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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boosted by major events, Chicago was once again a “toddling town” for tourists last year, welcoming 55.3 million visitors, up 6.5% ...

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 ...

Chicago’s proposed tourism improvement district would let hotels fund marketing and convention recruitment themselves — boosting competitiveness without raising taxes on residents.

Regarding the editorial “Chicago tourism fundamentally is about downtown, not all 77 neighborhoods” (Nov. 16): The world knows Chicago as a city of communities, each and every one with its own unique ...

Chicago’s hospitality and tourism industry said the city is uniquely qualified to weather any downturn, even though the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric toward other countries ...

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Chicago has been a popular tourist destination since even before 27 million people came to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 — but the city also has a longstanding reputation for crime that has ...