John Schmeltzer

Taste of Chicago doesn't open until June 30, but passengers aboard United Airlines flights will begin enjoying the cuisine of some city restaurants on June 8. Passenger response to past...

The Old Town School of Folk Music has named its 425-seat concert hall the American Airlines Concert Hall in recognition of the airline's 15 years of support in presenting a...

Bert Saile acknowledges he probably is being a little piggish in wishing Europe's currency problems would get worse. "We anticipated that travel to Europe this summer would be strong because...

For more than a decade, the 70 museums in Paris have offered tourists a significantly discounted pass that allows them to bypass others waiting for admission. A one-day pass to...

It is going to be tough for the city's department of tourism to top last year's Cows on Parade. For those who don't remember, Cows on Parade--the hand-painted, 580-pound fiberglass...

Officials of United Airlines, the world's largest, didn't waste any time this week ratcheting up the pressure for new runways at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and at San Francisco International...

Storm clouds hovered over Wall Street on Friday as the U.S. stock market recorded one of the worst days in its history. But most investors were putting on a brave...

Amtrak officials, who have repeatedly threatened to eliminate daily passenger service between Milwaukee and Chicago, now are saying there is a demand for daily service between Janesville, Wis., and Chicago....

Corus Bankshares Inc., the Chicago-based parent of Corus Bank, has agreed to pay $7.77 million to the U.S. Department of Education and waive seeking reimbursement of $3.5 million to settle...

Fred Smith, the chairman, president and chief executive of FedEx Corp., the world's largest overnight shipper, did not say "I told you so" during his speech Wednesday at Northwestern University....