Chicago’s The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel is proud to welcome Matt Jergens as Executive Chef. Previously of the The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston, Chef Jergens brings over six years of luxury hotel culinary experience.
The playful and experiential Moxy Hotels will debut its first property in Chicago, IL—and the first in the Midwest—in Spring 2018, boldly reinventing the lifestyle hotel experience in the Windy City. White Lodging will operate the Moxy Chicago Downtown, which it is developing in the River North area in partnership with Friedman Properties.
Starfleet Research has announced the availability of two new Smart Decision Guides on next-generation hotel and restaurant technologies. These authoritative "must read" resources are: The 2017 Smart Decision Guide to Restaurant Management and POS Systems and The 2017 Smart Decision Guide to Hotel Property Management Systems.
SOPHY, the new 98-room boutique hotel in Chicago"s popular Hyde Park neighborhood, is under construction and scheduled to open in summer 2018.
Bob Shelley joins Aparium Hotel Group as the General Manager of St. Jane Chicago as well as Vice President of Hotel Operations for Aparium Hotel Group. St. Jane is currently slated to open in Spring 2018 at the historic Carbide and Carbon building on Michigan Avenue. Bob brings a wealth of business, brand and marketing experience to St. Jane. Prior to joining Aparium Hotel Group, Bob served as the General Manager of Radisson Blu in Chicago, and the Area Managing Director for Commune Hotels + Resorts in San Francisco, where he oversaw multiple lifestyle hotels in various West Coast and Mexico markets. Bob is an avid traveler and skier with Paris and Telluride among his favorite destinations. Weekends you can find him foraging through local farmers market and cooking for friends and family.
The Best Western Plus Hawthorne Terrace is now engaging guests with the Amazon Echo Dot powered by Volara, the voice hub for the hotel industry, and docked in the iHome iAVS1 in every guest room. The joint solution provides both staff and guest facing voice-based interactions that operate seamlessly alongside existing software in the hotel.
LondonHouse Chicago, the luxury lifestyle property on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, welcomes Don Barnett as the hotel’s new Director of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Barnett guides the strategic development of the hotel’s marketing and sales teams and ensures that guests have an exceptional and one-of-a-kind experience while staying at LondonHouse Chicago.Barnett brings more than ten years of experience in the hospitality industry to LondonHouse Chicago, having worked with a variety of full-service properties, from convention hotels to resorts to boutique properties. In Barnett’s previous role, he served as the Complex Assistant Director of Sales at Embassy Suites and DoubleTree in Rosemont, Illinois.Barnett is enthusiastic about making a positive impact at LondonHouse Chicago, not only on the hotel’s revenue but on its people as well. Performing above and beyond guest expectations and acting as a mentor to team members are the most fulfilling aspects of his job, Barnett notes.
rtfully combining sophisticated minimalism with the industrial aesthetic of an early 20th-century warehouse, The Robey Hall puts guests at the heart of the action in Chicago"s Wicker Park neighborhood. The hip younger sister property of The Robey offers up Modern American cuisine at the neighboring Café Robey, as well as rooftop cocktails with cityscape views at Up & Up and Cabana Club. High ceilings, exposed brickwork, and polished concrete floors in the 20 loft-style guestrooms are home to box-style beds in birch plywood and steel, while the open-plan lobby acts as a neighborhood hub with an "everybody welcome" attitude.
InvoTech Systems Inc. announced the recent implementation of its Uniform System at the new Viceroy Chicago that opened September 1, 2017, located in the Gold Coast neighborhood. InvoTech Systems is the leading provider of advanced Linen Management, Laundry and Uniform Systems that integrate the latest RFID technology to increase profitability for hotels, resorts, casino operators, sports arenas, convention centers and theme parks. The InvoTech System installed at the Viceroy Chicago joins InvoTech System's extensive client portfolio of Hotels & Resorts worldwide. Click here for more information on InvoTech's Linen, Laundry and Uniform Systems.
