Doubletree Chicago The Wit
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Imagine a joyful and glamorous oasis, a place of luxurious comfort and unsurpassed functionality. Enjoy a splendid combination of boutique flair and resort-style amenities at theWit. Stylishly appointed with vivid colors and plush furnishings, with panoramic views of the skyline, lake, or Chicago River, these downtown Chicago hotel rooms are designed to inspire. Recall the legendary past of downtown Chicago or celebrate the city's reborn Theater District. Your revitalizing Chicago hotel room sets the stage for a memorable visit to this amazing city.
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Six Hotel Deals for Memorial Day Weekend
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You...
May 07, 2013
Where to Hotel Rooftop in Chicago
Sudden waves of warmer weather in Chicago and all that talk last week about theWit’s new retractable roof left us with one summery something on the brain: more hotel rooftops. Chill beverages, a staggering skyline against the Lake, a spot to kick up your feet under the sun or...
May 10, 2012
Bikini-Clad Babes Will Be Dancing Past Midnight Under theWit’s New Retractable Roof
Police cars barricading streets, helicopters hosting steel 280 feet into the air, sexy girls in hard hats – a whole new kind of commotion construction is hitting one of Chicago’s most coveted rooftop scenes. And come May 9, ROOF, theWit hotel’s rooftop lounge, is upping the ante with the...
May 03, 2012
How Do You Wash theWit?
How do you wash theWit? Very carefully...or rather gracefully as if it's a dance, if you're one of the window washers we watched prance across the glass of theWit Hotel in Chicago earlier today. No, they weren't messing around; they were just doing their job, which involves the very...
December 01, 2011
theWit Chicago Needs an On-Air Reporter for Its Web Show
If your dazzling persona makes Ryan Seacrest look like an American Idol reject that even JLo wouldn't feel sympathy for, theWit wants to hire you. The Chicago hotel is hunting for someone who can jump in front of the camera for its "Witisodes" Web series. As the hotel's correspondent,...
March 16, 2011
theWit's Sous Chef Burns on the Finale of 'Hell's Kitchen'
Hell's Kitchen had its eighth-season finale showdown last night, and it came down to Russell Kook, sous chef of cibo matto at theWit, and Nona Sivley, an Atlanta sous chef. We applauded Kook for keeping cool in the crazy-as-all-get-out kitchen in early episodes. But as time went on, the...
December 16, 2010
Party at theWit on New Year's Eve and You'll Get a Small Reward
If you're looking to party on New Year's Eve—and who isn't?—theWit will give you a small incentive if you bring the festivities there. TheWit will give you an 11 percent discount on the best available room rate on December 31 if you make a reservation for some fun at...
December 15, 2010
theWit's Sous Chef Tests the Fires in 'Hell's Kitchen'
theWit's Russell Kook, sous chef of cibo matto, took on potty-mouthed Gordon Ramsay in last night's eighth-season premiere of Hell's Kitchen. The 29-year-old sous chef joined 15 other contestants to compete for the head chef position at LA Market, a restaurant in the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE....
September 23, 2010
For the Sake of Hotel Art: theWit's Angel Wings
Is the WiFi free? Does the gym have good machines? All these things get noticed when checking into a hotel, but what about the atmosphere of the place—specifically the art on the walls or on the floor? All this week, we'll be highlighting properties around the world that do...
August 19, 2010
theWit Chicago Holds a Competition to Find an In-House Film Crew
We're not sure if the higher-ups at theWit in Chicago got the idea for Wit webisodes from our "Pitch Your Hotel" feature, but the techie hotel is holding a contest to snag an in-house production team to film monthly videos. To find a video production team, the hotel is...
January 27, 2010
Where to Watch Tonight's 'Top Chef' Finale
Top Chef fans are licking their chops in anticipation of tonight's season 6 finale, one of the fiercest food fights in TC history. The Voltaggio brothers Bryan and Michael face off against one another, along with Kevin Gillespie, the man behind the famous beard. We found some places where...
