Chicago's Loss Is Rio's Gain

And the 2016 Olympics goes to... South America!

Rio de Janeiro will be the first South American city to host the Olympic Games.

Barack Obama and Olympics

Obama ups the Chicago Olympics ante

US President Barack Obama traveled to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, projecting the highest-ever White House profile in lobbying for the international event.

Biggest Sales Effort Of The Year

Hawaii sales team seeking group bookings in Chicago at world's largest incentive exhibition

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) is making its biggest sales effort of the year next week in Chicago to promote Hawaii’s motivational value for business at the world

Chicago, Denver & LA Hubs

United Airlines beefs up domestic flight schedule

United Airlines today announced it is launching new service from the airline’s hubs in Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles beginning December 17, while adding Duluth, Minnesota; Asheville, NC; and Midl

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines introduces nonstop Portland-Chicago flight

Alaska Airlines said it will introduce nonstop service between Portland, Ore. and Chicago on Nov. 16.

United Airlines

UAL Corp. moving to Sears Tower in Chicago

UAL Corp. will move its operations center to the former Sears Tower in Chicago next year. The move will make airline company the largest private employer headquartered in the city.

Pros and Cons of 2016 Olympics in Chicago

Chicago bids for Olympics

Chicago is bidding for the Olympic Games in 2016. The city and the United States’ bid to become host of the 2016 Summer Olympics has been the hottest topic of conversation in Illinois.

Management Claims Economic Poverty

Teamsters strike at Hilton Suites on Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Citing unfair labor practices, Teamster employees at Hilton Suites on Chicago's Magnificent Mile have chosen to strike against the hotel, effective today.

Daring Visitors To Stand On The Ledge

New Chicago Skydeck literally brings the city to your feet

Skydeck Chicago dares visitors to be among the first to step onto The Ledge, a series of glass bays that extend from the building's 103rd floor, when it opens to the public Thursday, July 2.

Chicago-Area Entrepreneur

HeresChicago.com's Jim Grillo to be inducted into Meeting Professionals International - Chicago Area Chapter Hall of Fame

Hereschicago.com announced today that its president and founder, Jim Grillo, CMP will be inducted into Meeting Professionals International-Chicago Area Chapter's (MPI-CAC) 2009 Hall of Fame.

Chicago

New retractable skydecks will give tourists birds-eye view of Chicago

Would you stand in a glass box jutting out from the side of the Sears Tower, with nothing but an inch and a half of glass between you and the pavement, 103 floors down?

Chicago Facing US$450 Million Deficit

O'Hare airport expansion moving forward despite economic woes

CHICAGO, IL - As city workers fear job cuts and suffer furloughs, the O'Hare Modernization Project is still moving forward.

Chicago

Chicago's new web site aims to lure tourists

Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday unveiled a new Web site to promote city tourism, an economic engine he said is even more crucial in these tough times.

Chicago

Chicago O'Hare site of two Christmas Eve airline incidents

Chicago, IL - An American Airlines passenger jet skidded off a runway at Chicago's O'Hare airport.

Airlines Plans To Start Service One Year Later

American Airlines seeks government approval to defer launch of Chicago to Beijing service

FORT WORTH, TX (August 29, 2008) - American Airlines today filed a request with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) for a waiver that will allow it to begin nonstop service between Ch

Nonstop Flights To Begin January 2009

American Airlines puts you on the fast track to Jamaica

FORT WORTH, TX (August 21, 2008) - As observers of the summer Olympic Games know, Jamaica is now home to the fastest man and woman in the world.

Between Springfield, Illinois And Chicago O'Hare International Airport

American Eagle Airlines to begin new service

FORT WORTH, TX (August 11, 2008) - American Eagle Airlines, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will launch two daily round-trip flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, I

American Cutting Back

Airline eliminates 2 Chicago routes

AMR Corp.'s American Airlines will drop flights between Chicago and Buenos Aires and Chicago and Honolulu, among the first steps in a plan announced last week to cut U.S. capacity by as much as 12 percent.

The company's American Eagle regional airline also will retire its fleet of 35 Saab 340 turboprop aircraft by the end of this year, ... read more

Going To Chicago? Think Again.

Bloody weekend: 32 shot, 2 stabbed, 6 dead and counting. Welcome to Chicago, IL

CHICAGO ― A violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. At least 12 people have been shot, two of them killed, since Saturday morning. Two others were stabbed in a home invasion. This comes after at least 20 people were shot, four of them killed, from Friday night through early Saturday.