Drumbar to open next month above the Raffaello Hotel
Drumbar, the latest concept from Menin Hotels, is set to take the speakeasy-style bar to new heights: 200-feet up, to be exact. Perched atop the 18th floor of the Raffaello Hotel (201 E. Delaware...
View ArticleChicago Museums Announce Hours/Closures During NATO Summit
As Chicago prepares to welcome international guests of the NATO Summit, the Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium announced today the decision to close an additional two days...
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June 2012 Visitor Industry Report
Tourism is an important industry in Chicago. With the industry booming and exciting changes on the horizon, here’s a mid-year look at what’s happened and what’s coming up. Labor Reform and Coming...
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JUST IN: July Visitor Industry Report
Chicago tourism is doing well and has the city on the track to becoming the premier vacation and business destination. Here’s a look, courtesy of Choose Chicago, at where we are in the year. June...
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Golf Balls Take Over the Mag Mile to Honor Ryder Cup
One of the highlights of Chicago’s golf events is the 2012 Ryder Cup, taking place this coming September on the 25th through the 30th at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. Established in...
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Concierge Preferred nominated in two categories in HSMAI ‘Best Of’ Awards 2012!
Please take a few seconds to vote for Concierge Preferred in the following categories (simply check two boxes and submit!): Best Social Media Presence 2012 - Concierge Preferred Best Event of the...
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SBA Business Expo in Schaumburg
On Thursday, Nov. 15, small business leaders will gather at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel for the 2012 Small Business Association Business Expo. This year’s theme, “Connect,” will...
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Social Media and Your Business. Start Here.
Social media is an established, growing industry and a great way for small- to mid-sized businesses to create a fan base and generate engaging content to tell all the amazing stories that happen every...
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It’s time to get Facebook and Twitter buzzing about Concierge Day in Chicago!
By official proclamation from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago will celebrate its third annual “Concierge Day in Chicago” on January 31, 2013. The official proclamation is pasted below — feel...
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Art Institute to Offer Valet Service
Visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago will soon have a new parking option with the introduction of valet service on Friday, February 15, 2013. Guests will be able to expedite their visit to the...
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National Travel & Tourism Week is here!
National Travel & Tourism Week is here! Since 1984, it has been held the first full week of May and serves as a reminder of what a powerful force travel is—not only for the tourist—but the city...
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Overnight Visitors to Set All-Time Record in Coming Year
Crain’s Chicago Businesses reported yesterday that the number of overnight visitors to Chicago is within 50,000 of the all-time record and is projected to “blow away” the previous record this year....
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Art Institute ranked #1 Museum in the U.S.
More to celebrate? Indeed! Hardly a week after the Blackhawks Stanley Cup Win, the Art Institute of Chicago has just been voted the #1 museum in the United States and also #3 in the world in Trip...
View ArticleIt will be ‘business as usual’ during Navy Pier renovation
It will be business as usual throughout the renovation of Navy Pier for all who want to enjoy the Pier’s popular mix of entertainment, food and retail. Construction crews this week begin transforming...
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NCA – Chicago Chapter Appoints 2014 Board of Directors
The National Concierge Association – Chicago Chapter appointed its Board of Directors for 2014. An international non-profit network dedicated to supporting concierges and affiliated partners in the job...
View ArticleTilt into a New Chicago View
The construction is done, the dust has settled, and 360 Chicago (formerly the John Hancock Observatory) has created a new way to view Chicago while raising the visitors’ heart rate at the same time....
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Use the Polar Vortex to Your Advantage
Visitor Marketing Best Practices Four years ago, our team started collecting nominations for concierges’ favorite businesses for the first-ever Chicago Concierge Favorites Awards. Our team here had so...
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It’s a Good Time to Show Concierges’ Some Love
It is the heart of election season in our beautiful city, and that goes for the concierge community as well. The Chicago Hotel Concierge Association (CHCA) recently had their Board Elections, and the...
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Looking for More Business? Ask a Concierge
Visitor Marketing Best Practices: Ask the concierge and you shall receive…..more business! Several years ago we were approached by a limousine company that wanted to begin aggressively marketing their...
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Do Your Homework… Here’s Why:
Publisher’s Note Do your homework before executing your concierge marketing plans! ‘Tis the season where many of our clients are hard at work determining their 2015 marketing budgets and how to best...
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