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EVENT CALENDAR
February 20
Chicago
February 26-28
The Palmer House Hilton
Golf Classic
Harborside International Golf Center
September 11
Tuckaway Golf Club
Crete
September 12-13
Washington, D.C.
November 1
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Rosemont
Chicago
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UNDER 30 GATEWAY
Are you 21-29 years old and employed at an IHLA member hotel? Then you need to connect with other young professionals of the Gateway! Membership is free!
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I-WIL
Not a member of Illinois Women in Lodging yet? Membership is free
to any female employed by an IHLA member hotel.
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GUEST SERVICE GOLD
AHLEI Certified Guest Service Professional Designation (CGSP) Personalized Training
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HCAREERS
AHLA Career Center
Powered by Hcareers
With one million job seeker visits per month, Hcareers is the leading hospitality career resource for those seeking hospitality employment and those looking to hire top talent.
A portion of the revenue from Hcareers Illinois job posts goes directly to the IHLAEF Scholarship Program.
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CHICAGO HEAT
The Chicago HEaT (Hospitality, Entertainment, & Tourism) Security Association's mission is to share communications, alerts, & training that affect the Hospitality, Entertainment, & Tourism Industry with the assistance of law enforcement partners, reducing the impact of incidents on our industry, maximizing safety, & minimizing crime in our community.
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IHLA 2018 OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN
Tom Robertson
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mark Lauer
TREASURER
Jerry Cataldo
SECRETARY
Michelle McConnell, CHA
PRESIDENT & CEO
Marc Gordon
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Aleman
Jermaine Anderson
Eric Bates
Jenna Beyers
John Brooke, CHA
Jerry Cataldo
Raymond Ceresa
Tod Chambers
*Mike Cohen
Brian Cooney, CHA
Kim Corrigan
Paul Daly
Darin Dame, CHA
Doug Dean
*Patrick Donelly
Konstantine (Gus) Drosos
Mike Feigenbaum
Pierre-Louis Giacotto
Stefan Gruvberger
Kirsten Guill
*Bob Habeeb, CHA
Chris Hansen
Patrick Hatton
Dieter Heigl
Stacy Hinrichs
Steve Horve
Fred Jones
George Jordan
Dave Kimsey
Tony Klok
*Dean Lane
France Langan
Mark Lauer
Damien McArdle
Michelle McConnell, CHA
Karen McGuigan
Mike McGuigan
Ginny Morrison
*Nabil Moubayed, CHA
Catherine Mrowiec
Tim Obert
Tom Robertson
Richard Romane
Charlie Shirk
Peter Simoncelli
*Lisa Timbo
Tommie L. Van
*Ron Vlasic
*John Wells
ALLIED DIRECTORS
Jim Buczek
Rich Cialabrini
Jim Donivan
Rick Simon
John Tomasiewicz
*Past Chairman
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IHLA STAFF
Chicago Office
Marc Gordon
President & CEO
[email protected]
Jennifer Chase
Managing Director, Events
[email protected]
Emma Cheong
Event & Sales Coordinator
Susannah Flanner
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I hope all of our members are off to a good start in 2018. IHLA begins a busy year by hosting numerous events during the next several months. On
February 6th, IHLA hosted our first
GM Breakfast Meeting
of 2018 with keynote speaker Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin. Commissioner Boykin has been an outspoken critic of Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, especially on her 2017 soda tax that was repealed on December 1, 2017. Commissioner Boykin updated us on several issues facing Cook County in 2018.
On February 20th, IHLA will host the 8th Annual Anniversary & GM Connect Event for our Under 30 Gateway Chapter at the Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile. Hotel General Managers are invited to join our Under 30 Chapter members to hear Wayne Buckingham, SVP of Operations for North America for Accor Hotels, who is scheduled to be our keynote speaker, and to enjoy networking and fun. Click HERE to register.
On February 25-28, the Illinois Governor's Conference on Travel & Tourism will take place at The Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. If you or any of your staff members would like to attend the Governor's Conference to hear the State of the State's Tourism Address as well as other tourism industry speakers and participate in several tourism sessions, click HERE for more information and to register.
On March 15th, IHLA will co-host Hospitality Hires Chicago along with Choose Chicago, Chicago Loop Alliance, Illinois Restaurant Association, and The Magnificent Mile Association at The Palmer House Hilton. This is the second year IHLA is spearheading this hiring event in partnership with the Chicago Cook Workforce Board to help our hotels gear up for our busy season after a long, slow winter. At last year's inaugural event, 26 hotel companies participated in this event that attracted 573 trained and prepared candidates ready to be hired. Hopefully, we will have increased participation this year that will help our hotels hire the employee positions they need to fill. Click HERE for more information and to register.
