Hospitality
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Even Hotel opens after $10 million renovationJan 12, 2021 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK - After months of renovating the existing Holiday Inn Hotel at the Tinley Park Convention Center, full rebranding efforts are now complete, and the newest me...
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Lake Forest to welcome first hotel since 1929Jan 06, 2021 10:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Janko Hospitality said The Forester Hotel, 200 N. Field Dr. in the Conway Business Park, is set to open in April. It will be the first hotel to open in the...
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Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread
Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result cou...
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Three tools for restaurants during pandemicDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Since mid-March, restaurant operators have been asked to survive on diminished capacities, and they've have had to reduce their menus down to only items that can be tran...
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Herrington's Ornaments of Hope raises money for food bankDec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - GENEVA - The Herrington Inn & Spa has begun its monthlong Ornaments of Hope campaign to raise money for the Northern Illinois Food Bank. Participants may purchase an orn...
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U.S. service industries expand at slowest pace in five months
Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. service industries expanded in October at the slowest pace in five months as orders and employment cooled, indicating more moderate growth in the biggest part of th...
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Plans for two new hotels in Elk Grove Village hampered by pandemicOct 28, 2020 1:00 am - What's left of a shuttered motel at a busy corner in Elk Grove Village will be demolished, after a developer who planned to renovate and add onto it for a new hotel is b...
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Tired of the same old home office? Punch the clock in a hotel guest room
Oct 24, 2020 6:16 am - At the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C., I had to resist. No swaddling in the plush bathrobe. No running a hot bath. No clicking through the movie channels. No vacation-st...
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Clarendon Hills' Country House restaurant serves haunted history with its hamburgersOct 15, 2020 6:00 am - Unrequited love, it's said, has spurred a ghost to haunt the Country House restaurant. Or she might just be there for the burgers. Whatever the case, the Clarendon Hills...
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Cranky customers, smaller tips: How work has changed for service workers during the pandemic