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Chicago is celebrating a record-breaking summer tourism season and is looking to continue the momentum in 2026, with the help ...

Anyone who has stayed in a hotel in a high-tax city like Seattle or New York is familiar with how that nightly $200 hotel room turns into $235 or more once numerous taxes are added. Both U.S. states ...

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 ...

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Downtown hotel owners got resounding support from key Chicago aldermen on a plan to bolster tourism spending by taxing themselves, moving forward a proposal that could more than double the budget of ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago's top tourism executive on Tuesday launched her ...

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Global hospitality group IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to introduce the Ruby Hotels brand to the US, beginning with a new property in downtown Chicago. Ruby Group will develop and manage ...