Why can’t Chicago land a new head of tourism? – Crain’s*

Choose Chicago's fruitless six-plus-month hunt for a new chief executive and plan to relaunch its search heading into 2022 set off alarms this month around the local hospitality sector. Business owners that have collectively been pummeled worse than any other during the public health crisis and are longing for a citywide promotional jolt are instead bracing for another season without leadership atop the city's marketing arm.