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Zurich says it will add 150 jobs in Chicago

December 24, 2018 at 10:13 a.m.

Zurich, a commercial property-casualty insurance company, will add 150 jobs downtown over the next few years, boosting its presence there to about 500 insurance and risk-management professionals. The company's planned...

Hyatt scores point in union dispute, but battle to escalate

December 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. chalked up a win this week in its three-year standoff with the hotel workers union, but the battle is expected to escalate Monday with a union call...

Report: Chicago cutting jobless rate faster than other big cities

December 24, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

Though Chicago continues to suffer from higher-than-average unemployment, the city cut its jobless rate at a faster pace than the nation's other large cities, according to a report to be...

McPier CEO Reilly gets 10.6% raise

December 24, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

Jim Reilly, head of the agency that owns McCormick Place and Navy Pier, was awarded a 10.6 percent pay hike Tuesday morning. Reilly's salary was set at $205,000 a year,...

City’s tourism could be collateral damage if spike in violence continues, says Don Welsh, president and CEO of Choose Chicago

September 5, 2018 at 7:32 p.m.

Chicago's extensive efforts to reinvigorate its convention and tourism industries could be damaged unless the city quickly defuses the violent crime wave that has exploded in its neighborhoods and nicked...

Tourism official: City must curtail crime wave

May 9, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Chicago's extensive efforts to reinvigorate its convention and tourism industries could be damaged unless the city quickly defuses the violent crime wave that has exploded in its neighborhoods and nicked...

Luxury hotels fine-tuning fine dining

December 24, 2018 at 9:01 a.m.

Just three months ago, Danny Grant, executive chef of RIA, the highly acclaimed restaurant inside the Waldorf Astoria Chicago, was the only Chicagoan to make Food & Wine magazine's list...

Under Mark Hoplamazian's leadership, Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. is moving from its luxury roots to more diverse hotel offerings.

Hyatt leader wowed Pritzkers early, then fell for hospitality

June 19, 2018 at 2:54 a.m.

Mark Hoplamazian was a freshly minted MBA graduate when consummate dealmaker Jay Pritzker hired him to work on new investments and acquisitions in 1989. Almost immediately, the 25-year-old grandson of...

Hyatt leader wowed Pritzkers early, then fell for hospitality

December 24, 2018 at 1:07 p.m.

Mark Hoplamazian was a freshly minted MBA graduate when consummate dealmaker Jay Pritzker hired him to work on new investments and acquisitions in 1989. Almost immediately, the 25-year-old grandson of...

June hotel-occupancy increase points to rosy future, Chicago tourism officials say

December 24, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

Despite a NATO summit-related setback in May, Chicago's downtown hotels were packed to the gills in June, leading the city's top hospitality official to predict the city would push past...

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