Last July, travel writers and bloggers from all over the world came together in Chicago for TBEX, the Travel Blog Exchange. It was a day to meet people in the industry, to learn from other writers and bloggers, and most of all, …
The Park View Hotel, a prestigious, completely refurbished boutique hotel, standing in the heart of Chicago’s upscale “Gold Coast” neighborhood, is being offered for sale by Hilco Real Estate, LLC. The property, which is located at 1816 N. Clark Street, affords guests an unobstructed view of Lake Michigan, downtown Chicago and Lincoln Park. Its prime location and extensive renovations make the Park View an excellent opportunity for any hotel operator or investor in quality urban commercial real estate.
Historically, fall has marked the end of summer’s high fares and the beginning of cheaper and smoother travel. But recent industry changes mean this fall may stray from its regular routine as carriers slash routes, cut capacity and raise fares. Travelocity looks at expectations for fall and winter including where to find the values as well as tactics for “defensive travel” – both are essential in the seasons ahead.
There’s still time to squeeze the last sweet days of summer vacation, save a bundle, and scamper past attraction ticket lines with CityPass. Talk of stay-cations, day-cations, and zooming prices may have dampened early summer travel spirits, but big cities are always crackling with excitement, and ripe for a late-summer break. Best of all, CityPass offers a pocket-size booklet of admission tickets to a select collection of top-drawer attractions in 11 North American cities, priced to save about 50% of regular admission.
LocalEats, the new iPhone application recently launched by Magellan Press, combines the latest technology with meticulous restaurant research to help locals and visitors alike choose from among the 100 best restaurants in the top 50 U.S. cities, and then guide them to their dining destinations.
RCN, a leading provider of video, data, and voice services to residential, small business and commercial customers, announced today the signing of a multi-year contract with the Lincolnshire-based development firm, ECD Company, to provide Digital Cable TV and High Definition (HDTV) services to guest rooms at theWit, a newly constructed four star hotel located at the corner of State and Lake Streets in Chicago. RCN will deliver Digital Cable TV and High-Definition Television services (HDTV) to the facility’s 298 guest rooms.
Fully one-third of leisure travelers embarked on a last minute trip last year, according to the 2008 Ypartnership/Yankelovich National Leisure Travel MONITOR, revealing a sizable necessity for impulse vacations by today’s traveling public. The newly released data also defines the average time frame of advanced planning for a last minute booking. On average, travelers planned late-breaking trips just 15 days in advance of their departure.
CityPass is making visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island much more simple and affordable this summer. In addition to saving almost 50% to see the city’s selected most-famous attractions, New York CityPass ticket holders get a time-saving advantage: they move to the front of the line awaiting security protocols, bypassing general admission lines at Battery Park.
The kids are just out of school for the summer, and you’re in need of some new, exciting and fresh ideas for family fun. Rather than taking yet another trip to the water park or campground, spend your summer days doing something different – plan a downtown getaway.
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