Illinois
A new Hyatt property is scheduled to open in downtown Chicago in early 2015. The Hyatt The Loop Chicago will offer 257 guest rooms and 2,500 square feet of meeting space.
The much-anticipated 250-room Virgin Hotel Chicago is taking reservations starting in January 2015, offering free Wi-Fi for all guests.
Michigan
Boyne Mountain Resort announced plans to complete a new sports and events complex that will open in summer 2016, on property the resort acquired in 2012. The four-season northern Michigan resort aims to attract sporting events and tournaments. Boyne Mountain offers 60 ski runs and seasonal snowshoeing, the indoor Avalanche Bay waterpark, 450 guest rooms, 37,000 square feet of meeting space and a private 5,000-foot runway for private jets and charter flights.
Missouri
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis debuted a floor-to-ceiling ballroom makeover. The 12,750-square-foot space offers 16-foot ceilings and crystal chandeliers. The 300-room Ritz-Carlton offers more than 30,000 square feet of function space.
Ohio
A new-build 139-room Hilton Garden Inn in is now open in Akron near the University of Akron and Goodyear World Headquarters. Meeting spaces include two boardrooms and a 1,200-square-foot ballroom.
Wisconsin
The Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake completed major additions, adding a new 10,000-square-foot ballroom and 5,000 square feet of new prefunction space. The additional square footage will allow the resort to host substantially larger meetings, events and expositions. Named the Grand Libelle, the new ballroom can accommodate up to 1,500 guests theater-style. Function space at the 145-room lakefront resort now totals 38,000 square feet.