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 ...

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 ...

The ability of corporate meeting planners to manage contracted hotel room blocks has been complicated by a series of recent trends and events, requiring a higher level of attention to ensure that all ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Silver Room Sound System Block Party is coming to an end following a final edition at Oakwood Beach on July 29 and 30, its organizers say. Founded in 2002 by local entrepreneur Eric Williams as a ...

Giovanni Broughton and other partygoers dance to Ron Trent’s DJ set at the 2017 Silver Room Block Party. Credit: April Alonso In December 1997, Eric Williams opened the Silver Room at 1410 N.