Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. Chicago was founded in 1833, next to a portage among the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed.

Chicago is located in northeastern Illinois at the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan. It sits on the continental separate at the site of the Chicago Portage, linking the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes watersheds. The city's waterfront allure and nightlife has attracted residents and tourist’s alike and even the first-time tourists recognize the city's symbiotic relationship with the Bears, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox. Plus, Historic Navy Pier and Brookfield Zoo give huge places to spend the day with kids. City of Comedy has experienced its fair share of firsts over the years. Indeed, the Windy City has a approach and pace all its own. Little wonder that the Chairman of the Board christened it, "My kind of town!"

Chicago is the First city to use the word "jazz." which rock, soul and even Cajun. One night you're ambling around the North Side's pubs or dance clubs; another, you're tucked into a crowded booth in Buddy Guy's on the South Side. In addition to historic standbys – steakhouses, Italian restaurants, and dog and burger joints – there's a truly international palate of choices, from churrasco to sushi, pelmeni to sweetbreads.

A Millennium Park restaurant outdoor transforms into an ice rink in the winter. Two tall glass sculptures make up the Crown Fountain. The fountain's two towers display visual effects from LED images of Chicagoans' faces, with water spouting from their lips.

Combine that with prosperity of diversions and an awe-inspiring skyline, and it's easy to see why Chicago has been romanticized in poetry, song, TV, and film time and time again. Indeed, far from being a Second City, Chicago is now more than ever "everybody's kind of town."Chicago is highly impacted when trade show conventioneers come into town. You can be sure that almost every hotel room within a 100-mile radius of the Loop is booked, and rental cars are scarce.