from today's STR hotel news (9/3):
Banding together to lure the Olympics
Jeff Higley -- Editorial Director Hotel News Now
Hotel News Now Blog 03 September 2008
jeff@HotelNewsNow.com
"Northwest Indiana has always found itself in Chicago’s shadow. Although it’s as much a part of the Windy City’s fabric as any of the suburbs that stretch for miles, it often has been ignored. Many Chicagoans look down their noses when they think of their neighbors to the south. Visions of smokestacks spewing the filth that results from steelmaking immediately fills their minds, not the beauty of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore." ...
"The times, well, they are a-changing as Chicago is ramping up its efforts to host the 2016 Olympics (London will play host in 2012). It seems the City with Broad Shoulders is going to need some help from its Indiana neighbors if it wants to be the home of the 2016 Summer Games. International Olympic Committee rules state that there must be 60,000 hotel rooms secured to host Olympics-related visitors. The Chicago Olympic Committee reports that it has about 42,000 rooms already committed and it is turning to Northwest Indiana to help it secure the final 18,000 rooms." ....
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