Hospitality
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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
Oct 01, 2020 1:00 am - Sam Tuttle's job at a bustling restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip is as much about providing diners a temporarily escape as it is about serving their meal. But making tha...
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Schaumburg hotel reopens after renovationSep 27, 2020 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - The newly renovated Four Points by Sheraton hotel at 1100 E. Higgins Road reopened earlier this month, the Schaumburg Business Association announced. The co...
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Jersey Mike's to open in DeerfieldSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - Jersey Mike's Subs will celebrate the Sept. 30 opening of its first Deerfield location, 190 Waukegan Road, with a fundraiser to support Bounce Children's Foundation. Ma...