If you’ve lost sleep worrying about filling your hotel room block and avoiding attrition charges, you’re not alone. It’s a major concern for many meeting and event planners. According to the Event ...

Owner of The Silver Room, Eric Williams and Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson at The Silver Room Sound System Block Party (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) In its final year, the Silver Room Block ...

No one told my wife and me that planning a wedding would be easy, but we thought reserving a hotel block -- a cluster of 10 rooms or more, at a reduced rate, at a hotel where our out-of-town guests ...

What started as a block party to bring dozens of Silver Room customers together to celebrate arts and culture grew into an event for thousands in Chicago over 17 years. Now the Silver Room Sound ...

It turns out loyalty status and the power of the corporate card are a couple of reasons conference attendees don’t book inside a hotel block. Event organizers should do a better job informing ...

Event planners are putting their money on the line when signing a room block contract, and often the gamble is just not worth it. If Stayker catches on, the group booking rate may start to pick up ...

Kilwin’s Chocolates and Fudge franchise owner Jackie Jackson remembers the day The Silver Room came into her life. It was a Saturday, a couple of years ago, about 2 p.m. in July. When she got closer ...