Classic now meets cool as the historic 1,544 room Hilton Chicago, located on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park, announces today the completion of a $7 million renovation. The newest revamp that enhances the third-floor meeting spaces and Salon C in the Stevens Meeting Center leading to the finalization of an all-encompassing $150 million renovation and restoration initiative.
Waldorf Astoria Chicago has welcomed Lynda Simonetti as the private restaurant events manager for both MINA Group culinary concepts in the hotel, Margeaux Brasserie and Petit Margeaux. Simonetti will leverage her local knowledge of Chicago and extensive worldwide experience to coordinate and promote all events, servicing local patrons and global traveler’s alike. Simonetti will also handle all restaurant events at the Conrad Chicago, including culinary concepts by chef Richard Sandoval, Baptiste & Bottle and Noyane.
SAVOR… Chicago provides food and beverage services to the 2.6 million square foot campus of McCormick Place. Utilizing Sertifi, SAVOR can now collect event contracts and client payments 100 percent digitally. Sertifi has also enabled SAVOR to modernize and simplify their process of maintaining PCI compliance, so employees are no longer burdened with inefficient fax machines, paper storage methods, and paper shredders.
The Blackstone, a historic Chicago property, was looking to revive their online presence and communicate a luxurious experience through a new website. As a new addition to the Autograph Collection, they were in need of an online identity as unique and stunning as their hotel. The Blackstone teamed up with HEBS Digital to create a superior, revenue-driving website that showcases all of the exceptional features of this breathtaking property.
Big, tall, powerful and gleaming, the 40-floor, 1,205-room Marquis will be Chicago"s sixth-largest hotel when it opens on Sunday.
The Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center has appointed Jeannette Lemrise as its Director of Marketing. The 15-year marketing veteran, who most recently was responsible for creating best-in-class hotel website experiences, now looks to advance Oak Brook Hills’ status as one of the preeminent event destinations in Chicagoland. Lemrise is focused on bringing more awareness to all the distinct lifestyles opportunities at the IACC-certified, 386-room west subur ban resort, overseeing advertising, social media and public relations operations in her new position.
In this role, Mr Montagne leads the culinary team at Thompson Chicago and onsite restaurant Nico Osteria, a seafood-inspired Italian concept helmed by One Off Hospitality Group and James Beard-lauded Chef Paul Kahan. Returning guests and new visitors interested in meeting Chef Montagne and experiencing the new menu items can now book an exclusive Meet & Eat with Chef Montagne package.
Viceroy Hotel Group is pleased to announce that Viceroy Chicago, the latest addition to the Viceroy Icon Collection and the brand's first property in the Midwest, opens its doors to locals and guests this Friday, September 1, 2017. Taking center stage in the heart of the vibrant Gold Coast neighborhood, the 180-room modern luxury hotel is located on the site of the former historic Cedar Hotel and features culinary concepts from Chicago's celebrated Boka Restaurant Group.
Gabriela Rizzo Rinkle, who has been with FHG for two years as the assistant general manager of the Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District, has been promoted to the general manager where she will be responsible for increasing revenue and coaching and empowering associates to achieve company goals.
Kevin Carlin has been hired as the Director of Sales & Marketing of FHG’s Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton—Hilton’s first triple-brand hotel at McCormick Place, where he will be responsible for building and driving sales and promoting the hotel within the Chicago community. Prior to joining FHG, Carlin served as the assistant director of sales at the Hilton O’Hare/Hilton Rosemont Complex.
Journal Hotels, a management company, today announced the debut of Ambassador Chicago restoring the legendary property to its historic identity. Built in 1926, Ambassador Chicago draws inspiration from the city"s Golden Age, having served as a local mainstay to celebrity icons such as Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. With deep historical roots in the Windy City, Ambassador Chicago will pay homage to the city"s storied past through thoughtful programming and elegant design.