December 09, 2009
theWit's Library Gets People Talking, More Than Reading
The lobby of theWit buzzes with businessmen chatting, workers scurrying about and people wandering in and out, but head to the second floor of the hotel and you'll find some peace in the library. But it's not a library per se. Yes, the table in the middle of the...
November 04, 2009
Chicago's New Hotel Restaurants Become Culinary Hot Spots
If you want to check out Chicago's hottest restaurants, you'll have to to go a hotel. Whether it's the cool atmosphere or the delish food, hotel restaurants have become the big trend around town. We'll give you three of the best new hotel restaurants in Chicago: Pelago in Raffaello...
October 28, 2009
Inside a Paramount Suite At theWit Hotel Chicago
Please allow us to remind you that Chicago is not New York, and nowhere is this more apparent than at theWit Hotel in Chicago, where the Paramount Suite (pictured above and in the gallery below) begins at only $450 a night. What will $450 get you in NYC, you...
October 19, 2009
Inside The Plush Screening Room At theWit Chicago
What are the hot hotel amenities right now? Forget heated towel racks and pet concierges, the screening rooms are it. In New York, the newest private screening room can be found in the Crosby Street Hotel, but the 40-guest "Screen" venue in theWit Hotel in Chicago has it beat...
October 13, 2009
The Wit is a Hit with the NYT
Generally speaking, the New York Times is not an easy target to impress — particularly when it comes to anything beyond the confines of Manhattan. Just don’t try telling that to Chicago’s Wit Hotel, Doubletree’s new concept hotel that nabbed another glowing review and can now count the Gray...
October 05, 2009
Fashion Week Hits Chicago and Hotels Are Ready To Work It
As an influx of Manolo-wearing fashionistas hit Chicago for Fashion Focus—the city's Fashion Week-type extravaganza with runway shows, shopping events and seminars from Oct. 22 to 25—hotels want a piece of the well-heeled crowd. So The Essex Inn, Four Seasons, James Hotel, Park Hyatt, Sofitel and theWit partnered with...
September 29, 2009
Pitch Your Hotel: Scott Greenberg of theWit Hotel Chicago
Welcome to our regular Monday feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them...
September 09, 2009
We Spent The Week Scoping Out The Scene At The Wit Chicago
For this week that we spent in Chicago, we had a few must-sees on our list: the improvements in Millennium Park, the lakefront beaches, and The Wit Hotel in the north Loop. A new concept from Doubletree—who'd have thought—The Wit opened its doors at the end of May and...
July 30, 2009
Chicago's Wit Hotel Has Awesome Wakeup Calls
Okay, so the cutest wakeup call ever would probably be something along the lines of a bunch of kittens nuzzling your face to rouse you gently from your slumber, but this adorably-quirky service from Chicago's new The Wit Hotel comes in a fairly close second. The Chicago Tribune recently...
June 24, 2009
The View From the Roof of The Wit Will Make You Say 'Holy...'
This week, the rooftop of Chicago's new The Wit Hotel (which is actually a boutiquey Doubletree property) hotel opens up — the literal crown (ha) atop the property's residential floors, restaurants, and $199 chic rooms. Though the hotel itself is set to open in "late May" (hey! It's late...
May 26, 2009
The Wit Chicago Will Hit Its Mark With $199 Opening Rates
In New York, the hotspot for new hotels may be around the Bowery and the Lower East Side, but in Chicago, the classics reign supreme and so the construction has centered around the North Loop and the Block 37 development. Leading the pack will be The Wit, a Doubletree...
April 14, 2009
Chicago's Wit Hotel To Tickle Your Fancy
You know what is pretty entertaining? That hugely-popular trend of late to build scenester hotels and plop a few stories of multi-million dollar condos "with hotel amenities" on top. Sure, who wouldn't love to have their beds turned down nightly and the option of room service at all hours,...
October 03, 2008
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