• Chicago O'Hare Airport was expanded from its former position as an auxiliary military field to become the second-largest domestic airport in 1955, when Chicago's metropolitan Midway Airport could no longer be physically expanded. Although the original airport identifier ORD (denoting Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field) continues to be used, the airport was ultimately renamed O'Hare Airport in memory of Navy Aviator Edward "Butch" O'Hare after he posthumously won the Congressional Medal of Honor in late 1944. The airport handles 76.6 million passengers annually, based on 2008 statistics.
  
  

Hyatt Regency O'Hare

• This is a business and commuter hotel less than a mile from O'Hare Airport. The facility offers complementary airport shuttle service on-demand. Hotel amenities include 110,000 square feet of conference or meeting space in concert with the Stephens Convention Center, a 24-hour business-technology center, and a 24-hour fitness center that includes a daily yoga program. Guest dining is provided by The Red Bar and Lounge and the O'Hare American Grill. All 1,064 guest rooms offer a minimum of 450 square feet of space, 37-inch flat-screen HDTVs and free high-speed internet. Smoking and non-smoking floors are available.
  
  Hyatt Regency O'Hare
  9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue
  Rosemont, IL 60018
  1-847-696-1234
  ohare.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
  
  

Aloft Chicago O'Hare

• Aloft Chicago is primarily a commuter hotel located across from O'Hare Airport, next to the Illinois Tri-State Tollway. Hotel amenities include 1,200 square feet of conference and meeting space, a 24-hour fitness center and an indoor pool and spa. Guest dining and entertainment is available in the "re:mix lounge," "the wxyz bar" and the "refuel aloft" buffet bar. All 252 guest rooms offer 42-inch flat-screen HDTVs and free high-speed internet. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available.
  
  Aloft Chicago O'Hare
  9700 Balmoral Avenue
  Rosemont, IL 60018
  1-847-671-4444
  specialoffers.starwoodhotels.com/Aloft_Chicago_Central/
  
  

Comfort Inn O'Hare South

• The budget-priced Comfort Inn O'Hare South is just minutes from the airport. The hotel offers free shuttle services to and from the airport and a mix of amenities that include a workout room, business copy and fax services, and an indoor pool and spa. Guest rooms include free high-speed internet, and microwaves are available in some rooms. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available.
  
  Comfort Inn O'Hare South
  3001 N. Mannheim Road
  Franklin Park, IL 60131
  1-847-233-9292
  comfortinn.com/hotel-franklin_park-illinois-IL168?promo=gglocal