Hotwire Hotel: 4* Chicago-Mag Mile-Wacker

[gramey]

Doing Hotwire search for Chicago Downtown for 3/23/06-3/26/06(1 room,2 adults) and come up with

4* In Wacker zone..amenities listed as Rest.,Pool,Fitness,Spa, Hi-speed,Business and a price of $120.

Now, we know this is a *heavy* convention week and we're trying to avoid the $200(plus taxes) they want

at the Hilton Towers...but the 4* hotels on the Chicago/Wacker List(intercontinental,swissotel,hotel 71,

Hyatt regency, westin river north) all show no vacancy for these identical

dates(actually, the swissotel does show $650 suites available I believe) via their own 'official' websites.

Ive not know hotwire to have blocks of rooms dedicated to them, soooo....its either a hotel not

on the current 4* list, or.... what ???

:)

Any guesses?

Thanks

[AaronJB]

My best guess would be the W Lakeshore.

[thereuare]

The W Lakeshore has last been reported as a 4.5* property, but there is a chance that it has been downgraded to a 4* since last reported.

It's not common, but there are numerous instances where a hotel's website shows sold-out (as does the W Lakeshore for these dates) but a user is able to receive it thru the opaque suppliers.

Let us know if you move forward with the above or if we can be of further help.