Connect with your target audience through Choose Chicago’s annual guides, newsletters, and more. Learn more about our print and digital advertising opportunities.
Audience reach
Leisure visitors
Chicago’s visitor market exceeds 57M people a year. Choose Chicago gives you access to the most engaged visitors via choosechicago.com and a variety of advertising opportunities and venues.
Meeting planners
Advertise in choosechicago.com’s Meeting Planners section and bi-monthly Meeting Professionals newsletter to reach meeting professionals planning and booking their meetings, conventions, conferences, and special events in Chicago.
Travel trade
Chicago is an in-demand destination among domestic and international group travelers. Appeal to motorcoach companies, international visitors, tour operators, and travel agents by advertising on choosechicago.com’s Travel Trade section, and in our bi-annual Travel Professionals Guide and quarterly Travel Professionals newsletter.
Advertising opportunities
Miles Partnership publishes Choose Chicago’s two annual print guides, the Chicago Official Visitors Guide and the Meeting Professionals Guide, and the bi-annual Travel Professionals Guide. These publications offer dynamic advertising opportunities targeting the audiences you most want to reach.
In addition, capture the attention of leisure, meeting planner, and travel trade audiences through advertising opportunities on the Choose Chicago website, and in the leisure newsletter, meeting professionals newsletter, and travel professionals newsletter.
Chicago Official Visitors Guide
The annual Chicago Official Visitors Guide provides the latest listings for shows and sightseeing, as well as dining and hotel suggestions. The guide is available in print and can be viewed online.
- Circulation: 400,000
- Frequency: Annual
- Distribution: Direct request through choosechicago.com; polybag program with regional publications; in-market at high-traffic locations, including Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport; and distribution at McCormick Place, Navy Pier, and the Macy’s Visitor Information Center.
Meeting Professionals Guide
The Meeting Professionals Guide is a comprehensive planning tool for convention leaders and meeting planners. This printed reference provides an orientation to Chicago, information on convention facilities, and listings for hotels, attractions, and restaurants. The guide is available in print and can be viewed online.
- Circulation: 3,000
- Frequency: Annual
- Distribution: Direct mail to top meeting and event planners, the exclusive piece used by Choose Chicago’s Convention Sales and Services teams, direct request through choosechicago.com, and industry trade shows.
Travel Professionals Guide
The Travel Professionals Guide is meant to simplify the planning of group visits to Chicago. The guide features recommended itineraries, tools for group leaders, and suggestions for convenient transportation around Chicago. The guide is available in print and can be viewed online.
- Circulation: 20,000
- Frequency: Bi-annual
- Distribution: Choose Chicago’s exclusive trade show database, domestic and international trade shows and sales missions, and via direct request.
View the Choose Chicago Media Kit
For more information about advertising opportunities, contact Sebrina Williams, Miles Partnership, (773) 616-8176 or ChicagoSales@MilesPartnership.com.
