Here's another link to an article about the hotel closing...
Weird thing is they actually contacted me to tell me about it. I had neither reserved a hotel room or sent any registration for G-Fest in as of yet. Must've been because of my website, I dunno...
[quote="Part of the e-mail they sent me"]Good morning,
Thank you advance for your time. HelmsBriscoe continues to grow in our 16th year, and we continue to reach out to firms that may be able to use our complimentary site selection services for their meetings and conferences. Companies and associations spend millions of dollars every year finding locations for their meetings. HelmsBriscoe has the people and the process to solve that problem. As we are the largest site selection firm in the world, many properties are offering special incentives that are exclusive to our clients.
As part of our knowledge of the meeting industry, we keep abreast of changes in properties, openings of new properties and closings of existing properties. I realize you have event planned at the Wyndham O’Hare in July 2010. The hotel will be closing on or about January 1, 2010. Please review this link
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=36549 or search “Wyndham O’Hareâ€