On April 6th, IHLA will host our Annual Hospitality Gala at Swissotel Chicago. Please plan on joining us for this special 30th anniversary edition of this wonderful hotel industry event. Fantastic food, beverages, music, and decor will make this a memorable and fun evening for everyone who attends. Click HERE for more information and to register.
As a result of a very limited schedule of the Illinois General Assembly during the 2018 election year, IHLA will host our annual Lobby Day on May 15-16 in Springfield. Over 50 IHLA members are expected to help IHLA lobby our state legislators on issues that are critical to our industry in Illinois. The Illinois Restaurant Association and the Illinois Council of Convention and Visitor Bureaus will be joining IHLA's Lobby Day once again to give our hospitality industry a much stronger voice as we meet with legislators representing all parts of the state. Several keynote speakers will address our group, and meetings with the top leaders of the General Assembly will be scheduled. Click HERE to join us for our Lobby Day.
I look forward to seeing our members at all of these upcoming events.
Best regards,
Marc
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Recent Articles of Interest
Chicagoland Hotel & Restaurant News
-Including The Peninsula Chicago & The Langham Chicago
-Including The Talbott Hotel, Conrad Chicago, Park Hyatt Chicago, Kimpton Gray
-Including Booth One at Ambassador Chicago
Connect with us on Social!
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Welcome New Strategic Partners
Laner Muchin, Ltd.
 Laner Muchin exclusively represents management in employment-related litigation, labor relations, employment law counseling, employee benefits, executive compensation, and business immigration matters.
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TraknProtect
 TraknProtect revolutionizes hotel operations by providing a robust technical and flexible software infrastructure. They help hotels track back-of-house inventory, room service trays, and vendors on their property and provide safety buttons to their housekeepers with a single platform that has the capability to add to other solutions.
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Welcome New Hotel Members
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32 W. Randolph St. | Chicago, IL 60601
GM: Courtney Davis
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1209 W. Albion Ave. | Chicago, IL 60626
GM: Richard Sasso
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210 W. 22nd St. | Oak Brook, IL 60523
GM: Nicole E. Patterson-Olden
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162 E. Ontario St. | Chicago, IL 60611
GM: Bruce Hutcheon
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Welcome New Allied Members
Five-Star is an elite hospitality and corporate audiovisual solution provider. Five-Star provides the highest level of service possible for their clients and has many integrated solutions to offer their customers.
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For over 40 years, Minibar Systems has provided the hospitality industry with state of the art minibar equipment and operations expertise. Their award winning SmartCube has become the industry leading automated minibar for hotels around the world.
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National Protective Systems, Inc. manufactures, installs, and maintains a robust mobile personal duress system. The system is activated discretely by pressing a small key fob-like device. This device works with receiver and communications equipment to present an alarm at a local head end. Within 1-2 seconds of activation, the activators identity and location are known. Their ability to integrate with IP cameras provides a live feed to relevant cameras near the alarm location.
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Private Spring Water/3 Springs Water produces private labeled water for the top premier resorts, hotels, gyms, restaurants, and businesses throughout the country. Private Spring Water offers custom-labeled bottles to enhance your guest experience, add revenue to your bottom line, help promote an event, or motivate employees to enrich their bodies and minds. A leading supplier of only the cleanest natural spring water, 3 Springs Water Company, LLC is dedicated to keeping your body, and the environment, as pure as possible.
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Schindler manufactures, installs, services and modernizes elevators, escalators and moving walks for almost every type of building requirement worldwide. The company specializes in the latest-technology engineering, as well as mechanical and microprocessor technology products designed and rigorously tested for safety, comfort, efficiency, and reliability.
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Status Solutions provides solutions to improves both safety and security for staff (mobile duress) and guests (mass notification) and integrates into existing systems to give real time information to virtually any communication device. Contact Status Solutions to see how they can help with a variety of communication and safety challenges as well as environmental monitoring, self-service/concierge technology, and lone worker safety.
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Featured Members
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Click HERE to watch video
Alerts:
One-click activation via button
Location Specific: Know exact room & floor
Analytics:
Safety call reports & number of incidents
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2018 CHAIRMAN & NEW BOARD MEMBERS
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Meet Our 2018 IHLA Chairman, Tom Robertson
Tom Robertson is a Marriott icon with more than 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry, all with Marriott hotels. He began his career at Marriott in 1973 and continued to work for the hotel chain while pursuing a degree in engineering at the University of Missouri. Upon graduation, Robertson continued to progress through the ranks as Director of Food and Beverage, Resident Manager, Director of Operations, and various General Manager roles from Dallas to Philadelphia. In 2013, he left his post as General Manager of the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel to serve as General Manager at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile where he is today. Robertson continues to be recognized for his service to the industry and community. In 2006 and 2008, he was granted the General Manager of the Year Award by Renaissance Hotels & Resorts. In addition, he serves as Chairman of IHLA's Board of Directors, chairs the Marriott Chicagoland Business Council, and is an active advisory board member for DePaul University Driehaus College of Business School of Hospitality Leadership and Roosevelt University Manfred Steinfeld School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Robertson currently lives in Barrington with his wife and two children. He enjoys coaching baseball and riding his motorcycle.
