The Fairmont Chicago across the street from Millennium Park and half-block from Michigan Avenue blends high quality service, deluxe accommodations and reasonable prices. The 45-story hotel also stands three blocks from the Loop and Lake Michigan's abundant recreational opportunities. An underground pedestrian system leads guests to the swank shops on State Street.

Guests can catch up with their work using the lobby's wireless Internet access or linger over afternoon tea and evening cocktails with travelers from throughout the world. In a city replete with dining options, the hotel's Aria restaurant and bar stand out from the pack. The stylish dining room with a glassed-in exhibition kitchen and tandoori oven for warm Indian flatbread tempts taste buds with a global menu, including pan-seared tuna with white bean sauce, barbecued duck and lobster, Moroccan-spiced lamb, and Malaysian chicken. Guests in Aria's bar can enjoy flatbreads, pizzas and sandwiches while relaxing with drinks and upbeat background music.

At an adjacent athletic club, guests can work up sweats with a seven-story climbing wall, squash courts and pools before pampering themselves with massages and body treatments at the spa. The hotel also provides a fully staffed business center and rooms for meetings or conventions.

Guestrooms, all with views of the Chicago skyline, come complete with marble- topped work desks, comfy triple-sheeted beds, wooden valet stands, electric shoe polishers, data ports and mini bars. A Serenity Bath service, complete with drawn hot bath water, oils, lotions, soaps and music, is available upon request.

Opened in 1987 and renovated in 2002, the Fairmont attracts throngs of business and pleasure travelers seeking close access to all the Windy City can offer and top-notch amenities.