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After downtown hotel owners banded together to offer to tax themselves and raise money to boost tourism, aldermen advanced their plan Friday.
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago hotel tax backed by industry to boost tourism advances in City Council

The new “Tourism Improvement District” backed by hotel, labor and business groups would allow dozens of large Chicago hotels to impose a new 1.5% tax on overnight stays to give Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism marketing organization, more money to promote the city.

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