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

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 ...

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

With temperatures well below zero Friday morning, schools and some businesses and museums closed for the day and many people stayed inside. Still, a few brave souls ventured out.

While thousands of government workers face furloughs and certain government services are not available, the government shutdown also reached Chicago's Far South Side on Wednesday, where there were ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New tourism numbers paint a very different picture of Chicago than how the White House is trying to portray the city, as President Donald Trump is poised to send in National Guard ...

Gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL star husband, Jonathan Owens, have called Chicago their second home for nearly two years now—but that didn't stop the A-list duo from spending a weekend soaking up ...