The Westin Lombard Hotel is part of the chain of 150 Westin four-star hotels. The hotel, which was named Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, is located in the village of Lombard in Illinois, US, 12 miles south-west of Chicago O’Hare International Airport in the heart of the Lombard / Oak Brook business and shopping corridor.
The L-shaped hotel tower is 18 storeys (68m) high and has 500 rooms and suites (some with private terraces), as well as a conference centre and parking facilities.
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The project, constructed on a 6.7 acre site in the middle of Lombard, required an investment of $82m and was completed in September 2007.
The hotel is operated by Westin Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Accommodation at the Westin Lombard
The Westin Lombard hotel has 500 guestrooms and 35 two-room suites, including a honeymoon suite with a water view and terrace, complete with a sun deck.
Each room has a 32in flat-screen TV, a heavenly bed, a heavenly bath, an expanded work desk with ergonomic chair, opening windows, a valet, high-speed internet access (free in the club lounge), coffee-maker with Starbucks coffee, sofa beds, video games, a dog bed and a mini bar.
The hotel has implemented many green initiatives, including recycling bins in the rooms and common areas, green laundry and kitchen schemes, energy-saving lighting and carpets, and towel and linen reuse during the duration of the guest’s stay.
Meeting and conference facilities
The Westin Lombard hotel has 27 meeting spaces totalling 39,000ft² on the first floor of the hotel. The largest meeting space is 19,001ft².
The hotel has two ballrooms: the 18,915ft² grand ballroom and a 8,125ft² junior ballroom. All meeting rooms are provided with sophisticated audiovisual equipment.
Dining and other facilities
The hotel’s two restaurants are Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse (10,000ft²) and Holy Mackerel, a new 6000ft² fresh fish restaurant. Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse offers the classical Italian food, while Holy Mackerel provides seafood. The hotel also provides in-room dining.
The Westin Lombard offers a luxury, indoor, heated lap swimming pool, a Westin workout gym and spa facilities, a fully equipped business centre, a cocktail lounge, a club lounge, a gift shop, a jogging path and an outdoor garden hot tub.
The hotel also has a shopping centre and a nearby golf course. A free shuttle service to downtown Chicago and surrounding areas is also available.
Westin Lombard contractors
The architect for the Westin Lombard project was VOA Associates and the developer was Mid-America Hotel Partners LLC. Construction work on the hotel complex was carried out by several companies, including Walsh Construction, Klein and Hoffman Inc and Revcon Construction Corporation.
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