June 22, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
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Hotels,
Tourism,
Travel
By Kathy Bergen
Chicago suffered a particularly steep decline in visitors from overseas in 2009, but merchants, restaurateurs and hoteliers should start to feel a modest rebound this year.
That forecast will be delivered to the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association this week by Helen Marano, director of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Travel and Tourism Industries. Get the full story »
April 20, 2010 at 9:29 a.m.
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Labor,
Work culture
By Kiah Haslett
| More workers feel that staying connected means staying in a job, according to a new survey from InterCall, a conferencing communication company located in Chicago.
Nearly a third of workers feel the need to be connected to work during weekends, vacations and holidays, and a quarter admitted fearing the perception they’re not committed to their jobs if they don’t stay connected to work during their time off.
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