Chicago Meeting Professionals Guide - 2019
Welcome To Chicago
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You’ve arrived in the best city in America to host a meeting. Welcome to Chicago – the city that feels like home.
Getting here is easy. O’Hare International is the most connected airport in North America, with 139 international and nearly 1,500 daily nonstop flights into O’Hare and Midway airports. Once here, you’ll experience Chicago’s authentic hospitality, as well as cultural and culinary diversity, starting with our world-class accommodations and meeting facilities. The 134 hotels in the city’s central business district offer more than 44,000 rooms. McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America, with more than 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space.
More than 100 countries are represented in Chicago’s 77 communities, making it easy to sample the culture and cuisine of many nations, and making the city feel all the more like home. Chicago’s cultural richness is enhanced by its more than 250 theaters, 56 museums, 225 music venues and more than 700 public works of art, many of which are found in or near Chicago’s nearly 600 parks. Chicago’s equally diverse food scene is world-renowned. As befitting a city named 2017 Restaurant City of the Year by Bon Appétit magazine and Best Restaurant City In America by Condé Nast Traveler, there are Michelin-starred and James Beard Award-winning eateries all over Chicago.
Add to that an iconic skyline along much of the city’s 26 miles of lakefront and it’s no wonder Condé Nast Traveler readers named Chicago the Best Big City in the U.S.
Thank you for considering Chicago. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Rahm Emanuel
Mayor of Chicago
Welcome to Chicago – and welcome home. Home is not just where you’re from, it’s where you can be your best. Choosing Chicago can help facilitate that.
Chicago offers meeting professionals and attendees an incredible variety of unique venues, accommodations, top-notch service providers, acclaimed dining options and never-ending entertainment. Our central, convenient location, burgeoning new hotel supply and venue openings, McCormick Place campus expansion, and calendar of annual events combine to make Chicago the premier destination in which to host your next gathering.
This guide isn’t the only planning tool Choose Chicago offers. Online, advanced hotel and venue searches hone in on your ideal facilities, while an RFP submission tool makes reaching out easier than ever. Offline, our award-winning team of dedicated experts can develop your bid strategy, source venues and provide comprehensive on-site services.
So, whether you’re planning an intimate gathering of 10 or an international convention for thousands, Choose Chicago is prepared to streamline your planning process, help your event run smoothly and wow your attendees. We respectfully invite you to allow us the privilege of helping you plan your most successful meeting ever. Chicago is at your service. Welcome home.
David Whitaker
President & CEO, Choose Chicago
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