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Suburban Cook County restaurants likely to resume indoor dining Saturday

By Russell Lissau
Jan 23, 2021 8:59 AM - Suburban Cook County and Chicago restaurants are likely to resume limited indoor service Saturday as key COVID-19 infection and hospitalization metrics in those areas continue to decline.
Even Hotel opens after $10 million renovation

Jan 13, 2021 1:57 PM - After months of renovating the existing Holiday Inn Hotel at the Tinley Park Convention Center, full rebranding efforts are now complete, and the newest member of the Even Hotels family has been unveiled.
Lake Forest to welcome first hotel since 1929

Jan 7, 2021 1:16 PM - Janko Hospitality said its The Forester Hotel, 200 N. Field Dr. in Conway Business Park, is set to open in April. It will be the first hotel to open in the community since 1929, the company said.
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

By DAVID KOENIG and DEE-ANN DURBIN
Dec 18, 2020 11:09 AM - Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.
Three tools for restaurants during pandemic

By Matt Vannini
Dec 12, 2020 4:49 PM - It's essential that, now, an operator must draw from that experience of opening their restaurant and use the same tools in order to navigate through the pandemic.
Herrington's Ornaments of Hope raises money for food bank

Dec 3, 2020 9:06 AM - The Herrington Inn & Spa has begun its monthlong Ornaments of Hope campaign to raise money for the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
U.S. service industries expand at slowest pace in five months

Henry Ren
Nov 4, 2020 9:49 AM - U.S. service industries expanded in October at the slowest pace in five months as orders and employment cooled, indicating more moderate growth in the biggest part of the economy.
Plans for two new hotels in Elk Grove Village hampered by pandemic

By Christopher Placek
Oct 28, 2020 6:03 PM - What's left of a shuttered motel at a busy corner in Elk Grove Village will be demolished, after a developer who planned to renovate and add onto it for a new hotel is backing out of the project due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.
Tired of the same old home office? Punch the clock in a hotel guest room

Andrea Sachs
Oct 24, 2020 6:16 AM - During the global crisis, a new type of traveler has emerged: the accidental digital nomad. To accommodate the needs of remote workers, hotels are flipping their reservation times and touting their office amenities over their R&R perks.
Clarendon Hills' Country House restaurant serves haunted history with its hamburgers

By Kevin Schmit
Oct 15, 2020 1:50 PM - With a history of ghostly sightings, the Country House restaurant in Clarendon Hills draws diners looking for a taste of the paranormal.

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