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Chicago Southland CVB Receives Sports Events 2019 Readers’ Choice Award
Posted on 04/04/2019 by Kim Kislowski
The Chicago Southland has received the SportsEvents 2019 Reader’s Choice Award for Sports Destinations. SportsEvents is a leading industry publication that focuses exclusively on helping sports event planners create amazing competitions in the United States. Chicago So...
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Chicago Southland Meeting Facilities Top Choice for SMERF Market Event Planners
Posted on 04/04/2019 by Kim Kislowski
The Chicago Southland region has become a top choice for event planners as they identify venues to hold their religious/fraternal meetings, annual conventions, reunions, team building, retreats, board meetings, and other special events. Some event organizers are...
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Chicago Southland CVB Receives Two Honors from Sports Destination Management
Posted on 04/04/2019 by Kim Kislowski
The Chicago Southland has received two awards from Sports Destination Management, a leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market. Chicago Southland was awarded Favorite Destination for Communi...
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Chicago Southland Tourism is Top Choice for Leading Group Tour Operators
Posted on 04/04/2019 by Kim Kislowski
The Chicago Southland offers unique tours for many different groups and organizations, as well as services to help plan and personalize each tour to meet any group’s needs. When planning a group tour, many operators may be wondering, “What makes the ...
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Chicago Southland Meeting Facilities Top Choice for Event Planners
Posted on 04/03/2019 by Kim Kislowski
The Chicago Southland region has become a top choice for event planners as they identify venues to hold their corporate or association meetings, annual conventions, corporate team building, continuing education programs and other special events. What makes the C...
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Top Sports Organizers Choosing Chicago Southland Sports Facilities for Events
Posted on 04/03/2019 by Kim Kislowski
Leading sports organizers are increasingly realizing there are more Chicagoland sports facilities beyond the City limits. Chicago Southland consists of Chicago's 63 south and southwest suburbs which are just minutes from downtown Chicago. The Chicago Southland offers out...
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Pipe Organ Music Comes with Dinner at Beggar's Pizza in Lansing
Posted on 03/21/2019 by Carrie Steinweg
Since I am a foodie who also writes a food blog, restaurants are destinations for me - whether I'm on the road or close to home. I love when I can find a restaurant that is more than a place that serves food. Beggar's Pizza in Lansing would be one of those. Known ...
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Gear up for spring by planning a Chicago Southland baseball getaway
Posted on 03/18/2019 by Kim Kislowski
Although we’re still trying hard to get over the polar vortex, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Spring is not far off. In fact, in a warm land far, far away called Arizona, our Major League Baseball heroes have already taken to the field and are getting ...
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Chicago Southland’s April Food Day
Posted on 03/04/2019 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Tinley Park, Ill. – United Way of Metro Chicago – South-Southwest Suburban Region’s (UWMC – SSW) seventh annual April Food Day kicks off March 1st and runs through April 18th, 2019. The annual food collection event addresses food insecurity in th...
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2019 National Beard and Moustache Championships
Posted on 02/20/2019 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Tinley Park, Ill.: Beard Team USA is pleased to announce the 2019 National Beard and Moustache Championships at the 350 Brewery’s Insanity Factory in the Chicago Southland, on November 9. The fullest and wildest facial hair will be on display, vying for the title of Na...
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Get Racing with the Upcoming Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby
Posted on 02/04/2019 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Lansing, Ill. – The Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby Association, in affiliation with the All-American Soap Box Derby (AASBD), is hosting indoor races for boys and girls ages 7 – 20, on February 16th-17th and March 16th-17th. These racers are being held at the Tinl...
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The New 2019 Visitors Guide is Ready for You
Posted on 01/25/2019 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Lansing, Ill. – The Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau is proud to announce the release of the 2019 Visitors Guide. The 88-page guide is filled with numerous activities and venues that lure visitors and groups to the Chicago Southland. This guide contains...
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A Larger Venue for Sporting Events in the Chicago Southland!
Posted on 01/22/2019 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
A Larger Venue for Sporting Events in the Chicago Southland! Lansing, Ill. – The Southland Athletic And Event Center (A Ho-Chunk Nation Enterprise) is a Chicago Southland sports venue located in Lynwood, Ill. that has recently installed 41,000+ square feet...
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2019 National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournaments
Posted on 12/11/2018 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Lansing, Ill. – The National Wheelchair Basketball Association Board of Directors is excited to announce that the 2019 NWBA National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NJWBT) presented by ABC Medical, will be held in New Lenox, Illinois (a southwest suburb of Chi...
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Chicago Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau a 2019 Readers’ Choice Award Winner
Posted on 12/07/2018 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
GULF SHORES, Ala. (Nov. 13, 2019) — SportsEvents Media Group, the leading industry publication focused exclusively on helping sports event planners produce excellent competitions in the United States, has announced that Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Burea...
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PSC Hosts 60th Anniversary Celebration, Recognizes Pillars of the Community
Posted on 12/06/2018 by Loren Petrakis Mueller
Prairie State College (PSC) welcomed the Village of Hazel Crest and the City of Country Club Hills to its final 60th Anniversary Community event to celebrate PSC's 60 years of educating the community. The college has held monthly celebrations throughout 2018 to recognize...
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04/04/2019 - Chicago Southland CVB Receives Sports Events 2019 Readers’ Choice Award
04/04/2019 - Chicago Southland Meeting Facilities Top Choice for SMERF Market Event Planners
04/04/2019 - Chicago Southland CVB Receives Two Honors from Sports Destination Management