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WELCOME TO CHICAGO Welcome to the city that feels like home — welcome to Chicago. Home is not just where you’re from, it’s where you fit right in. Home is where you can be yourself; where you can be your best. As a visitor to Chicago, you have unlimited options and offerings of diverse experiences. Speaking of diversity, Chicago is home to 77 unique neighborhoods, where more than 100 languages are spoken. Chicago’s neighborhoods are filled with the sights, sounds, tastes, and history of Chicago and our people. The Official Chicago Visitors Guide is powered by Choose Chicago, our city’s official destination marketing and convention sales organization. The guide features partner listings of more than 1,500 active association members, samplings of amazing experiences offered here, and a comprehensive calendar of events designed to fit every palate and visitor interest. It’s our invitation to you to learn more about Chicago, our amazing people, artisans, and entrepreneurs, and a destination dedicated to welcoming you home here. Start planning now. We’re looking forward to welcoming you home. LORI LIGHTFOOT Mayor of Chicago On behalf of all of us in the visitor, meetings, events, and hospitality industry — welcome to Chicago, and welcome home. Our Official Chicago Visitors Guide is designed to provide you with informative and hopefully inspiring articles on why choosing Chicago is your first step to a vacation or attendee experience of a lifetime. Also included are detailed listings, by category, featuring Choose Chicago’s more than 1,500 partners — each with a desire to welcome and serve you. These partners help represent Chicago’s best accommodations, tours and attractions, dining, theatre, music, arts and culture, shopping, entertainment, sports, and event venues. Speaking of events, you’ll also find within this guide a sampling of the exciting events and celebrations that make Chicago a year-round destination. And, of course, for a complete calendar of events I invite you to log on to our website — choosechicago.com — to learn even more about this amazing destination. Whatever you like to do, you’ll feel right at home doing it here. Maybe that’s why Chicago feels like home. We’re glad you’re here. DAVID WHITAKER President & CEO, Choose Chicago LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS KELLY AIGLON Kelly Aiglon writes about travel, wellness, and home design for publications like Chicago Splash, Chicago Tribune, Hunker, and AAA Living Magazine. ALMA BAHMAN Alma Bahman is a Chicago-based writer and editor who tells thought-provoking and engaging stories about urban living, food, travel, and more. AMY BIZZARRI Amy Bizzarri regularly contributes to travel magazines and websites, and authored the book 111 Places in Chicago That You Must Not Miss. ROSALIND CUMMINGS-YEATES Rosalind Cummings-Yeates covers travel, culture, and the arts, and authored the book Exploring Chicago Blues. Follow her on Twitter @farsightedgirl. AMBER GIBSON Amber Gibson writes for Forbes, Saveur, Four Seasons Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler. Follow her adventures on Instagram @amberyv. HAYLEY GRGURICH Hayley Grgurich is a writer specializing in travel and comedy. Her work regularly appears in the Chicago Like a Local blog. ALLANA MORTELL Allana Mortell writes about food and travel for Edible Vineyard, as well as the Chicago Like a Local and allanabytes blogs. LISA SHAMES Lisa Shames is a Chicago-based food and lifestyle writer who contributes to Sophisticated Living and So Good magazines. Follow her on Instagram @lisashames.
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