Kate Rockwood

Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. is tabling the idea of selling its Mariott Lincolnshire Resort until at least the end of the third quarter this year, CEO Laurence Geller announced Thursday when discussing first-quarter results of the Chicago-based company. Strategic, the operator of high-end luxury hotels and resorts, reported to shareholders a wider loss of $9.6 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, on early debt repayment and unfavorable foreign exchanges, from a year-earlier loss of $1.4 million, or 3 cents per diluted share...

Originally published May 4, 2007, Daily Herald

Kraft Foods Inc. plans to roll out a new line of cheese products at the Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago on Sunday, in an effort to cash in on the latest consumer trend toward nutritionally enhanced foods. The Northfield-based food giant will unveil a line of probiotic cheese cubes and individual cheese sticks, under the sub-brand LiveActive, that includes living microorganisms aimed at balancing naturally occurring gut flora and at aiding consumer digestion...

Originally published May 3, 2007, Daily Herald .

When Naperville residents finally raise a glass at the newest Morton’s steakhouse, scheduled to open early next year, odds are strong they’ll be sipping a “Heavenly Mortini” cocktail and rubbing shoulders with a decidedly younger set. But they won’t be the only ones raising a glass to Morton’s hot new bar concept...

Originally published April 25, 2007, Daily Herald

As many as 5,000 Hilton hotel rooms nationwide may be allergen free by next year, according to Environmental Technology Systems Inc., a Glen Ellyn-based firm that specializes in indoor air quality...

Originally published April 8, 2007, Daily Herald

Businesses in Schaumburg, Des Plaines and Chicago were awarded Minority Supplier of the Year awards Monday before a Chicago audience of more than 400.

The Chicago Minority Business Development Council honored Haves McNeal, president of Creative Printing Services Inc., Des Plaines; Karen Eng, president of Cybernet System Management Inc., Schaumburg; and Tyrone Brown, president of Information Systems Consultants Inc., Chicago...

Originally published April 4, 2007, Daily Herald .