Introducing Our New 2018 IHLA Board Members
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 On February 6th, Doug Dean hosted IHLA's bi-monthly Chicagoland Council of Hotel General Managers Breakfast Meeting at Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile. Attendees enjoyed a delicious breakfast spread and networking and heard from keynote speaker, Cook County Board Commissioner Richard Boykin, 1st District. Commissioner Boykin discussed issues affecting our industry and emphasized the outstanding work our hotels do to make Chicago a major tourism center.
Special Thanks to Meeting Sponsors:
Next General Manager's Breakfast Meeting:
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 |
8:00am Breakfast & Networking | 8:30am Program Begins
Interested in Sponsoring a Bi-monthly GM Breakfast Meeting?
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Under 30 Gateway 8th Anniversary & GM Connect Event
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The Blackstone
 Hit the ground running in 2018 with the Illinois Chapter of
Under 30 Gateway and enjoy an evening of networking and fun at the historically rich Blackstone Hotel. Event features include guest speaker Wayne Buckingham, Senior VP Operations, US, North & Central America of AccorHotels, power networking with local industry leaders, live music, drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and raffle prizes!
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Annual Hospitality Gala, Celebrating 30 Years
Friday, April 6, 2018
Swissotel Chicago
The
Hospitality Gala is IHLA's premier social event! Celebrate the achievements of our industry with an evening featuring exciting entertainment over spectacular food and libations. The affair begins with a lively reception and networking followed by dinner, sweet stations by Chicago's finest confectioneries, music and dancing, Grand Travel Raffle, and more. This year's event will be a totally rad throwback kicking off in 1989 and traveling through the decades into the future!
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Recent Governmental Affairs Updates
 If you missed our recent emails detailing the latest updates on legislative, regulatory, and political issues, you can find them below. These updates discuss
the work of the Illinois General Assembly, Chicago City Council, and the Cook County Board.
2018 Lobby Day Hosted By IHLA, ICCVB, & IRA
Tuesday, May 15 - Wednesday May 16, 2018
Springfield, IL
IHLA is once again partnering with the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitor Bureaus (ICCVB) and the Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA) on 2018 LOBBY DAY. Help us show the strength, breadth, and unity of the hospitality and tourism industry to Members of the 100th Illinois General Assembly and continue educating our elected officials on the importance of our industry.
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Recent #StayGreenSpotlight Article
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Sexual
Harassment
Seminar
Presented By: United Service Companies
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Swissotel Chicago
 Sexual harassment claims are affecting various companies and industries. Having effective internal procedures and conducting proper management and employee training to address this timely issue is critical to your hotel's success and reputation. Join IHLA as we hear from Robert T. Bernstein, Partner at Laner Muchin, Ltd., about best practices and how to minimize risk. Topics Include: The Wave of Recent Sexual Harassment Claims with Case Examples, What Hospitality Employers Must Do to be Compliant with Sexual Harassment Laws & to Minimize the Risk of Such Claims, Overview of Chicago Sexual Harassment Ordinance with Panic Button Legislation & Required Revisions to Company Sexual Harassment Policies.
Hospitality Hires Chicago
Thursday, March 15, 2018
The Palmer House Hilton
 IHLA along with Choose Chicago, Chicago Loop Alliance, Illinois Restaurant Association, and The Magnificent Mile Association, have once again partnered with the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership to host the 2nd Annual Hospitality Hires Chicago. This event is for employers and pre-screened job seekers to meet and interview and provides employers with an opportunity to take a strategic approach to finding your next best hire and for job seekers to find their next best employment opportunity. The workforce development team handles identifying, pre-screening, & coaching candidates to meet & interview with your company recruiters & hiring managers.
2018 Scholarship Applications
 IHLAEF 2018 Scholarship Applications are now available on our website at illinoishotels.org/Scholarships
. Please encourage eligible family, friends, and colleagues to apply.
Why Apply for an IHLAEF Scholarship?
- Scholarship awards are excellent for enhancing resumes, and an IHLAEF Scholarship shows you have earned recognition from the industry.
- IHLAEF Scholarship recipients are better positioned to network, gain visibility, and advance in the hospitality industry. Recipients receive complimentary tickets to IHLA's Under 30 Gateway events and Annual Hospitality Awards Luncheon with admission to the NRA Show.
- Our scholarships are renewable, providing an opportunity to receive a minimum of $7,000 over four years.
- Unlike a loan, scholarship money never needs to be paid back.
The deadline to apply is May 10, 2018.
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