The reasons to visit Chicago are nearly endless. Home to world-class art—like the famous Anish Kapoor “Cloud Gate” sculpture, otherwise known as “The Bean”—fascinating historic and architectural sites ...

One of the things that separates Chicago from other major cities in the U.S. is that it has a river (aptly named the Chicago ...

Chicago is taking fire from President Donald Trump, but visitors don’t seem to mind. Hotels in the Central Business District booked nearly 3.6 million room nights from June through August — a 4.3 ...

Downtown Chicago hotels enjoyed a financially robust week during the Democratic National Convention, even though it didn’t fill as many rooms as anticipated. Chicago’s downtown hotels didn’t reach ...

In Carl Sandburg’s famous 1914 poem “Chicago,” he praised the Windy City for its hardworking “Big Shoulders.” He might also have lauded the city’s sturdy and architecturally attractive buildings that ...

The birthplace of the brownie can be traced to the kitchen of a Chicago hotel. So claims the Palmer House, a Hilton hotel that has been operating in downtown Chicago since 1873 (the original hotel was ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Downtown Chicago hotels that were counting on a Democratic ...