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In 1980, Hotel St. Clair was renamed The Inn of Chicago after a $13 million renovation. Shell Hospitality Group reopened the hotel in February 1982 as part of the Best Western chain. In November 2006, the Chartres Lodging Group umbrella of hotels purchased the Inn of Chicago from Best Western for $40 million. [6]
A Ford Excursion SUV next to a Toyota Camry compact. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have been criticized for a variety of environmental and automotive safety reasons. The rise in production and marketing of SUVs in the 2010s and 2020s by auto manufacturers has resulted in over 80% of all new car sales in the United States being SUVs or light trucks by October 2021. [1]
Nash Metropolitan. The Nash Metropolitan was one of the first attempts by a US car maker to produce a small car "which would be mainly used as a second car." [13] Compared to other small cars of the era, it was to be much more luxurious, intended to be "a big car in miniature" by its main developer George Mason. [14]
Anchiy/istockphotoMost of us may never splurge on a $50,000-per-night hotel suite, but it’s still fun to dream about. Like superyachts and private jets, these expensive hotel suites cater to the ...
The hotel is notable for being Al Capone's primary residence from July 1928 until his arrest in 1931. [5] After the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, some commenters called the hotel "Capone's Castle." [6] [7] It was later renamed "The New Michigan Hotel" and functioned as a brothel with 400 rooms. [3] The hotel closed in 1980. [4]
The Hilton Chicago is home to Chicago's largest and most expensive hotel room, which formerly served as the Tower Ballroom. The Conrad Hilton Suite is a 5,000-square-foot (460 m 2 ) suite that encompasses two floors, T3 and T4.
This small and informal network eventually grew into the modern Best Western hotel brand founded by M.K. Guertin in 1946. [6] The name "Best Western" originated from the fact that most of the chain's original operators were west of the Mississippi River in the United States. By 1962 Best Western had the only hospitality reservations service ...
A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles , which are built on a body-on-frame chassis construction similar to pickup trucks.