City’s hotels doing big business

City’s hotels doing big business
City’s hotels doing big business

City’s hotels doing big business

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Lollapalooza saw almost 300,000 come in and out of Grant Park over the weekend. It’s a safe bet that plenty of ticket holders came from out of town, and many of them stayed in hotels in or around downtown. It would be an additional boost to a business sector that has seen great numbers so far in 2015. Crain’s Chicago Business Reporter Danny Ecker joins us with more on what the numbers mean for hotel owners, for travelers and for the city.(Flickr/subbu arumugam)