Event planners aren’t receiving enough guidance as the region moves closer to phase 5, said Michael Jacobson, president and CEO of the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association. “The biggest problem right now is that even when Chicago gets to phase 4 and out of the tiered mitigations, phase 4 only allows meetings of up to 50 people. And there is nothing between phase 4 and then phase 5."
There is no way I would go near McCormick place until the shootings and carjackings show a strong trend lower. Right now they do not. Poor conventioneers will be cannon fodder.
debtsor
5 years ago
“Chicago’s convention industry readies for a summer rebound, but challenges remain even with the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine ”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
There is no way I would go near McCormick place until the shootings and carjackings show a strong trend lower. Right now they do not. Poor conventioneers will be cannon fodder.
“Chicago’s convention industry readies for a summer rebound, but challenges remain even with the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine ”
So they’re NOT ready for a summer rebound?