Articles tagged “chicago”

If hotels want to book more meetings and events, they need to know how to speak the specific industry language of the events and planners they’re working with.

Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner needs to put aside political horse trading and release the funds for Choose Chicago's tourism promotion efforts that drive Chicago's visitor economy and job growth.

Chicago is often left off the list of foreign tourists' must-see U.S. cities so its honing its marketing strategies on Chinese where its efforts will pay off the most.

Chicago's visitor milestone is a result of a global rebound in business and leisure travel; however, an efforts that attempt to reposition a city's branding could also help with future growth.

By focusing on the individual business traveler—especially female—with innovative room product and social F&B programming and design, Virgin Hotels Chicago is a business hotel that doesn't feel like a business hotel.

Some of these changes are more obvious, but bringing PR into paid advertising is an interesting insight that other destinations likely see happening too.

Southwest certainly knows how to break up the monotony of a flight and to use social media to get publicity for a local festival and partnership that would normally elicit only big yawns.

The role of tourism bureaus is shifting from sales and marketing to placemaking and place branding. These 50 cities are out in front of that trend.

Chicago needs to make a bold statement about who it is and what it offers to attract the growing number of foreign tourists ready to spend time and money in the U.S.

Cross-country plane rides to one-hour train commutes will be impacted by weather Thursday evening. It is likely only the first of several large-scale delays to be caused by weather this year.