consideration by the ...

In today’s Chicago, buzzwords such as “equitable” and “engagement” are virtual necessities if you want to please City Hall. Sometimes they have worth; sometime they make no sense at all. And even ...

Choose Chicago CEO Kristen Reynolds and Board Chair Guy Chipparoni say the city should follow New York's lead and start aggressively "packaging" events during the cold weather months.

Kristen Reynolds is President and CEO of Choose Chicago, the city’s official destination-marketing organization. Since ...

From the gleaming high-rises that line Michigan Avenue to the 28-mile manmade shoreline along Lake Michigan, Chicago remains one of America's most vibrant, celebrated cities. A world-class destination ...

The Business Journals' Book of Lists provides you with more than 1,000 of the hottest area companies in their fields, by ranking. TLC Engineering Solutions, a ...