If you weren't able to get to Chicago for Lollapalooza or the Air and Water Show, then maybe the Jazz Festival which is celebrating its 30th anniversary over Labor Day will entice you to visit the Windy City.And if it does, then the Westin Chicago River North has a little...
August 12, 2008
Get your hot dogs, sunscreen and beer guts ready: Independence Day is just over two weeks away! If you're headed to a big city for some fireworks fun, we'll be taking a look at hotels with prime fireworks views. Have a favorite hotel for gawking at bombs bursting in air?...
June 16, 2008
Was this ToteVision tested in a storage facility in New York before you turned it on? Probably.The NY Times has a look inside some of the test rooms that hotels set up before they actually open a hotel or before they begin to offer a new technology or service.There's the...
April 29, 2008
Peter Greenberg is on the scene again trying to figure out how to overcome jet lag. Alex Nesterov spends two weeks out of every month traveling and logs about 75 nights in hotels a year. He says he suffers from chronic jet lag where he feels tired all the time,...
March 05, 2008
The Westin Chicago River North has decided there's a different way to get noticed by potential hotel guests other than stocking the rooms with cool amenities or offering creative packages.Nope, this time they have decided to get your (and our) attention by installing a swanky high-tech toilet. Yup, a...
September 13, 2007
Hotels love offering up Girlfriends Getaway packages and the Westin Chicago is no exception.The hotel is now offering the Martini, Manicure and Magnificent Mile Package for $259 a night, which includes two specialty martinis, two gift cards for a 60-minute Spa Nordstrom manicure and shopping certificates at Chicago's retail stores....
July 12, 2006
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