Countryside Illinois Motels

There's room at the inn, but rates are rising. (hotel and motel industry in Chicago, Illinois)

Chicago is a nice place to visit, and you'll pay more to stay here. Hotel room rates in the Chicago area have increased more than 9% for the second straight year. The average room rate increased 9.1% to $100 per night for the nine months ended Sept. 30, compared with the same period in 1996,

Publication: Crain's Chicago Business

Hotel-Motel Association of Illinois: Hotel Rooms Available for Holiday Weekend.

CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers still have time to make reservations to spend the Labor Day weekend in Illinois, but should act quickly, according to the Hotel-Motel Association of Illinois. "We expect to be busy over Labor Day weekend, but there is still availability. With all the

Publication: PR Newswire

Eight 'Stars of the Industry' Honored By The Hotel-Motel Association of Illinois.

CHICAGO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight outstanding hotel managers and employees were recently recognized by the Hotel-Motel Association of Illinois (HMAI) at the First Regional Stars of the Industry Program, at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International in Rosemont. Nominees for the Stars of the Industry

Publication: PR Newswire

Missing boy found in Springs/ Illinois 2-year-old allegedly taken from foster care to local motel; mother arrested

A 2-year-old Illinois boy whose mother allegedly abducted him from foster care three weeks ago surfaced at a Colorado Springs motel Wednesday night. Michael Czernecki was found unharmed about 10:15 p.m. at the Heidelberg Motel in the 2100 block of East Platte Avenue.His biological mother, Monica

Publication: The Gazette

Man gets 16 to life in motel murder: PLEASANTON: Purdy, 36, of Illinois, was convicted in death of his girlfriend, stabbed more than 30 times.

Byline: Chris Metinko Apr. 25--An Illinois man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in a Pleasanton motel room in 2002 has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. Michael Purdy, 36, of Oswego, Ill., was given his sentence in a Hayward courtroom Friday on a conviction of second-degree

Publication: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

5 VICTIMS OF MOTEL FIRE IDENTIFIED 3 PALS FROM N. CAROLINA, ILLINOIS WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER DIED IN BLAZE IN THORNTON BUILDING.(Local)

Byline: John C. Ensslin Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer THORNTON -- Two days after Christmas, Anthony Maurice Bunn piled into a car with two pals and left his hometown in North Carolina. The three friends had cast their lot together and decided to drive to Colorado. They came to find work and to

Publication: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)

Motel firm's model: mom and pop

Why not pattern yourself after one of the most successful enterprises in business history? In this case, the successful model is Wal-Mart Stores. What billionaire founder Sam Walton did, according to Richard A. D'Onofrio, was to target small towns that were population centers but lacked the kind of

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

MOTEL OWNER ARRESTED AFTER TORSO IS DISCOVERED KANE COUNTY: POLICE SEARCH BUSINESS ON ILLINOIS 47

The owner of a Kane County motel-restaurant was being held this morning in connection with the investigation into the grisly discovery Tuesday of a torso in a shallow grave, authorities said. Louis Scott Krenek, 31, was charged today with unlawful use of a weapon after police found a loaded gun in

Publication: Herald-News (Joliet, IL)

Construction on Elk Grove Village motel under way.(Neighbor)

Elk Grove Village by next spring will have a 13th motel to welcome visitors and host travelers through O'Hare International Airport. Passers-by driving near Higgins Road and Commerce Drive may have noticed construction in progress on the planned Microtel Inn & Suites. Work on the three-story,

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

Motel closes in order to renovate.

Byline: Noelle McGee Apr. 13--DANVILLE -- The Redwood Inn owners have closed the Lynch Drive motel and are turning out tenants who live there on a monthly basis. One owner said the closure has nothing to do with investigations by state agencies or recent complaints made to Danville officials about

Publication: News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL)