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As Chicago gears up for the Democratic National Convention starting Aug. 19, the city’s hotels and restaurants are confronting a lower-than-expected surge in hotel demand. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Hotel bookings have been lackluster leading up to the four-day DNC, with availability ranging between 63 percent and 70 percent at the start of the month, well below prior-year figures and markedly lower than the 90 percent occupancy rates seen in August 2019, Crain’s reported, citing data from CoStar Group.
“I wish that I could say to you, ‘We are booked solid and we are jam-packed.’ I wish,” said Michelle Durpetti, the owner of Gene & Georgetti’s, a steakhouse in River North.
Convention organizers inked contracts with 40 hotels for a block of about 15,000 rooms, or close to 30 percent of all hotel inventory in the central business district, the outlet reported.
Could it be Kamala is not all that and a bag of chips?
Hotel bookings have been lackluster leading up to the four-day DNC, with availability ranging between 63 percent and 70 percent at the start of the month, well below prior-year figures and markedly lower than the 90 percent occupancy rates seen in August 2019, Crain’s reported, citing data from CoStar Group.
“I wish that I could say to you, ‘We are booked solid and we are jam-packed.’ I wish,” said Michelle Durpetti, the owner of Gene & Georgetti’s, a steakhouse in River North.
Convention organizers inked contracts with 40 hotels for a block of about 15,000 rooms, or close to 30 percent of all hotel inventory in the central business district, the outlet reported.
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Lack of DNC bookings disappointing Chicago’s hospitality industry
Chicago’s restaurant and hotel owners have been disappointed by low bookings in advance of the Democratic National Convention.
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