Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Located next to one of America’s Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, the city which is also fondly known as the ‘Windy City’ is a great metropolis to explore on holiday. And if you’re headed to the city for a trip away there are some amazing hotels to take advantage of.
Whatever style of hotel you’re looking for Chicago has something for everyone. Whether you want to enjoy the indulgent luxury of spa hotels, revel in breathtaking views across the lake, or …

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 one of the hotel’s venues on New Year’s Eve.
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Hotels are getting in a holiday mood! Usually around this time, we spotlight all the delicious holiday cocktails that hotels concoct for the season. Don’t worry, we’re not giving up the booze, but we are keeping tabs on all the wonderful, wild, and in some cases, weird Holiday Hotel Decorations that hotels put up this year. Seen some great holiday decor in a hotel recently? Send us a snapshot!
Call us cheesy, but we can’t help but get all excited inside when we see holiday decorations in their gaudy glory all …

Usually, a hotel opens up a restaurant that goes on to win awards, but in Longman & Eagle‘s case, the newly Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant wants to open a hotel. But the regional American restaurant will open inn-type lodgings on December 15.
The inn, which resides in the Logan Square ‘hood, will have six hipster-friendly rooms that look straight out of an Ace Hotel. After all, they sit above a casual restaurant/bar with lots of wood and a Wurlitzer jukebox.
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Tailgating doesn’t usually conjure up visions of comfort, especially in cold climates like Chicago’s during football season. But with the Bear Down Tailgate Package from the Fairmont Chicago, Bears fans can have the best of both worlds.
There are just two home games left in the season for Cutler and co.–which means two more opportunities to book this deal that will feed you and give you a good night’s sleep before or after the game.

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Hotel 71, which sits along the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, will be giving itself a makeover. Why didn’t they just start on the renovations when Transformers 3 tore up the area last summer while filming?
First up in the $15 million project will be a revamped contemporary lobby that’ll be done up in dark browns and grays. New rooms, a brand-spankin’-new restaurant, a redesigned business center and some fitness center equipment will also follow.
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Hotels are getting into the holiday spirit with sugar castles or Christmas trees with designer ornaments, but the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is going all out with some special guests.
Two real reindeer will visit the hotel as part of its inaugural Trump Reindeer on the River shindig on November 20. This will mark the second time the hotel’s hosted reindeer games; the animals made an appearance on the terrace Christmas Day so diners at Sixteen restaurant could check them out during their meal.
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After a few delays, the opening day for the JW Marriott Chicago is finally here! The hotel will open its doors on Thursday to show off $396 million worth of renovations which transformed an original 1914 building from architect Daniel Burnham into a 600-room hotel complete with a spa, fitness center, grand ballroom and The Florentine restaurant from the BLT Restaurant Group.
Thanks to Marriott, we’ve got a sneak peek of the hotel rooms and suites as well as the public spaces, including the striking lobby which is “fronted in …

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Normally when we talk about hoteliers here at HotelChatter, we’re usually geeking out over their new hotel plans (and occasionally gossiping about their choice in love interests).
But here’s one hotelier who creeps us out–Dr. H.H. Holmes, the serial killer who killed 27 people after luring him to his hotel during the World Fair in Chicago in 1893. And that’s just the amount of murders he confessed to. Many people suspect there are way more victims.
Now Leonardo DiCaprio has been cast to play Dr. Holmes in a movie based on …

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We’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that master hotelier Ian Schrager wouldn’t be totally satisfied with just creating the Edition Hotels brand for Marriott and nothing else, so when he announced a new hotel in Chicago we thought, “Aahhh…that’s more like it.”
But after that buzz wore off, we wondered if Ian would ever put together another proper hotel brand or collection like he did with Morgans Hotel Group. As it turns out, Barb De Lollis at USA Today has discovered that yes, he will.
Schrager told De Lollis that he …