Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association President Michael Jacobson is proud to call Chicago an outlier when it comes to new ...

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The 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.

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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 ...

Chicago’s tourism bureau and downtown hotel owners are backing an unusual play to boost demand: taxing themselves. A resolution to begin creating a Tourism Improvement District, funded by a 1.5 ...

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 ...